[arch-general] NAS drive revisited

[P .NIKOLIC]

On Sun, 20 May 2012 23:17:14 +0200
Damjan <gdamjan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> > I am still not able to write to my external NAS drive an iomega home
> > media drive
> >
> > So lets approach it from a different angle
> >
> > we will say i have not done anything yet just plugged it into the
> > network
> >
> > What packages am i looking to install   and what configuration
> > changes do i need to make .
> >
> > I am trying this way round as i am chasing my tail up somewhere dark
> > and nasty right now .
> >
> > I know the drive works perfectly i have just tried it with an old
> > Suse distro  on the Laptop and instant read/write no problem now if
> > it can work on there why wont it work on Arch ..
> 
> What protocols does the NAS support, and which of those you want to
> use? If you don't know about protocols, then tell us how do you
> expect it to work.
> 

SMB    and to be able to both read and write the device  as i used to
be able to do under suse  ( dont anyone even think of the go back to
suse line that is a non starter) but i would like to know why it just
works on suse and is a dog on here .

Pete .


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