Mount a Remote Drive via SSHFS

This is useful as sshfs can provide access to large files! Ripped DVD playback!

Install sshfs for Darwin (Mac OS X)

Then mount the remote drive to a directory on your AppleTV:

 mount_sshfs Username@Host:/path/to/drive/ /Users/frontrow/Movies/media/

Installing straight onto the Apple TV

• First, download and install the kext enabler from http://0xfeedbeef.com/appletv/, and run
• Download the latest .dmg file from http://mac.pqrs.org/sshfs/ and copy it onto the apple tv
• Mount the dmg with

 hdiutil mount sshfs-2.5.1.dmg

• Extract the sshfs pax file:

 cd /Volumes/sshfs/sshfs-2.5.1.pkg/Contents/
 cp Archive.pax.gz /tmp
 cd /tmp
 gunzip Archive.pax
 mkdir sshfs
 cd sshfs
 pax -r < ../Archive.pax

• Copy the files to where they should be

 cd Applications
 cp -r sshfs /Applications/
 cd ../Library
 cp -r StartupItems /Library

• Load the kext with

 kextload /Library/StartupItems/urdfs/urdfs.kext

• Symlink mount_sshfs into sbin with

 ln -s /Applications/sshfs/bin/mount_sshfs /usr/sbin

• Mount away!