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Nov 02 08:06:34 <JayBird41> hey guys...anyone got a minute to answer a quick noon question!?
Nov 02 08:06:49 <JayBird41> *noob
Nov 02 08:08:17 <JayBird41> 'lo?
Nov 02 08:24:09 <ByronT> just ask away
Nov 02 08:24:21 <ByronT> ppl can't answer a question that is not asked
Nov 02 08:24:22 <JayBird41> yey
Nov 02 08:24:37 <JayBird41> okay, i am the proud new owner of one of these badboys...
Nov 02 08:24:44 <ByronT> our telepathic interface has lots of bugs to be worked out
Nov 02 08:25:36 <JayBird41> was just wondering...with the latest official firmware, am i going to be able to directly connect a FAT32/NTFS drive without losing the data already on it!?
Nov 02 08:26:33 <ByronT> Linksys official firmware is R63A5
Nov 02 08:27:03 <ByronT> alternate firmware, there is in binary form release - unslung 5.5 and openslug 2.7
Nov 02 08:27:44 <JayBird41> okay....but what about the drive issue?
Nov 02 08:28:41 <ByronT> what drive issue?
Nov 02 08:28:57 <JayBird41> "am i going to be able to directly connect a FAT32/NTFS drive without losing the data already on it!?"
Nov 02 08:31:04 <ByronT> with linksys R63 yes
Nov 02 08:32:07 <JayBird41> excellent....am i also correct in thinking with that firmware i can use a USB hub to attach more drives!?
Nov 02 08:32:10 <ByronT> unslung 5.5, you would have to unsling to another drive, and then ipkg install ufsd module and get it running
Nov 02 08:32:28 <ByronT> that's with the Linksys firmware, yes
Nov 02 08:33:33 <JayBird41> okay...linksys firmware is fine for me at the moment...im may dabble in some of the brilliant stuff on the site at a later date...just need it for media storage for the time being tho
Nov 02 08:34:15 <JayBird41> ...and, one final question if i may....im guessing it is okay to run more than one Slug on the same network
Nov 02 08:35:23 <ByronT> setup different Ip addresses for them - you could have up to 253 of them
Nov 02 08:36:08 <JayBird41> nice one...thanks for you help....gotta wait 2 hours until i get home to set the thing up now :(
Nov 02 08:36:53 <JayBird41> oh, one more thing...and i promise, this is the final question
Nov 02 08:37:15 <ByronT> ask as many as you like
Nov 02 08:38:03 <JayBird41> the slug will be connected to my router....also attached to the router is my XBox running XBox Media Centre....will the slug drive be available in the SMB Share option
Nov 02 08:39:04 <ByronT> I would think so, but am not certain: the samba on the Linksys R63 is 3.x and I don't know if there are any issues w/ xbox media center
Nov 02 08:39:53 <JayBird41> okay, i guess there is only one way to find out...
Nov 02 08:40:46 <JayBird41> is there a forum relating to this device where you all hang out? or is it just the site at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ and this chat room?
Nov 02 08:41:12 <ByronT> there are a few yahoo groups as well
Nov 02 08:41:25 <JayBird41> yeah, i think i have them bookmarked
Nov 02 08:44:14 <JayBird41> is this device "one of a kind" in its price range...i couldn't find any similar products to compare
Nov 02 08:44:44 <ByronT> the wiki mentions items that are similar - but may cost more / less
Nov 02 08:45:12 <ByronT> right now the Iomega Nas100d is looking like a very similar - if not better in performance - product
Nov 02 08:45:32 <JayBird41> okay, ill take a look...i looked at that netgear storage central thing....but people seem to have so many problems with netgear stuff these days...and their device didn't seem as versatile as this
Nov 02 08:46:49 <ByronT> the iomega device has a drive hooked up via IDE internally - which gives a performance boost.  however, there is no alternate firmware (right now) and it does cost a bit more (it has wifi, etc.)
Nov 02 08:47:23 <JayBird41> yeah, just taking a look at it now....so, can you add more drives to the iomega?
Nov 02 08:47:45 <ByronT> only via USB
Nov 02 08:48:18 <ByronT> it comes with either the 160 or the 250 drive but then you would be able to add more via USB
Nov 02 08:48:22 <JayBird41> i think this linksys will do me nicely...as long as the 3 xboxes in the house can directly connect to it
Nov 02 08:48:39 <ByronT> we are *early* in the hacking stages of the nas100d device
Nov 02 08:49:32 <ByronT> very very early...  so we're not completely sure of planned alternate firmware *we* might make available
Nov 02 08:49:56 <JayBird41> sounds good, ill watch out for devlopments
Nov 02 08:52:18 <JayBird41> im guessing there is no limit to drive size on the slug?
Nov 02 08:52:25 <JayBird41> im planning on 2 x 500gig
Nov 02 08:57:52 <ByronT> some ppl say there is, I haven't seen any reason to see why there would be a limit (other than it hadn't been tested)
Nov 02 09:00:33 <JayBird41> okay...thanks for you help...hopefully all will go with setting up when i get home tonight
Nov 02 09:00:37 <JayBird41> thanks again
Nov 02 09:00:51 <ByronT> np
Nov 02 09:01:05 <JayBird41> *over and out*
Nov 02 11:34:12 <JayBird41> Hi, im back....Byron...you got a second!?
Nov 02 11:36:37 <JayBird41> or anyone?
Nov 02 11:36:48 <Zhyla> eh?
Nov 02 11:36:57 <JayBird41> just looking for some help
Nov 02 11:37:07 <Zhyla> I missed the question, just got here
Nov 02 11:37:30 <JayBird41> ive just attached the slug to my network, now runnig the install utility on my PC, but the setup utility doesn't find the device
Nov 02 11:37:33 <JayBird41> any ideas
Nov 02 11:38:08 <Zhyla> ah my slug is getting here today or tomorrow :(.  You talking about the upslug utility?
Nov 02 11:38:36 <JayBird41> no, just the linksys software that is bundled with the device
Nov 02 11:39:02 <JayBird41> ive read that the router needs an ip address of 192.168.0.1 and not 192.168.1.1 for it to work
Nov 02 11:39:29 <Zhyla> yeah you may just be having a routing problem
Nov 02 11:39:45 <Zhyla> what does your routing table look like?
Nov 02 11:40:12 <JayBird41> how do you mean?
Nov 02 11:40:50 <JayBird41> actually, just looking in my router control panel, it isn't being shown as being connected
Nov 02 11:40:54 <JayBird41> ill try changing the IP
Nov 02 11:40:54 <jelle> my slug never responded to the install utility. just access it by webinterface
Nov 02 11:41:15 <JayBird41> i dunno what the IP address of it is
Nov 02 11:41:31 <JayBird41> and it aint being reported as connected in the router control panel
Nov 02 11:41:35 <JayBird41> brb
Nov 02 11:41:42 <JayBird41> ill try chaning the IP address
Nov 02 11:42:28 <jelle> how can you change it if you can;t reach it?
Nov 02 11:44:19 <caplink811_log> default adress of nslu2 should be 192.168.1.77
Nov 02 11:44:57 <Zhyla> ummm if you can't find it you can do a broadcast ping I think.  If you're using windows I don't know how to do that though
Nov 02 11:50:10 <JayBird42> Hi, im back
Nov 02 11:50:27 <JayBird42> changed the IP address of the router and now the Slug is found :D
Nov 02 11:51:22 <jelle> right.
Nov 02 11:51:44 <jelle> good for you. where was it? behind the monitor? j/k
Nov 02 11:51:56 <JayBird42> LOL
Nov 02 11:52:07 <JayBird42> dunno why it made a difference, but i read it in some user comments on www.ebuyer.co.uk
Nov 02 11:59:14 <JayBird42> oh, my xbox can see the slug...good start
Nov 02 11:59:26 <JayBird42> cant access the web interface tho!
Nov 02 12:03:14 <jelle> why not? can't you just attach the slug directly to your pc?
Nov 02 12:03:54 <JayBird42> thats not the setup i want
Nov 02 12:04:04 <JayBird42> and it should work this way
Nov 02 12:04:32 <JayBird42> ah, im in
Nov 02 12:04:33 <jelle> sure. but I'd configure the slug first, then put it in the network. or are you already in step 2?
Nov 02 12:04:36 <JayBird42> restarted the slug
Nov 02 12:04:40 <jelle> right.
Nov 02 12:07:57 <JayBird42> just gonna update the firmware so i can use a FAT32 drive
Nov 02 12:10:19 <JayBird42> hmmm...wont let me upgrade...says there isnt enough space!?
Nov 02 12:11:35 <ByronT> unplug the hd before attempt firmware upgrade
Nov 02 12:12:48 <JayBird42> okay....will try...1 sec
Nov 02 12:13:05 <JayBird42> do i need tgo turn the slug off before unplugging HDD?
Nov 02 12:13:32 <ByronT> should be ok to unplug - since you're just running linksys firmware
Nov 02 12:20:52 <JayBird42> apparently i need to use the EraseAll utility
Nov 02 12:22:27 <JayBird42> how long does upgrade usually take?
Nov 02 12:24:29 <JayBird42> oh, i think it has worked
Nov 02 12:24:36 <JayBird42> just rebooting
Nov 02 12:25:30 <JayBird42> yay, its done
Nov 02 12:29:08 <JayBird42> BTW Byron...it works perfectly with XBox Media Centre
Nov 02 15:31:48 <SnoopD> hey guys, me again
Nov 02 15:31:57 <SnoopD> having a few teething issues with the slug
Nov 02 15:32:31 <SnoopD> everything is set up just fine...but, i am trying to copy a file from the slug to my PC and i keep getting an error saying the network name has dissapeared
Nov 02 15:32:52 <SnoopD> any deas
Nov 02 15:32:59 <SnoopD> *ideas?
Nov 02 15:51:08 <SnoopD> "The specified network name is no longer availble" is the error i keep getting
Nov 02 15:51:40 <SnoopD> seems to be only when COPYING files from the slug....i streamed a whole movie and that was no problem
Nov 02 15:57:49 <JayBird41> i can copy TO the slug no problem at all
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