I agree that VortexBox is really one of the best to-the-point and complete out-of-the-box solutions I've seen in a long time. Considering that one has to fight with a zillion hardware variants and Linux package setups, it's still become a clean "install CD, do update, and just run" solution even for total Linux newbies.
Kudos! Still, I agree with gharris999 that some "easy means" of attaching/removing at least ONE external NTFS-formatted USB disc would be great and improve the VortexBox experience a lot. What would you think, Andrew, about something like this: 1. If an external USB disc is attached, auto-mount it, say under "/storage/external", "/storage/USB" or "/storage/backup". 2. Have a menu item on the main VortexBox Web UI like "Safely remove external disc(s)" that will sync to the external drive and unmount it, thus preparing for a safe removal. 3. Since most people would probably want to do an easy backup from/to the VortexBox, you might even have to extra menu functions: a) "Backup music to external disc" (rsync /storage/music to /storage/backup/music). b) "Restore music from external disc WARNING: Overwrites your libraray!" (rsync /storage/backup/music to /storage/music). Both (a) and (b) might even check beforehand if the target disc is the same size (or larger) than the source, and give a warning. What do you think? -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66800
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