[ale] NAS in Linux/windows network

[Kenneth W Cochran]

>Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 11:51:18 -0500
>From: Michael Hirsch <mdhirsch at gmail.com>
>To: Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com>,
>   Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Subject: Re: [ale] NAS in Linux/windows network
>
>On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:49:51 -0500, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Due to impending disk failure on the wife's laptop, I'm considering
>> some form of external HD, so that she can keep her important files
>> somewhere that can be accessed from more than just one machine.
>> Anyone have pointers to NAS or such? - I've got USB external drives as
>> a possibility, but they are not  accessible from 2+ machines at once,
>> and so I'm interested in some form of network drive
>
>You can get little ethernet devices that will share a USB drive for
>you.  I think Linksys has one, and I saw one at Fry's last week.  That
>is the option I'm pursuing.  You get the advantage of a network drive,
>with the advantage of USB drive.  Win-win!  And, of course, for the
>USB drive I'll probably just use a USB enclosure for an internal
>drive.  Yowzah.  Let's hear it for modularity and orthogonality!  Rah
>rah rah!
>
>Michael

As well, that little Linksys box (NSLU2) is itself Linux-powered
and capable of Much Evil And Fun(tm).  Cost at Fry's last I
checked was $100.  Marc Torres is to make a presentation on
this and their wireless routers to ALE Pretty Soon Now.  :)

-kc