Niall O Broin writes:
> On 11 Aug 2008, at 19:47, Conor Daly wrote:
>> > I see lidl have a 500Gb NDAS drive for EUR140 on Monday next.
> > http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20080818.p.TargaExternalNetworkHDD500GB> >
> > It claims to have an NTFS filesystem already on it. Interfaces are
> > eSata,
> > usb2 and ethernet. Question is, while I presume eSata and USB2
> > interfaces
> > will just work, how does the ethernet bit work? Will it work with
> > an ext?
> > filesystem instead of NTFS? How does one go about mounting a NAS
> > filesystem? What about in-LAN security?
> >
> > As you might guess, I'm pretty much not au fait with all things NAS...
>> The manual for the device can be found at http://www.service.targa.co.uk/dokumente/NDAS_500_eSATA_manual_EN_SI_HR.pdf> .
Possibly-useful thread at boards here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=56844687
I like this response: 'if you're buying a lidl hard drive to back up your
information - well then them two points cancel each other out really.'
ha!
--j.
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