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On 2/15/07, Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Guys > > Continuing on from a previous discussions and with Neil Stone in mind > (I will reply soon Neil!), I have just seen this project on > Sourceforge: > <http://www.freenas.org/> > > It is not Linux but is there an equivalent. If not, has anybody got > any experience of this software please? The NAS boxes that are > available offer low maintenance and use but suffer from lack of > upgrade and software lock-in. So building a NAS box using old > equipment seems a very good idea. > Depending what you want to do, do you just want remote storage or samba authentication etc. Look at a linksys nslu2 device. If the default (opensource) firmware dosn't forfill your needs, reflash it and load Debian on to it. I have one mainly as a toy really with debian unstable loaded up the only problems are it dosn't have a lot of memory (you can add more but its a seat of your pants job even for me with electronics and soldering experience) and its not that quick but i have had it as a MP3 server, remote file storage and even compiling code(that is a bit painful). -- Robin Cornelius http://www.byteme.org.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html