* Kia Niskavaara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-06-07 11:10]: > 1) My first plan was to buy a "LaCie 500 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive", > http://www.amazon.com/LaCie-External-Design-Porsche-301103U/dp/B000H6CBA4 , > but then I read that some drives have problem spinning down. I'm unable to > find this information about the LaCie drive and was wondering if anyone > knows anything about that? Or, are there any recommended drives to use with > the NSLU2? Pref 500 GB.
There aren't any recommended drives. As to spinning down the disk, there is some information on the NSLU2-Linux wiki: http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/FAQ/SpinDownUSBHarddisks > 2) In which USB port should I put the primary drive? With Debian it doesn't matter. > 3) I've read that NSLU2 could run out of available memory when installing. > I've read this page > http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Debian/DebianInstallerDisconnectsSSH and > was wondering > > 3a) a user say: "I got it to work on a 500GB partition by using "modprobe > -r" to unload the fat and vfat drivers". He also say: "when creating the > partitions DO NOT USE sector 0" > > At what step should I do this, and how can I unload the > fat/vfat-drivers/ixp4xx_beeper? Does this mean that I don't have to create > a swap partition? Should this be done in the first or second terminal > window? I wouldn't worry about this for now. Hopefully, it will just work. If it doesn't work, you could try to create the disk partitions on a PC, format them and then connect the disk to the NSLU2 and manually add mount points. > 3b) Will the swap space be used after the install? If yes, I guess > that will be a problem for the drive if I keep it on all the time? > How can I prevent that? Yes, it will be used. You really need swap given that the machine only has 32 MB of RAM. I don't think swapping is a problem with a hard drive - only with a flash stick. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
