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...> wrote:
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> On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 02:05 +0000, John wrote:
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> A lot depends realy on the distribution you run (e.g.
linksys firmware,
> unslung, openslug, debian) and the time you want to
spent tweaking
> the system.
>
> > 3) I read real quick that multiple disks may cause
problems? I wanted
> > to have 2 disks (hopeing for 1x200GB and 1x300GB
-since I already
> > have those drives, just need to get USB
enclosures)
>
> Two drives should work without problems.
> There might be some restrictions under certain
distribution you
> run.
>
> > 4) Are partions possible? Not horrible thing if
they're not, I can
> > always just make Music Video subfolders.
>
> You need a native disk for unslung and the linksys
firmware. That disk
> has a very strict partition schema. I am not sure if
the other disk
> is correctly mounted if there are partitions on it. But
even then it
> is possible to get it working.
>
> For other distributions are probably even more
flexible.
>
> >
> > 5) Can I load these drives on my PC in Windows
Vista before connecting
> > to NSLU2? Or do I have to format on the NSLU2 then
copy everything
> > over via network?
>
> Yes.
>
> For unslung you can choose between different
filesystems with
> the restriction that one disk is the "native"
disk which has
> to be ext3.
> For the other disk you can choose between ext3, fat and
ntfs
> but there are problems with the ntfs driver so i
wouldn't use
> ntfs.
> Even if you choose ext3 you are able to write to the
disk with:
>