Comments on: NSLU2-Linux USB harddrive spindown

By: fredericiana » Blog Archive » Career Fair

fredericiana » Blog Archive » Career Fair — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:09:59 +0000

[…] you got the last one!)… It has 1GB, that’ll make for a great new root drive for my Slug (which currently runs on 512M). By the way, why can OS X’s Disk Util.app format an […]

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:08:43 +0000

I agree, that’s a question of luck, unfortunately. I have one no-name enclosure that works with the usb spindown, another one that does not. I also have one that works too and it’s a Maxtor USB drive that already came in an enclosure. Maybe that is your safest bet if you want to make sure that you get one that works.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:44:55 +0000

What disk enclosure are you using? Since this doesn’t work with all enclosures, it would be interesting to know.

By: The Battery-buffered Slug: A UPS for the Linksys NSLU2 at fredericiana

The Battery-buffered Slug: A UPS for the Linksys NSLU2 at fredericiana — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:06:47 +0000

[…] As you all know (or not, whatever), I am sharing files between all of my computers using a Linksys NSLU2, running OpenSlug. […]

By: fredericiana » Writing udev rules, short notes

fredericiana » Writing udev rules, short notes — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:20:31 +0000

[…] Today I was connecting a second USB harddrive to my NSLU2. […]

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:13:57 +0000

Ante, I just wrote a message to the nslu2 mailing list in order to find that out.

By: Ante

Ante — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:25:01 +0000

How soon is it going to be available?
What about unslung?
Thanks

By: JJ Anderson

JJ Anderson — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:22:00 +0000

this NSLUG drives me crazy, such a good box with tons of features but no auto spindown for usb disks, what a drawback. Fred, can i contact you somehow via email ?

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 00:19:40 +0000

I guess it should be available in a release, soon Unfortunately I cannot just upload the image file as it would make license problems because it contains the Intel ethernet drivers.

By: JJ Anderson

JJ Anderson — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:39:38 +0000

isnt it possible to become the final image file with all this included ? im not so strong in compiling linux