I've got a Linksys NSLU2 USB2 to Network box and it works fantastically. It does prefer your disks to be in ext3 (so it can set permissions properly I think!) and it's just a stripped down linux box with samba on it and a web interface.
I've never had it fail on me (though I did have to upgrade the firmware so my housemates could plug a FAT32 disk into it). There's also lots of hacking of it gone on (search google for Unslung or NSLU2). I'm very tempted to get a second one for a second set of HD's I have kicking around awaiting USB boxes..... Can be a pain to set up a mount point for them though! -Matt Daubney Tom Bamford wrote: > We have a 500GB NAS hard drive in a cheap enclosure. You're right, they > use a stripped down Linux kernel with Samba, ftpd etc, with a web > interface for configuring it as you would a home router. I wouldn't > recommend one though, they give poor performance compared to USB2 and > you're at the mercy of the frankenstein daemons running on the box. The > ftp server on ours dies a horrible death when you try to push lots of > small files without giving it time to breathe. Ours will only use FAT32 > filesystem on the drive as well, which is annoying to say the least. > > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
