On Thursday 15 March 2007, Les Mikesell wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > I've bought a drive with usb and network connection. > > Brand? > Freecom Classic SL > > 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? > > Some models don't do standard networked file systems but need a matching > driver (available for windows and maybe mac). I'll google for that. > Others do smb (windows) > sharing and would be visible to a windows box via name broadcasts. > It's not visible to windows either. Could be my fault, as I told Mikkel. Anne
