thanks for pointers

ah right will look into fstab - i've used it to map sda2 to local folder - not sure about the syntax tho.

The Kodi box uses:-

/dev/sda2 /media/usbhdd ntfs-3g defaults,noatime 0 0

can i use something similar on the Deluge box? which bit do I replace with the share path?

Of course you can mount the drive multiple times, regardless of whether they are on separate machines. Just looking the option now - doesnt the drive need to be physically connected? Currently its plugged into the Kodi box. For multiple mounts I'm guessing the drive would need to be plugged into th...

You will need a proper directory path by mounting the smb share. I thought about mounting the drive on the RPi Deluge box but its already mounted on the Kodi box - Pretty sure I cant mount it twice - can i? Alternate is to mount it on the Deluge box and see if Kodi can use the share in its media li...

Doesnt make any difference :? Went back to regular syntax //openelec/Torrents/Downloads - the RPi GUI displays all lower case so went with that - no difference. Decided to add a ficticious path and got exactly same Permission denied error which isnt very helpful. This means either the box doesnt per...

One thought - is there a service/protocol i need to install on the Deluge server so it can see the OpenELEC media share? I put this to the test and opened the RPi's GUI (not headless), went to the file manager and the share is available as smb://OPENELEC/. Would it be usual to use the 'smb' prefix i...

Still not figured this. One idea was to map the share in RPi then use that - will keep you posted

Hi - I have 3 RPi's running OpenRemote2, Kodi and Deluge where the Kodi install has a 2Gb USB HDD mounted.This is where all my media and backups live. My plan is to run Deluge-Web 24/7 and access it using a tablet with firefox where I can copy a torrent URL and drop it into the Deluge torrent folder...