On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:13:22 -0800
Sheo Shanker Prasad
I need to install a network attached storage, preferable the storage drive connected to Linksys Network Link (model NSLU2).
I use SuSE 9.3 (professional or workstation version). I am already using a network attached printer. However, I have no idea about how to make a network attached storage work in SuSE9.3.
There's really nothing to it, as far as I can see, if you have the network conenction to connect to the NSLU2. It is not OS-dependent, but I happen to use SuSE 9.3 and 10.0. Do not waste time with the supplied Windows wizard on CDROM. Just connect the unit to your network, power it up, wait a little bit, then point your browser to http://192.168.1.77 and that's basically it. Next is up to you. You can connect two USB drives to the device. The Linksys web interface will let you format the drive and all that. Consult the PDF file on the CDROM for indications on assigning users, groups and passwords. Mind you, after about 1 day I simply replaced the Linksys software on the NSLU2 with OpenSlug. Now I acces the NSLU2 via ssh. I've compiled emacs natively on the device (although there's also a cross-compile kit available) just for the sake of it, and at the moment I run a simple web server (axoloTLS). When I want to transfer files I use at the moment ssh. Not as cute and pratical as the Linksys web interface, but I have projects for it. If you ever want to go that way, with OpenSlug, it's fairly easy, but be sure to read the docs. If some notes taken during installation can be useful, I can send them to you. Basically, if done proper, you never scrap a tiny part of the machine called 'Red Boot' to which, through a proper boot sequence, you can always revert to. On the other hand, once OpenSlug is installed on the NSLU2, you need to transfer it to USB drive, USB Flash, or NFS-mounted partition so that it can have more space. Please bear in mind that the NSLU2 is at the other end of the computing power spectrum. While we have machines with dual core 64-bit CPUs at an average of 4825 bogomips each, the NSLU2 has only 133 sole bogomips. Don't expect speed in anything, not even USB2 disk transfers. But it gets the job done and so far I see it's quite rugged. No downtime on that one. And it has a cheap price. Here's the Open NSLu2 wiki. Quite a few things in there: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Main/HomePage Cheers.