<div dir="ltr">Hi Braddock,<div>Hardware aside, creating the software package for it along with a unified search (and indexing) interface sounds like an intriguing project.</div><div><br></div><div>Rami<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Braddock Gaskill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:braddock@braddock.com" target="_blank">braddock@braddock.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>
Thanks Rami, Dan, and Matti,<br>
<br>
After some research I'm giving up on the idea of an all-in-one solution<br>
which has both wired and wireless networking (oh for even one lot of old<br>
WL-HDD's on e-bay, but no). For wired solutions, that ZyXEL looks pretty<br>
good, as does the GoFlex Home, and both seem pretty hackable, both could<br>
have wifi with the addition of a USB connector.<br>
<br>
A very sexy alternative is the Seagate Satellite Mobile. Wifi and runs<br>
off a battery - you could literally walk around with this thing in your<br>
pocket and be a mobile hotspot reference library. It runs Linux, with an<br>
entirely insecure telnet port, and some people have hacked it to the extent<br>
of adding software packages to it, but I haven't seen anyone putting Debian<br>
or Arch ARM on it - I expect I would need a "real" distro to run<br>
mediawiki/mysql/openstreetmap and whatever custom Gutenberg viewing and<br>
search web app I'll have to create without too much pain.<br>
<br>
I'm intrigued by this project. Maybe I'll actually execute it.<br>
<br>
-braddock<br>
<br>
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:15:43 -0700, Rami Al-Ghanmi <<a href="mailto:alghanmi@gmail.com">alghanmi@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> I have been looking into a cheap NAS solution and found the ZyXEL<br>
NSA310:<br>
><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/NSA310-Network-Attached-Storage-Server/dp/B005TJLU24" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/NSA310-Network-Attached-Storage-Server/dp/B005TJLU24</a><br>
><br>
> A number of different hacks to install Debian on it is available. These<br>
> range from the plug a flash drive and reboot to soldering an RS232<br>
> interface on the drive:<br>
> <a href="http://7bits.nl/blog/2012/04/15/chrooted-debian-on-zyxel-nsa310" target="_blank">http://7bits.nl/blog/2012/04/15/chrooted-debian-on-zyxel-nsa310</a><br>
> <a href="http://forum.nas-central.org/viewtopic.php?f=249&t=5145" target="_blank">http://forum.nas-central.org/viewtopic.php?f=249&t=5145</a><br>
> <a href="http://ixrv.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/flashing-your-nsa310-with-debian.html" target="_blank">http://ixrv.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/flashing-your-nsa310-with-debian.html</a><br>
> <a href="http://forum.nas-central.org/viewtopic.php?f=249&t=5145&start=105#p25013" target="_blank">http://forum.nas-central.org/viewtopic.php?f=249&t=5145&start=105#p25013</a><br>
> <a href="http://veldmuijz.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/skip-the-laptop-take-the-nas/" target="_blank">http://veldmuijz.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/skip-the-laptop-take-the-nas/</a><br>
><br>
> Although it is not wireless, if you have Debian on it you may may be<br>
able<br>
> to configure a wifi usb interface.<br>
><br>
> Enclosure + 500GB HDD + Wifi USB = 85.00 + 70 + ~20 = $175<br>
><br>
> Rami<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Doug <<a href="mailto:dougvargas@sbcglobal.net">dougvargas@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Unfortunately nothing comes to mind with the hardware but just wanted<br>
to<br>
>> say that that's an awesome idea :)<br>
>><br>
>> Braddock Gaskill <<a href="mailto:braddock@braddock.com">braddock@braddock.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> ><br>
>> >Hi folks,<br>
>> >I'm brainstorming a potential project.<br>
>> ><br>
>> >I need a cheap NAS-like hard drive device with wireless and wired<br>
>> >ethernet<br>
>> >ports that can run some form of Linux (preferably Debian) in current<br>
>> >production.<br>
>> ><br>
>> >The idea is to load it (or buy it with) with a 500GB HD. On the<br>
device<br>
>> >build web interfaces and mirror Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg, the Khan<br>
>> >Academy videos, the full Ubuntu software repositories, Open Street<br>
Map,<br>
>> and<br>
>> >various open source textbooks. Ship it to the developing world as a<br>
low<br>
>> >cost local library that a small school can pop onto their network and<br>
>> >use<br>
>> >via a web browser.<br>
>> ><br>
>> >Total hardware cost should be under $200.<br>
>> ><br>
>> >The WL-HDD 2.5 circa 2005 is exactly what I want, but it is no longer<br>
>> >made. It could run Debian, had wifi and wired ethernet ports, and<br>
>> enclosed<br>
>> >a 2.5" HD. <a href="http://wlhdd.co.uk/wiki/Guide" target="_blank">http://wlhdd.co.uk/wiki/Guide</a><br>
>> ><br>
>> >Is there anything equivalent on the market today?<br>
>> ><br>
>> >Thanks,<br>
>> >braddock<br>
>><br>
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