Networked hard drive
John Wendel
john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil
Thu Mar 15 17:40:40 UTC 2007
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
>
Could you tell us the brand/model of the disk? At least we'll know
what to avoid buying.
Thanks,
John
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