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My Ubuntu server provides storage to my Windows 7 workstation through the use of SMB and network drives. One symlink currently links from a network drive to my iTunes library folder. Within that folder there is a TV Shows folder that I'd like to link to another network drive that has been given the letter I:/. I tried using mklink but I continue to get an error 

The file or directory is not a reparse point.

Can I even link to drive roots? My command was the form

mklink /d "C:/iTunes Media/TV Shows" I:/
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It is certainly possible to do... – soandos Jan 2 at 23:29
What command or syntax am I missing? – MechEngineer Jan 2 at 23:34
have you tried just going to that directory, and then doing: mklink /d I:/ – soandos Jan 2 at 23:38
Just did, but mklink requires both link and target designators... I used . for link and it said I couldn't create the folder that already exists – MechEngineer Jan 2 at 23:57
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Yep you're right... I think it's because I'm creating a symbolic link inside a folder that was created as a symbolic link. I created a link from the Desktop and I:/ worked fine. – MechEngineer Jan 3 at 0:03
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