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Linux-based SLUG spawns highly hackable NAS (LinuxDevices)
LinuxDevices covers a
successor to the Linux-based NSLU2 (aka "SLUG"). "As delivered out
of the box, the NAS200 appears to be a very simple consumer device aimed at
Windows PC users, or at least users with SMB-based networks. However, a
nicely organized source code tree and a system-on-chip processor executing
applications built for the 486 architecture could ultimately make the
NAS200 even more popular with hackers than the NSLU2, for which multiple
alternative firmware builds have cropped up."
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USB, but no printer support? Posted Sep 7, 2007 17:33 UTC (Fri) by colink (guest, #274) [Link] I can't believe that they didn't inlude a way to share a USB based printer! Of course, it is hackable...
dlink dns323 nas Posted Sep 8, 2007 2:42 UTC (Sat) by slashdotted (guest, #47248) [Link] They have dlink's dns323 running chrooted Debian (even while keeping the factory firmware), many options (see the "how tos" section):http://wiki.dns323.info/start
also helpful:
This guy has done some nice work for it:
not terribly interesting Posted Sep 7, 2007 19:22 UTC (Fri) by tbm (subscriber, #7049) [Link] The NSLU2-Linux project has already investigated the NAS200 and published some initial findings at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/NAS200/HomePageBasically, the hardware is not terribly interesting. Sure, the device has internal SATA now but it still only has 32 MB RAM and a pretty slow CPU. There are other NAS devices that seem more attractive.
not terribly interesting Posted Sep 7, 2007 19:31 UTC (Fri) by jonth (subscriber, #4008) [Link] Such as....?
not terribly interesting Posted Sep 7, 2007 19:47 UTC (Fri) by tbm (subscriber, #7049) [Link] Both D-Link DNS-323 and Buffalo Linkstation-Pro (essentially the same as the Kuro Box 3) look interesting. They're based on the Orion (ARM compatible) chip by Marvell and Marvell is working on getting kernel support into mainline.
not terribly interesting Posted Sep 7, 2007 21:24 UTC (Fri) by joey (subscriber, #328) [Link] the thecus is pretty nice
(and already well supported by debian)
not terribly interesting Posted Sep 20, 2007 15:01 UTC (Thu) by endecotp (guest, #36428) [Link] > Such as....?
For maximum free-software points, try excito's bubba. It runs Debian, but has only a single drive bay, and I think only 10/100 ethernet.
For other options, have a look at smallnetbuilder.com, where they have a comprehensive set of reviews and benchmarks.
not terribly interesting Posted Sep 7, 2007 21:57 UTC (Fri) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link] are there some other hackable NAS devices around with more drive bays.
not terribly interesting Posted Sep 13, 2007 8:22 UTC (Thu) by Gollum (subscriber, #25237) [Link] Take a look at the Infrant (now NetGear) ReadyNAS series of devices.
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