**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Tue Nov 03 02:59:57 2009 Nov 03 20:50:36 hey all... got a question if anyone is available to answer Nov 03 20:51:51 if I intend to access the HD that will be attached to the slug from Win-based machines... better to leave it in NTFS, or use ext3 and add ext3 driver to Windows? Nov 03 21:29:22 RWings19: Why do you need ext3 drivers for windows? Nov 03 21:29:36 well... here's the dilemma Nov 03 21:29:45 ntfs drivers for the slug don't work well Nov 03 21:30:04 so when I try to access the NTFS drive connected to the slug, performance hangs bady Nov 03 21:30:08 badly Nov 03 21:30:11 so - what to do? Nov 03 21:30:12 Why do you need it to be NTFS? Nov 03 21:30:26 what do you recommend instead? Nov 03 21:30:50 Well for my slug, running slugos5 here, I have ext3 and I use dokan for windows. Nov 03 21:30:55 I was using samba for a while but it was dog slow. Nov 03 21:31:12 (samba + ext3 yes) Nov 03 21:31:15 I intended to use Samba so that I could also connect to the drive from my Xbox running XBMC Nov 03 21:31:20 right. Nov 03 21:31:40 You don't need it to be NTFS. you run samba on the slug and it shares it as a samba drive. You can have whatever fs you want on it. Nov 03 21:31:46 main purpose of the attached HD is to store pictures, MP3s, and video files (.ISO, .AVI, etc.) Nov 03 21:31:55 hmm... Nov 03 21:31:58 Yes. samba does not care what fs you use. Nov 03 21:32:03 interesting Nov 03 21:32:25 That is the work of samba. Translate between what is on fs and share it as a samba share. Nov 03 21:32:35 But it'll be dog slow, but it works. Nov 03 21:33:05 So what setup would you recommend for a hard drive that will be accessed by XBMC, a WinXP machine, and a Vista machine? Nov 03 21:33:18 I have no idea what XBMC or xbox is so can't help ya. Nov 03 21:33:23 do I gain anything by using Unslung over the stock firmware? Nov 03 21:33:29 but for the other two I'd just use dokan Nov 03 21:33:36 never heard of dokan Nov 03 21:33:41 it's like sshfs Nov 03 21:33:57 here's the other part: Nov 03 21:34:06 so all you need is sshd running on the slug. it is a lot faster. Nov 03 21:34:14 no idea about unslung. But I doubt it'd make samba any faster. Nov 03 21:34:15 one of the machines will be used almost exclusively by my wife, who has no computer knowledge Nov 03 21:34:21 right. Nov 03 21:34:28 I just want to map the drive to a letter, and then she can access that letter Nov 03 21:34:34 for her it needs to "just work" Nov 03 21:34:38 so either you put a samba share on the desktop or something mounted by dokan on the desktop. Nov 03 21:34:52 was thinking Samba share Nov 03 21:35:07 Yeees.. I was thinking samba share for my wife here too. 'til I realised it was dog slow ;) Nov 03 21:35:30 the slug does not really have that much resources. trying to play an avi over samba from the samba share on the slug.. well.. Nov 03 21:35:33 right. Nov 03 21:35:34 not happening Nov 03 21:35:47 I was able to play an ISO the other night without much problem Nov 03 21:35:51 unless one enjoys movies pausing every 5th second. Nov 03 21:35:57 congrats Nov 03 21:36:08 it kinda worked here. Nov 03 21:36:19 but then when you try to play some mp3 from another machine Nov 03 21:36:23 yeah not happening :) Nov 03 21:36:25 so moving the HD to ext3 (from NTFS) wouldn't really help, then... right? Nov 03 21:36:33 dunno. Nov 03 21:36:37 never used no NTFS :) Nov 03 21:37:32 so is it possible to set up sshd using stock firmware? Nov 03 21:37:44 dunno. never used no stock firmware :) Nov 03 21:38:00 which firmware do you prefer? Nov 03 21:38:18 I've only really use slugos Nov 03 21:38:21 used Nov 03 21:38:27 ok Nov 03 21:38:28 bought it, installed slugos. Nov 03 21:38:39 and apart from libusb being broken it's all ok :) Nov 03 21:38:56 But I doubt it will increase samba performance Nov 03 21:39:04 maybe adding more RAM though Nov 03 21:39:19 ok... Nov 03 21:39:29 well... I will upgrade the firmware and see what I can do Nov 03 21:39:41 buuut. I'm no expert. You should hang around for suggestions by others :) Nov 03 21:39:53 except that everyone else has been silent Nov 03 21:40:22 yeah. it's a slow channel. Nov 03 21:40:59 It seems to me that on IRC one should not expect reply earlier than 72hrs Nov 03 21:41:07 * schme is off to bed. g'night and good luck Nov 04 02:56:22 hello all **** ENDING LOGGING AT Wed Nov 04 02:59:57 2009