Anne Wilson wrote: > I've bought a drive with usb and network connection. I used the usb to > quickly transfer a large quantity of data, but intended putting it onto the > network after that. The blurb on the box said it would just pick an ip by > dhcp. However, it seems to me that I need to know something about it in > order to mount it, and I've got a total blank on where to go next. Nothing > appears in /var/log/messages. > > I've told the router to reserve an address for it and made an entry > in /etc/hosts. Since I can't see any sign of it being recognised I haven't a > clue how to mount it. Any ideas? > > Anne > It depends on the drive. You need to know what protocols it supports. You may be able to access it using smbclient, and mount as a cifs mount. The first thing I would try is to connect to the drive's IP address from a web browser, and see it it offers a configuration page. You will probably need to set the name and workgroup. The drive may also offer NFS mounts. You will probably need to do some configuration there as well. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
