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