**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon Jul 02 02:59:56 2007 Jul 02 08:51:56 hi to everyone, is anyone uses unslug on nslu2 with transmission package??? Jul 02 12:35:58 Hi, anybody here with experience in installing tinyproxy on the Linksys nslu2 ?? Jul 02 13:24:57 hi Jul 02 13:25:14 what is the best distro for NAS devices? Jul 02 13:28:58 I like Debian alot.. Jul 02 13:30:29 i am looking into it for my FSG 3 Jul 02 13:30:50 but i cant see much info on it Jul 02 13:32:23 bruno_: FSG 3 is not well supported by anything at the moment Jul 02 13:32:51 I'm actually working on kernel support for it right now. Jul 02 13:33:22 The trouble is that the wifi card has binary only drivers, and the disk controller is not maintained in the standard kernel. Jul 02 13:33:45 I couldn't recommend anything other than Freecom's latest 3.x beta firwmare at the moment. Jul 02 13:34:40 i thought the site had a link to the source drivers Jul 02 13:35:10 according to the openwrt guys, the marvell open source drivers are not very good. Jul 02 13:35:47 I'm personally considering replacing the miniPCI card in mine with an Atheros card from an Iomega NAS100d Jul 02 13:36:01 how good is it? Jul 02 13:36:09 how good is what? Jul 02 13:36:18 the Atheros pci card Jul 02 13:36:33 the openwrt guys recommend it. Jul 02 13:36:42 also there is this Jul 02 13:36:45 http://wpkg.org/index.php/Running_Debian_on_Freecom_FSG-3 Jul 02 13:36:47 supported by madwifi drivers Jul 02 13:36:51 but the files are missing Jul 02 13:37:02 is it 108 mbps or 54? Jul 02 13:37:38 the minipci card I have is 54 I believe. I always use a wired connection if I need speed anyway. Jul 02 13:38:17 the wpkg.org stuff doesn't support the wifi, nor buttons or leds or fan controller, etc.... Jul 02 13:38:47 i am interested in developing for it Jul 02 13:38:50 You can get the same level of support as that in SlugOS or openwrt pretty easily using the nslu2-linux kernel patches. Jul 02 13:39:11 but i am still struggling with the cross compilation tools Jul 02 13:39:14 bruno_: let's take this to #nslu2-linux then to discuss development Jul 02 13:39:35 i am there Jul 02 19:48:17 hi Jul 02 23:12:12 Hey all, does anyone have experience with RAID 1 on the Slug? Jul 02 23:20:51 Anyone? Jul 02 23:24:14 try just posing your question/problem -- perhaps someone will have an answer or a suggestion. Jul 02 23:26:52 ok, thanks. i actually have not tried it yet, was just wondering if anyone had experience in running it. Jul 02 23:28:01 i am going to buy a couple of larger disks and am trying to figure out the best method for backing up the data from one on to the other. i'm concerned about possible performance issues with RAID 1 as well as the ability to swap the drives in case of drive failure, how well it works. Jul 02 23:28:12 What firmware? Jul 02 23:28:23 Unslung 6.8 Jul 02 23:28:48 Don't go there. Jul 02 23:29:06 may i ask why? Jul 02 23:29:08 It can be made to work, but I would categorize it as a technical curiosity. Jul 02 23:29:26 ok, so you would recommend running the patches to get the Linksys backup system working? Jul 02 23:30:32 That's what I did. My production file-server SLUG has a pair of 250GB drives, one backed up to the other nightly. Uptime is over 250 days without stop. Jul 02 23:31:35 nice. how long does the backup take? and can it be used to read files while the backup is running with any sort of efficiency? Jul 02 23:32:41 I don't know, honestly. If there's little change, the synchronization takes a few minutes. But it happens in the wee hours of the morning so I don't see the load. I'm sure it uses all the available I/O power the SLUG has to do the sync. Jul 02 23:32:47 i am buying a couple of usb external arrays, they each hold 2 SATA disks and so i'd like to put in two 500 GB drives in each and back one up to the other nightly. currently i have about 500GB of data, but it will expand of course. Jul 02 23:33:20 Check the wiki carefully. That might not work with Unslung. Jul 02 23:33:23 i see. well if i do it off-hours that would probably work. can you tell it to backup manually or only via schedule? Jul 02 23:33:33 really? any idea why it wouldn't work? Jul 02 23:33:43 You can do it manually, if you wish. Jul 02 23:34:05 Disk & USB port limitations put in place by Linksys will restrict what you can put where. Jul 02 23:34:21 ok, cool. so even if i put in the disks as RAID 0 or spanned as 1 device each it wouldn't work? Jul 02 23:34:51 If each USB array appears as a single logical device, that's ok -- as long as the (older) OS in Unslung can handle the device. Jul 02 23:34:51 i'm not going to set it up as jbod Jul 02 23:35:15 If the array appears a a multi-LUN device, that only works on USB port 1. Jul 02 23:35:19 hmm... well it says it works in windows, mac os and linux without a driver, so i assume that wouldn't be a problem. Jul 02 23:36:21 uh-oh. well i'll have to keep my fingers crossed then and hope it works since i already made the purchase. hopefully since i'll be setting it up as raid 0 or spanned then it will read as one device and not cause any problems. Jul 02 23:36:52 Well, everything needs a driver. They assume that each of those platforms has a generic driver adequate. Unslung is at Linux 2.4.22, with patches -- not terribly old, but not current either. Jul 02 23:37:22 SlugOS is a 2.6 kernel -- that's up-to-date. So all is not lost, should it not work correctly on Unslung. Jul 02 23:40:11 Oh, I see. Well hopefully I won't have to do that, I'm a Linux novice and it's already complicated for me to have set it up so far! Works great, though, at the moment. Jul 02 23:40:22 Here is the description of the enclosure I bought: Jul 02 23:40:23 http://fwdepot.com/thestore/product_info.php/products_id/1651 Jul 02 23:41:34 Ah, well, if you are a novice, then you definitely don't want to try the RAID on Unslung! Jul 02 23:42:00 Give it a try - let us know how it works; that's a neat enclosure. Jul 02 23:44:17 Cool, thanks. I am currently using my NSLU2 as a media server for a Netgear EVA8000, and aside from the bugs in the Netgear it works like a charm. Very pleased. Jul 02 23:53:46 * caplink811-log thinking about orange pages without any informations about neat devices **** ENDING LOGGING AT Tue Jul 03 02:59:57 2007