NSLU2 (aka Slug)

Pirate Bill · 04-04-2008, 12:47 PM

Here's a link if you don't know what it is.

Anybody have one? What are you using it for?

I just got one a few days ago. I was surprised at how small it was when I opened the box. I was expecting something at least twice as big. I hooked up an external USB drive (200GB, nothing terribly big) and ran through the easy and painless install/setup. My networked PCs found it and the shared drive on the network with hardly any effort on my part. It's silent (except for the drive) and uses very little power. A very nice unit.

Now, time to make it even better.

Last night I flashed the firmware and installed Debian. It took a few hours (of sitting around and watching), but the install was successful. With Debian on it there is no longer a web utility to interface with it, but I can SSH into it. My plan is to make it a network share for sharing media (music, photo) or just as a NAS. Also install a LAMP server to tinker around with. Maybe even DNS. This is a great little toy!

04-04-2008, 12:47 PM	#1
Pirate Bill Quality since 1973 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Right here Posts: 473	NSLU2 (aka Slug) Here's a link if you don't know what it is. Anybody have one? What are you using it for? I just got one a few days ago. I was surprised at how small it was when I opened the box. I was expecting something at least twice as big. I hooked up an external USB drive (200GB, nothing terribly big) and ran through the easy and painless install/setup. My networked PCs found it and the shared drive on the network with hardly any effort on my part. It's silent (except for the drive) and uses very little power. A very nice unit. Now, time to make it even better. Last night I flashed the firmware and installed Debian. It took a few hours (of sitting around and watching), but the install was successful. With Debian on it there is no longer a web utility to interface with it, but I can SSH into it. My plan is to make it a network share for sharing media (music, photo) or just as a NAS. Also install a LAMP server to tinker around with. Maybe even DNS. This is a great little toy!
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