Re: [PLUG] NAS System suggestions

2016-07-08 Thread Tomas Kuchta
I cannot remember what Synology model you have: a) If you have ARM based model - than the file system is most likely ext4 b) if you have one of the + models with intel CPU then it is likely btrfs On the client/PC you are using it as network files system SMB/NFS depending how you mounted it. So th

[PLUG] Rsync to a NAS drive

2016-07-08 Thread John Jason Jordan
I have just successfully set up a Synology DiskStation NAS device with one 6TB drive on my home ethernet. This was not a trivial matter, as I had never done this before and I know little about networking. I also have a 5TB USB 3.0 drive attached to my laptop with presently ~3TB of files on it. I

Re: [PLUG] NAS System suggestions

2016-07-08 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 22:18:06 -0700 wes dijo: >> so that means that the Synology setup utility must have >> formatted it. >This may or may not be the case. If it did, it probably used some >Linuxy filesystem. Either way, it is unlikely that you will be able to >affect its decision; it probably onl

Re: [PLUG] NAS System suggestions

2016-07-08 Thread wes
On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 6:03 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:47:45 -0700 > John Jason Jordan dijo: > > >I'm probably pretty close, but need help figuring out the rest. > > Success! I was missing the Sharing stuff in the web-based setup utility. > > >Also, I have no idea how t

Re: [PLUG] NAS System suggestions

2016-07-08 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:47:45 -0700 John Jason Jordan dijo: >I'm probably pretty close, but need help figuring out the rest. Success! I was missing the Sharing stuff in the web-based setup utility. >Also, I have no idea how the disk is formatted, or even if it is >formatted at all. I'd still l

Re: [PLUG] NAS System suggestions

2016-07-08 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:38:47 -0700 wes dijo: >> Whichever of these is the easiest is the one I want. :) >> >> Ideally the contents of the drive would be visible in a Thunar window >> so I can just drag and drop files the same as I do with my current >> USB 3.0 external drive. It would make my lif

[PLUG] Slackware-14.2

2016-07-08 Thread Rich Shepard
Pat and crew released Slackware-14.2 last week (1 July). For those of us with supporting subscriptions, the disks are in production and will be shipped toward the end of the month. This is the penultimate release that will be available on CDs as well as on a DVD. Patience, grasshopper, Rich __

Re: [PLUG] SSD unhappiness

2016-07-08 Thread Vedanta Teacher
John, I'm running Mint 17.3 , 64 bit on a platter HDD and have had no issues since installation on a brand new machine. I don't know how old the T-410 series is but I'd back up and replace. Actually I've found 17.3 to be amazingly stable, more stable than my machine running PC-BSD 10.2. Blessin