JR wrote: > On Sunday 01 May 2005 12:27 pm, Paul M wrote: > >>JR wrote: >> >>>My laptop is pretty low on harddrive space. If I want to install >>>something big (like openoffice or a large game), I usually have to >>>uninstall something else, or delete some music. >>> >>>I'm wondering is there a minimal way that I could connect a harddrive to >>>the network here at home, and use it as another partitiion? Or even just >>>as a network drive. Maybe I could put all my mp3's on it. >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>Jarlath >> >>Wouldn't a USB hard drive work for you? >> >>Or more cheaply, a year or so ago I bought an enclosures for a couple of >>old 2.5" drives I had lying in a draw at UKP 3.50 each, just stick the >>drive in, and plug in. >> >>Just taken a look and the firm is still there on ebay, at: >> >>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=96894&item=5191261 >>496&rd=1 >> >>if you've got any lying about there's also enclosures for 3.5 inch hard >>drives, but haven't tried these. > > Hi Paul, > > Thanks for that. After hearing about the network drive, I think I'd like to > do > something like that. If I plug in a USB drive, I loose mobility. I like to > take my laptop around the house. > > But with the wireless network I have, a networked drive would be great. Half > of my harddrive is either music (audio / video), or graphics / photography > stuff. I could put most of that on the shared drive and everyone in the house > could access it from their computers. > > Does a network drive just connect to the ethernet port on the router? > > Jarlath > > > Yes, it does. It is a dedicated computer, that only does file sharing. Some will do more then one type of file sharign at the same time. So you could have the same drives used as a Windows share, and a NFS share, depending on how you connect to it. Chances are, it will have a WEB interface for configuring it.
Another way to do the same thing is to take an old computer, install Linux on it, and set it to do the same thing. It doesn't take much to have a file server/print server/setup. I set one up for my brother using a P133 with 32M of RAM. No keyboard/mouse/monitor. The only limmit was the size of the hard. (The BIOS didn't like the 60GB drive.) The disadvantage here is the bigger size, and the extra noise. The advantage is the lower cost, and you can make it do more. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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