I spent absolutely ages setting mine up about 2 years ago. I was up all night pulling my hair out and almost threw the slug in the rubbish. However, I...
7913
djmalne
Nov 1, 2009 9:26 pm
I found the new f/ware - as you suggested I had googled it already! It does seem more stable so I will wait and see... David...
7914
doberanbookings
Nov 2, 2009 1:44 pm
I just bought an aftermarket nslu, and turns out, it makes a bad high pitched whine. It gets worse, when i connect the lan cable, and even worse when there's 2...
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Ingo Flaschberger
chaoztc
Nov 2, 2009 1:57 pm
Hi, ... yes, broken caps can be responsible for this noise. try to replace all "big" electrolytic capacitor. Kind regards, Ingo Flaschberger...
7916
scott_645
Nov 2, 2009 4:30 pm
Hi, Could it be the beeper? I purchased a NOS NSLU2 off ebay, and it works fine except for a high pitch noise that like yours varies by what is plugged into...
7917
Henrik Fransson
hmf1980
Nov 3, 2009 2:48 pm
Hi, It could also be a coil or choke that causes the sound if there are any DC/DC converters inside the NSLU? I don't have the schematics at hand right now to...
7918
justinmiddleton51
justinmiddle...
Nov 3, 2009 2:51 pm
I have searched like crazy but am now stuck. My psu died while the slug was running firefly/unslung. I have a new psu but the slug still won't work. It never...
7919
gamesharkmike
Nov 4, 2009 8:43 am
I have had connections drop with NTFS on my 80 GB USB Hard drive. I made a topic but I kept getting emails saying "Post to mailing list still pending" and one...
7920
Mike Westerhof
mjwest61
Nov 4, 2009 11:54 am
... Send your emails directly to the nslu2-general email list, not via nabble. Mike (mwester)...
7921
Mai Kee Reis
maik_nospam_...
Nov 4, 2009 4:57 pm
I copied 1 TB of files from one disk to another at the same NSLU2 (new 266MHz from factory). All okay! My housings are both IcyBox "IB-351 StUS-B" (one...
7922
doberanbookings
Nov 5, 2009 11:26 pm
Well.. thanks for the suggestions. I guess, i have found the source of the whine. I'm pretty sure it's one of the coils, like Hendrik said. When i touch the L2...
7923
Paul Carmichael
wibbleypants
Nov 6, 2009 1:08 pm
Hello all. My USB box died, so took the IDE disc out and connected it to my XP box to make sure it was ok. Backed it up, so don't think I have lost anything,...
7924
dnabble
cnczane
Nov 6, 2009 1:20 pm
... Your laptop is "too busy." For the sake of argument, I'll assume it's of the same hardware caliber as your linux laptop and desktop, which work. IMO, you...
7925
Mike Westerhof (mwest...
mjwest61
Nov 6, 2009 1:44 pm
... Probably nothing; there's no evidence that chkdsk damages NTFS filesystems! ... Dunno. :) It's hard to go any further without a lot more information -- ...
7926
Paul Carmichael
wibbleypants
Nov 6, 2009 2:33 pm
... 2.3R63 Unslung 6.10 beta. After several self-imposed reboots, it recognised the drive correctly, but was very slow. Then finally, all it sees are the...
7927
Paul Carmichael
wibbleypants
Nov 8, 2009 5:12 pm
Thought I'd follow up on this in case anyone's interested. Tried a newly formatted NTFS disk in the new USB box. The only way it would work was if I removed...
7928
pmptg
Nov 10, 2009 6:03 am
I've had my NSLU2 unslung previously but was having problems setting up my Media Server and decided to start over from scratch. Everything seemed to have gone...
7929
Paul Carmichael
wibbleypants
Nov 10, 2009 8:56 am
... Personally, I've tried several times to format a disk with the slug, but it always failed (it says "formatting", but never completes). Best to format it on...
7930
llampje
Nov 25, 2009 3:40 pm
Dear Group, I tried today to order some new nslu2 units. My supplier told me they where out of stock, and he could not deliver them anymore. Does anyone know...
7931
Gregg C Levine
hansolofa
Nov 25, 2009 3:55 pm
Hello! Do you mind if I ask which supplier you chose? It happens that I buy a heck of a lot of electronics via Amazon (then from Staples). I suggest you try ...
7932
sam_m_reed
Nov 25, 2009 3:57 pm
Nope, they are end of line/end of life (EOL) Most people are buying SheevaPlugs now, though, some NSLU2's can be bought on eBay and alike. http://openplug.org/...
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Joel Gebhart
colinnwn
Nov 25, 2009 4:12 pm
The NSLU was discontinued by Linksys in 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2 You can still buy them new and used, though it looks like prices are creeping...
7934
Frank Reijn
fnijer_public
Nov 25, 2009 4:16 pm
Not for price you gave but still available in the netherlands ! http://www.vergelijk.nl/harddisk/linksys/nslu2/ Vriendelijke groeten, Kind Regards, Frank Reijn...
7935
Paul Hutchinson
paullhutchinson
Nov 25, 2009 4:20 pm
... The NSLU2 was discontinued in the spring of 2008, more than 18 months ago. Paul Hutch...
7936
montyny1
Dec 1, 2009 2:40 pm
Hi, So, I wanted to upgrade from my 750GB Hitachi to a 1TB Fantom. I plugged the Fantom in to the 2nd USB port and started dd. After 15hours I controlled C the...
7937
Mike Westerhof
mjwest61
Dec 2, 2009 12:24 am
... Don't use dd to copy filesystems - it only works in very specific situations. You are far better off to format the target partition, then copy the...
7938
montyny1
Dec 3, 2009 2:33 am
Thanks for the tip. Without drives connected the slug boots as you said it would, and I can ssh to it. At this time I'm copying the old disk to the new disk...
7939
docbillnet
Dec 4, 2009 6:04 pm
... That statement is completely absurd. "dd" always works when copying filesystems, provided you use the correct block sizes. System administrators have...
7940
Mike Westerhof (mwest...
mjwest61
Dec 4, 2009 6:51 pm
... Thanks for your polite response. Note that after that very strong statement you make, you then go on to (correctly) identify the very specific situations...
7941
gamesharkmike
Dec 9, 2009 4:02 pm
... I didn't send an email, I used the new topic link. So this is a newsgroup? So does that mean you can post by sending an email?...
