The Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 supports NFS Shares. How can I mount them using Ubuntu Linux?

Mounting a volume/share with Ubuntu is quite simple. The following provides two options for mounting volume/shares using Ubuntu 's Gnome GUI:
Option 1 - Mounting a Public Share

1. From the Desktop, click Places - Network. The Network - File Browser window opens, showing discovered devices on the network segment.
2. Double-click on a BlackArmor NAS 440 listed. A window opens, showing Share names of the Server.
3. Right-click on a known, Public Share and select Mount Volume. The share automatically mounts on the Desktop.

Option 2 - Mounting a Private Share

1. From the Desktop, click Places - Network. The Network - File Browser window opens, showing discovered devices on the network segment.
2. Double-click on a BlackArmor NAS 440 listed. A window opens, showing Share Names of the Server.
3. Double-click on a known, Private Share. The Enter Password window opens.
4. Enter the password in the field provided.
5. Click Connect. The share mounts on the Desktop.

Using Connect to Server Methods for Mounting Volumes/Share
This method almost completely mimics its Mac OS X Counterpart. The following provides two options for mounting volumes/shares using Ubuntu's Connect to Server method:
Option 1 - Using Connect to Server to Mount a Public Share:

1. From the Desktop, click Places - Connect to Server. The Connect to Server window opens.
2. Click on the Services drop-down field and chose Windows Share.
3. In the fields provided, enter the Server's Name or IP Address, followed by the Share Name.
4. Click Connect. The share mounts on the Desktop.

Option 2 - Using Connect to Server to Mount a Private Share:

1. From the Desktop, click Places - Connect to Server. The Connect to Server window opens.
2. Click on the Services drop-down field and chose Windows Share.
3. In the fields provided, enter the Server 's Name or IP Address followed by the Share Name and a User Name to authenticate.
4. Click Connect. The Enter Password window opens.
5. Enter the password in the field provided.
6. Click Connect. The share mounts on the Desktop.

Additional Information:

For Ubuntu or other versions of Linux not using graphical interfaces, the mount command can be used to mount a share:
mount blackarmor:/public /shares

Where blackarmor is the name of the server and public is the name of the share on the BlackArmor NAS and /shares is the local folder where the share will be mounted. .

Note: The folder used in the place of shares folder must exist on the local machine for this to work.

For more information on mount command options see the man pages within the version of Linux being used.

Seagate BlackArmor Video Tutorial - Mounting Volumes/Shares with Ubuntu Linux

Click here to launch the movie for mounting Public and Private Volumes/Shares

Click here to launch the movie for using Connect to Server to mount a Public Volume/Share

Click here to launch the movie for using Connect to Server to mount a Private Volume/Share