diff --git a/docs/content/commands/rclone_mount.md b/docs/content/commands/rclone_mount.md index 925ac7136..f240755f9 100644 --- a/docs/content/commands/rclone_mount.md +++ b/docs/content/commands/rclone_mount.md @@ -65,6 +65,28 @@ infrastructure](https://github.com/billziss-gh/winfsp/wiki/WinFsp-Service-Archit which creates drives accessible for everyone on the system or alternatively using [the nssm service manager](https://nssm.cc/usage). +#### Mount as a network drive + +By default, rclone will mount the remote as a normal drive. However, you can also mount it as a **Network Drive** +(or **Network Share**, as mentioned in some places) + +Unlike other systems, Windows provides a different filesystem type for network drives. +Windows and other programs treat the network drives and fixed/removable drives differently: +In network drives, many I/O operations are optimized, as the high latency and low reliability +(compared to a normal drive) of a network is expected. + +Although many people prefer network shares to be mounted as normal system drives, this might cause +some issues, such as programs not working as expected or freezes and errors while operating with the +mounted remote in Windows Explorer. If you experience any of those, consider mounting rclone remotes as network shares, +as Windows expects normal drives to be fast and reliable, while cloud storage is far from that. +See also [Limitations](#limitations) section below for more info + +Add `--fuse-flag --VolumePrefix=\server\share` to your `mount` command, **replacing `share` with any other +name of your choice if you are mounting more than one remote**. Otherwise, the mountpoints will conflict and +your mounted filesystems will overlap. + +[Read more about drive mapping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_mapping) + ### Limitations Without the use of "--vfs-cache-mode" this can only write files