nbd client

NBD client

Network Block Device(s) allow you to attach remote storage to your system as though it is a local block device. Some utilities have started to support this, most notably OpenPS2Loader has recently replaced the hdl_server with nbd server.

nbd-client requires are kernel module to be loaded, a local device node and a listening service on the remote device

Once the RetroNAS installer has completed the module to automatically load at boot.

Usage

In a terminal type (and press enter)

• nbd-client, the help will be returned.
• ls -la /dev/nbd* to see all the available block device nodes

Operation	Command
Check module is loaded	ls mod | grep nbd
Manually load the module	modprobe nbd
Mount (connect)	nbd-client <ip address> /dev/nbd(n)
Unmount (disconnect)	nbd-client -d /dev/nbd(n)
Query status	nbd-client -s /dev/nbd(n)

References

• https://mameau.com/notes/gaming/ps1onps2/
• https://mameau.com/notes/gaming/ps2hdd/