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Mar 19 11:11:23 <tuv> anybody?
Mar 19 14:24:27 <Soap> Hi
Mar 19 14:24:59 <Soap> can someone tell me if the Unslung firmware transfer faster of ethernet than the default
Mar 19 14:25:34 <Soap> because I hear that the default firmware only manages around 4MB/s
Mar 19 15:02:35 <Mika_> tuv: The current *official* rescue procedure is: Boot NSLU2 without HD attached. Telnet in with root/uNSLUng. rm /.sda#root <- # being 1 if you were unslung to disk 1 and 2 if you were unslung to disk 2. Reboot NSLU2 - again without HD attached. Telnet in with root/uNSLUng. Hotplug the hard drive. Re-format via web interface, if needed. If not formatting, then just /sbin/unsling disk#. If formatted, wait until formatting is
Mar 19 15:02:42 <Mika_>  comleted, then t/sbin/unsling disk# in telnet session. Reboot with drive attached.
Mar 19 15:20:24 <drif> Soap: not sure how the original firmware manages, but I've had transfer rates of 6MB/sec with unslung 5.5b
Mar 19 15:21:37 <drif> Soap: with vsftpd
Mar 19 15:22:03 <Soap> oh
Mar 19 15:22:05 <Soap> well
Mar 19 15:22:46 <Soap> 6MB is bad
Mar 19 15:22:52 <Soap> with a normal freebsd machine
Mar 19 15:23:00 <Soap> I get 98% of the maximum possible
Mar 19 15:23:07 <Soap> something like 12.3Mbit
Mar 19 15:23:14 <Soap> something like 12.3MB/s
Mar 19 15:23:16 <Soap> sorry
Mar 19 15:24:31 <Soap> that's not too good
Mar 19 15:26:56 <drif> specs of the freebsd machine?
Mar 19 15:28:10 <Soap> Celeron 1200 Tualatin
Mar 19 15:28:16 <Soap> with a WD120GB
Mar 19 15:28:24 <Soap> at ATA100 speed
Mar 19 15:29:00 <drif> and are we talking about nslu2 in comparison?
Mar 19 15:29:19 <Soap> well
Mar 19 15:29:28 <Soap> I thought it might manage 10MB/s
Mar 19 15:29:37 <Soap> is that too mush asked?
Mar 19 15:30:08 <drif> from that device - probably
Mar 19 15:30:17 <drif> but I like it anyway
Mar 19 15:30:26 <Soap> well
Mar 19 15:30:32 <Soap> for embeeded stuff
Mar 19 15:30:32 <Soap> sure
Mar 19 15:30:43 <drif> indeed
Mar 19 15:30:49 <Soap> but I want to use it as NAS
Mar 19 15:30:55 <Soap> want to dump this machine
Mar 19 15:30:59 <Soap> what a waste of space
Mar 19 15:31:08 <Soap> but there's no real alternative
Mar 19 15:31:15 <drif> really?
Mar 19 15:31:24 <Soap> because that D-link thing also cant perform
Mar 19 15:31:28 <Soap> Dlink DNS120
Mar 19 15:31:32 <Soap> same thing
Mar 19 15:31:35 <Soap> 2 USB ports
Mar 19 15:31:42 <Soap> only manages 4MB/s
Mar 19 15:31:58 <drif> do you need it only as NAS or need to tinker with the software a bit also?
Mar 19 15:32:10 <Soap> maybe
Mar 19 15:32:12 <Soap> at a later stage
Mar 19 15:32:17 <Soap> but the primary use
Mar 19 15:32:18 <Soap> is NAS
Mar 19 15:32:45 <Soap> on some sites it says that using a static IP accelerates it
Mar 19 15:33:03 <Soap> but apart from a faster network initializing time
Mar 19 15:33:10 <Soap> a dynamic IP wont change that
Mar 19 15:33:25 <Soap> sounds like some lie
Mar 19 15:34:30 <drif> half-lie atleast
Mar 19 15:37:19 <Soap> so dump these NAS things
Mar 19 15:37:24 <Soap> I'll retain the servers
Mar 19 15:37:34 <Soap> prolly get some Nano-ITX thing
Mar 19 15:37:39 <drif> Soap: I've ran into some article about few NAS solutions, seems that ximeta (8,39/7,19) and iomega (8,95/9,28) could be alternatives
Mar 19 15:38:02 <Soap> ye
Mar 19 15:38:07 <Soap> I saw that iomega thing
Mar 19 15:38:37 <drif> doesn't handle small files too well though
Mar 19 15:38:48 <drif> ximeta seems not to suffer from that
Mar 19 15:39:29 <Soap> and
Mar 19 15:39:32 <drif> but those are just NAS period
Mar 19 15:39:33 <Soap> the last thing I want
Mar 19 15:39:37 <Soap> is this Netgear thing
Mar 19 15:39:59 <Soap> primarily cos it isnt even NAS
Mar 19 18:42:40 <tuv> how can i pass kernel parameters in unslung?
Mar 19 18:56:14 <tuv> do i need to install busybox?
Mar 19 19:50:55 <tuv> do i need to install busybox? it is not installed by default
Mar 19 19:51:06 <tuv> how can i pass kernel boot parameters in unslung?
Mar 19 20:43:56 <NSLU2-IRC> l
Mar 19 20:45:37 <newguy> l
Mar 19 22:56:45 <tuv> how can i pass kernel boot parameters in unslung?
Mar 20 00:16:58 <tuv> when i try to install rtorrent, it complains about unsatisfied dependency: libsigc++
Mar 20 00:48:38 <pvh> Is foomatic available in NSLU?
Mar 20 00:48:48 <pvh> Rather, Unslung?
Mar 20 09:12:13 <Ciaran> I have a file that I can't seem to delete
Mar 20 09:12:33 <Ciaran> I was downloading a torrent and btget segfaulted
Mar 20 09:13:01 <Ciaran> and now when I try to rm the file I get rm: unable to stat FOO, value too large for datatype
Mar 20 09:15:07 <Ciaran> any... ideas?
Mar 20 09:19:56 <bazz-> touch the foo file ;)
Mar 20 09:21:26 <pahartik> Ciaran: time for "fsck"?
Mar 20 10:38:19 <Ciaran> I managed to unlink it instead
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