[SGVLUG] Linux capable wireless hard drive enclosure?

[Rami Al-Ghanmi]

Hi Braddock,
Hardware aside, creating the software package for it along with a unified
search (and indexing) interface sounds like an intriguing project.

Rami

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Braddock Gaskill <braddock at braddock.com>wrote:

>
> Thanks Rami, Dan, and Matti,
>
> After some research I'm giving up on the idea of an all-in-one solution
> which has both wired and wireless networking (oh for even one lot of old
> WL-HDD's on e-bay, but no).  For wired solutions, that ZyXEL looks pretty
> good, as does the GoFlex Home, and both seem pretty hackable, both could
> have wifi with the addition of a USB connector.
>
> A very sexy alternative is the Seagate Satellite Mobile.  Wifi and runs
> off a battery - you could literally walk around with this thing in your
> pocket and be a mobile hotspot reference library.  It runs Linux, with an
> entirely insecure telnet port, and some people have hacked it to the extent
> of adding software packages to it, but I haven't seen anyone putting Debian
> or Arch ARM on it - I expect I would need a "real" distro to run
> mediawiki/mysql/openstreetmap and whatever custom Gutenberg viewing and
> search web app I'll have to create without too much pain.
>
> I'm intrigued by this project.  Maybe I'll actually execute it.
>
> -braddock
>
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:15:43 -0700, Rami Al-Ghanmi <alghanmi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I have been looking into a cheap NAS solution and found the ZyXEL
> NSA310:
> >
> http://www.amazon.com/NSA310-Network-Attached-Storage-Server/dp/B005TJLU24
> >
> > A number of different hacks to install Debian on it is available. These
> > range from the plug a flash drive and reboot to soldering an RS232
> > interface on the drive:
> > http://7bits.nl/blog/2012/04/15/chrooted-debian-on-zyxel-nsa310
> > http://forum.nas-central.org/viewtopic.php?f=249&t=5145
> > http://ixrv.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/flashing-your-nsa310-with-debian.html
> > http://forum.nas-central.org/viewtopic.php?f=249&t=5145&start=105#p25013
> > http://veldmuijz.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/skip-the-laptop-take-the-nas/
> >
> > Although it is not wireless, if you have Debian on it you may may be
> able
> > to configure a wifi usb interface.
> >
> > Enclosure + 500GB HDD + Wifi USB = 85.00 + 70 + ~20 = $175
> >
> > Rami
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Doug <dougvargas at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Unfortunately nothing comes to mind with the hardware but just wanted
> to
> >> say that that's an awesome idea :)
> >>
> >> Braddock Gaskill <braddock at braddock.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >Hi folks,
> >> >I'm brainstorming a potential project.
> >> >
> >> >I need a cheap NAS-like hard drive device with wireless and wired
> >> >ethernet
> >> >ports that can run some form of Linux (preferably Debian) in current
> >> >production.
> >> >
> >> >The idea is to load it (or buy it with) with a 500GB HD.  On the
> device
> >> >build web interfaces and mirror Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, the Khan
> >> >Academy videos, the full Ubuntu software repositories, Open Street
> Map,
> >> and
> >> >various open source textbooks.  Ship it to the developing world as a
> low
> >> >cost local library that a small school can pop onto their network and
> >> >use
> >> >via a web browser.
> >> >
> >> >Total hardware cost should be under $200.
> >> >
> >> >The WL-HDD 2.5 circa 2005 is exactly what I want, but it is no longer
> >> >made.  It could run Debian, had wifi and wired ethernet ports, and
> >> enclosed
> >> >a 2.5" HD.  http://wlhdd.co.uk/wiki/Guide
> >> >
> >> >Is there anything equivalent on the market today?
> >> >
> >> >Thanks,
> >> >braddock
> >>
>
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