[ale] maxtor shared storage II

[Greg Freemyer]

And here's another example of a weird external.  This one is simply
not Linux compatible even though it is USB.  (Or so the story says.)

http://www.hothardware.com/News/Seagates%5FFreeAgent%5FDrives%5Fand%5FLinux%5FDont%5FMix/

I have been buying bare drives and enclosures separately recently.
This type of issue is reinforcing that decision.

Greg

On Dec 11, 2007 1:02 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 11, 2007 11:43 AM,  <dmcnash at charter.net> wrote:
> > Does anyone have any experience with this NAS product?
> > How slick a device is this?
> >
> > It runs Linux and the tarball and toolchain are downloadable from maxtor.
> > Anyone hacked on this?
> >
> > The price has come down from about $900 to $400, perhaps making it cost effective vs. building my own NAS box.
> >
> > Product Page: http://www.maxtorsolutions.com/en/catalog/MSS_II_Dual
> >
> > Info on internals: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/maxtor-ssii-review,review-800-8.html
>
> I bought one a while ago.  I did not try hacking it, just using it.
>
> Did not like it much. The only usable interface is the NIC.  ie. The
> USB port is for expansion only.
>
> iirc, when you hook it up to another PC, you had to install special
> software (drivers?) to be able to see the drive.  I think I only tried
> it with a Windows client.
>
> Anyway, it was the last NIC only external storage I plan to buy.  It
> was just too inflexible.
>
> Greg
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