Gordon Henderson
wibbled on Friday 25 June 2010 09:48

In article ,
Tim Watts wrote:
Hi,

Looking for a small portable 1-2TB backup box, ethernet, internal disk,
appliance form factor and most importantly, replaceable linux - I want a
proper filesystem (no VFAT) and direct access to rsync and ssh on this.

Wifi would be cool - but optional.

Buffalo would have been my choice 2-3 years ago, but all the wiki's on
hacking the LinkStation (Pro) seem seriously out of date.

I don't want a cobbled together solution (too busy) but just a little self
contained box...

Well, this is uk.d-i-y ... So build your own - which, if you're up to
doing an Linux install really shouldn't be hard.

The DIY will be the software setup

I really want an off the shelf Linkstation type bit of kit (small, and ready
to run bar reloading and tweaking the software). ITX is too lumpy and I
really don't have the time.

I'll do some more research and see if the Linkstation is still hackable -
the problem is the name covers a plethora of actual models so knowing what
you're dealing with is tricky.

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Tim Watts

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