Hi Mark, glad you’re sticking it out with the SB Touch.  I felt I had to
chime in on some of the issues brought up in this thread.  Like you, I
too stressed out at first try setting up a standalone Touch, but I
eventually got it working.  I just ordered my second SB Radio yesterday
(this time in black).  For some time now I’ve been running the Touch as
my main network music server using TinySBS and an attached hard drive. 
It hasn’t been easy but I’m determined to make it work as it’s supposed
to … as a standalone network music player (… this is NOT my mission
statement).

Fortunately for me, I started out using a NAS connected to my PC
running SBS and THEN tested the Touch using a USB stick and an SD card
BEFORE trying a WD MyBook hdd, which, btw, didn’t work.  I eventually
purchased a powered 320GB USB (Fat32) Hitachi 2.5 hdd that has been
working “fine” ever since (“fine” = headaches, heartbreaks and plain
and ordinary frustration).

What's truly unfortunate is the TinySBS itself.  Don’t get me wrong, it
work!! BUT, how so miserably.  It’s sooo unstable and sooo
unpredictable, however, sooo clever too.  I must agree with toby10,
Logitech SHOULD dedicate more developer time looking into ways of
stabilizing this gadget.  Like he says, it’s a great product and a
great idea … just poorly implemented.
I can handle using a PC music server running SBS as a last resort or
for instance, a party, however, I really want this to work as a
standalone.  I don’t write code and I’m not a power user … I’m just a
music lover, nothing fancy, just very serious about quality sound.  The
Touch has it if only it could stand up to its reputation and hype.


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carib
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