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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:02:07 +0100 Simon Williams wrote: > Steve Lee wrote: > > Heh, I've just been through this and went for a networked device in > > the end as it offers several advantages. I tried a Seagate and > > looked at Western digital USB devices before getting a Netgear > > ReadyNAS Duo which is not cheap but of good quality. > > I recently bought an external disk and looked at NAS but ended up > getting USB. The main reason was that I highly doubt that it can be > formatted as ext2/3 or that it can be used as a block device. AFAIK > these are only accessible via ftp or smb. Can anyone confirm/deny > this? > > Thanks. > Simon > There is a feature called "NFS Block Device" that allows a file/partition/disk to be exported over NFS and is accessible by the remote client as an actual block device. As far as I'm aware, it's not used a huge amount, although it is possible. I am not aware of any ability to do this with SMB. Grant. -- 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