Re the ReadyNas: I've been able to install plug-ins by configuring the RadyNas with just a single disk, installing "their" slimserver on it, then yanking the disk and hooking it up to another linux system and mounting the 1st ext3 device. Slimserver is installed at /usr/share/slimserver...something. I copied plugins to the plugins directory and set the permissions and ownership on the plugin files. They seem to work just fine.
When I say "crippled"...if you look at the convert.conf file that they install, it has almost all the file type other than MP3 * * and flac * * are commented out. And the "File Types" page in Server Settings is just plain missing! So, you can't transcode ogg, wma, etc. to mp3. They also don't install any sort of flac executable, so you can't even stream whole-album flacs to the SqueezeBox2. I have yet to dig into the slimserver daemon start file to see if I can up the priority for slimserver. As it stads, yes, a rescan of my library on the ReadyNAS brings slimserver to it's knees. The squeezeboxs lose connection during the rescan. Idealy, I'd love to be able to run MySQL as the database back-end on the ReadyNAS for slimserver. With a gig of ram, I wouldn't think that would be asking too much. But Infrant seems to go to great lengths to deny owners of their product the abiltiy to do a root login via SSH, even though the platform seems to be Debian running on some sort of spark cpu. All in all, the ReadyNAS as a platform for slimserver is a BIG disappointment. My purchase of one, intending it for this single use, was, in retrospect, completely inappropriate. -- gharris999 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
