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On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:21:01PM +0000, Grant Sewell wrote: > I am seriously considering the NSLU2, or something eerily similar. > Basically any low power consumption box that does NAS and runs Linux > that is (relatively) easily "extend-able" to do other things as well. > Oh, and it shouldn't break the bank. Hence my interest in the NSLU2. > > Anyway I have several questions about it, the most pressing of which is > about its drive capabilities. The specs say it comes with 2xUSB2 ports > so you can connect 2xUSB2 harddrives to it... what if one were to > attach a powered USB2 hub and several USB2 harddrives via the hub? > Would it be OK with this? (Personally, I can't see how it couldn't be, > but it's better to check.) Can't see why not, though I don't have a powered hub to test (and my hdd has an external power supply anyway). > How about being a print server for a USB printer? Is it happy with > doing this? When I tried this it seemed to throw a wobbly; CUPS may be too big for it. You may have more luck with lpr(ng), but it's worth a try anyway. (If it works with CUPS, let me know and I'll give it another go.) -- Benjamin M. A'Lee || mail: bma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx web: http://subvert.org.uk/~bma/ || gpg: 0xBB6D2FA0
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