config NAS on xenial 7.5
 

Running xenial slacko 7.5 on a usb key
Can anyone tell me how to config this to run a usb flash drive on the network router as NAS.
Thank you> my router can cope with 64bit.

What is the make/model of your router?

If your Network router is a typical commercial home unit then the answer is probably not. While many do run linux they are specialized versions made for the router and are not x86 based devices.

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No, you don't !!!

There is no Xenial Slacko. There is either Slacko (Slackware based) or Xenial (Ubuntu based).

I think I know what the OP means.

I run a whole 'kennels' of Puppies. I use a 128GB SanDisk Ultra 'Fit' (nano-sized) flash drive, plugged into our home router's USB port, as a make-shift NAS.

Easiest way to access it is through Samba. Your router is invariably

Since there's only 2 machines on my LAN, I often access each machine from the other via Samba anyway, but sometimes want something on the 'NAS' that's commonly available to both.

Pup's also got FTP, too, but I never got the hang of that. I use rcrsn51's Samba-TNG, a lightweight 'fork' of Samba, which has been available for Puppies for years......and which has proven to be remarkably robust.

(Michael's quite right; it won't be a 'proper' NAS, the same as mine isn't.....but it'll give you an approximation of the real thing.)


Mike. ;)

My router by the way is a BTHUB5,and the usb flash works on Windows 10 64 bit pro?
Thank you all replies.

Yeah, we had a hub5 before we switched to TalkTalk. Worked just the same on that. You just need to learn a slightly different way of accessing it, that's all.

Have a look here:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=60204


Mike. ;)