Re: [slim] Wooo!! Linkstation bought!

2006-05-28 Thread Marc D . Field
-None- TheSaint wrote: I just came home with a Linkstation ( firmware 2.05) and was wondering if the instructions on http://fieldnetworks.com/slim/linkstation.html are still valid for MIPS processors or there's an updated How-to on the subject? Hi. The instructions at fieldnetworks.com will

Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver on Linkstation II (MIPS)

2006-03-20 Thread Marc D . Field
-None- tf8252 wrote: Your instructions mention that ver 2.x install process is slightly different. Reading throug your tutorial, I'm at the part where I'm changing the ROOT password, but have not been instructed to install OpenLink to enable Telnet access. Other threads have mentioned that

Re: [slim] Slimserver on Linkstation II (MIPS)

2006-03-06 Thread Marc D . Field
-None- msandover wrote: Have tried installing Perl 5.8.5, the mipsel tools, doing the ln-s to get a symbolic link to Perl 5.8.5 that Slimstation can read etc, etc. Just to make sure, where did you get Perl 5.8? From my site? Or from the LinkStation wiki? For MIPS boxes, you can't use the

Re: [slim] 3rd party remotes

2005-12-19 Thread Marc D . Field
emillika wrote: Has anyone been successful in using a Home Theater Master Mx-500, mx-700 or similiar remote to replace the stock remote? We use an MX-500 and like it a lot. Unlike any other universal remote we've tried, the MX-500 has actually replaced all our original remotes (5 in the family

Re: [slim] NAS Questions

2005-12-18 Thread Marc D . Field
930 wrote: (I did find various discussions of what I would really like to have running, music store and slimserver all standing alone on the NAS, but the technical requirements seem beyond my capabilities. Hopefully, this is something that gets simpler in time). Hi, In case you just need some

Re: [slim] Re: Terastation 6.2.x problems

2005-11-28 Thread Marc D . Field
avalonpb wrote: Thank you but I'm interested in people who are running slimserver ON the Terastation. I'm running 6.1.1 on the LinkStation with no problems. Does 6.1.1 also give you problems? Marc ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Is anyone running SlimServer on a Linkstation2?

2005-10-31 Thread Marc D . Field
agentsmith wrote: If anyone has positive experience running it, especially on a system with hundreds or thousands of songs, I would be interested in what trick you used to optimize it. Hi, I have a PPC LinkStation with about 9000 songs, all mp3, connected via wireless Menu performance via

Re: [slim] Linkstation Rescan?

2005-10-20 Thread Marc D . Field
jackmanfred wrote: I would like to know if there is any point in using the rescan button as it seems to take ages to complete, like a week! Is this normal? and you seem to get the same view if you use the browse music folder. Hi, This does not sound normal. I run SlimServer on a LinkStation

Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver probl. music scan pukes

2005-08-06 Thread Marc D . Field
In article news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], sinking_fast sinking_fast.1tcpsc-NUepA2SMhDQqspMVqqL2D+4xXEVPTSb/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /mnt/slim server/Slim/DataStores/DBI/DataModel.pm line 235. DBD::SQLite::db do failed: database is full(1) at dbdimp.c line 401 at /mnt/slim

Re: [slim] New How-To: Installing SlimServer on LinkStation

2005-03-22 Thread Marc D . Field
In article news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Rod Tucker rod-726cGAzaMRMGihw92uD59AC/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The following modules failed to load: DBD::SQLite XML::Parser HTML::Parser Compr Hi, It looks like you have a build of SlimServer 6 that does not yet have the required ppc perl binaries. If you

Re: [slim] LinkStation as SlimServer... Performance Issues?

2005-03-17 Thread Marc D. Field
On 03/17/2005 04:48 AM, BenRubinstein wrote: The Linkstation looks like a greet solution in terms of size - but how does it sound? I can't give a solid answer here as mine is in a small cabinet above our refrigerator. I remember thinking it was very quiet when doing the initial setup with the

Re: [slim] LinkStation as SlimServer... Performance Issues?

2005-03-17 Thread Marc D. Field
On 03/17/2005 06:41 AM, Thomas B. Malsbury wrote: Looks like the offer is still valid, and its $40 less then Amazon, so this might be the deal he was talking about. Thanks -- looks like a good buy. I'm thinking of getting a second one. If you guys do end up getting one, check out my

Re: [slim] LinkStation as SlimServer... Performance Issues?

2005-03-16 Thread Marc D. Field
On 03/16/2005 09:53 AM, Michael Sigalos wrote: I have read that a LinkStation can be hacked to host SlimServer. For any that have done so, may I ask for some feedback on performance? The specs on the Buffalo website indicate only 64MB RAM. My SlimServer currently eats up about 55MB with 4K

Re: [slim] New How-To: Installing SlimServer on LinkStation

2005-03-15 Thread Marc D . Field
In article news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Chris Buckle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By the way Marc, one useful addition to your excellent script may be to advise that a copy is taken of the password file before any drastic editing. Excellent idea. Marc -- Marc

Re: [slim] New How-To: Installing SlimServer on LinkStation

2005-03-14 Thread Marc D. Field
On 03/14/2005 11:32 AM, Chris Buckle wrote: Unfortunately my password file doesn't look like your password file and doesn't show a password at all for root. (root:/bin/bash is all that is shown for the first line - which is also partially overwritten by vi information on my screen). I

[slim] New How-To: Installing SlimServer on LinkStation

2005-03-04 Thread Marc D. Field
Hi, I am writing to announce a new article I wrote detailing how to install SlimServer on the LinkStation network storage product by Buffalo. The article goes into a lot of detail, including background on the Linux commands required for the installation (which should be helpful to people who are