NASLite Network Attached Storage

Dear Tony,

I just purchased the Naslite+ USB version and I have the same problem that I the can´t saved configuration. I installed the Naslite on a 8MB CF-Card without any problems.

Best regards
Robert

Is that an USB CF card?

Dear Tony,

I use the CF card on a CF-IDE-Adapter in the IDE port. My motherboard can´t boot by USB port. What must I do to save my configuration file on the CF card at the IDE port.

best regards
Robert

Hi Robert,

There is no way to save the configuration to an IDE CF since normally that is a storage drive (Beware of formatting Disk-1 ). In order to save the configuration, you'll need an USB flash drive connected to the USB port of that machine.

Dear Tony,

thanks for your answer, can the normaly NasLite+ save the configuration on a CF-card on IDE port. I don´t need the IDE ports on the motherboard, because I will use the harddrives with a Promise TX2000 RAID controller (mirroring).

Best regards
Robert

Hi Robert,

I think your plans are rather ambitious. I also think that before you continue, it's probably a good idea for you to read the associated manuals. There is no RAID support in NASLite, so in order to have a NAS server running NASLite, the IDE ports will be necessary.

Dear Tony,

can I change my license to the normaly Naslite+ version?

Best regards
Robert

Dear Tony,

your answer is no longer needed, I use in the meantime the Darma NAS OS SBE, this software has the reatures that I want. It´s work much better than the Naslite version and also faster. The Darma NAS OS SBE is for free. http://nas.darma.com/

Here are the featuresof Darma NAS OS SBE: (wow)
SSL encrypted client-server
Java Graphical User Interface
Small footprint under 64MB
RAID 0, 1, 5, 5 + hotspare
SGI-XFS journaling filesystem
Logical Volume Manager
Dynamic filesystem expansion
Access Control Lists (ACL)
IDE, SATA, SCSI Disk Support
Active Directory (ADS) integration
MS SMB-CIFS, Unix NFS, Apple OSx
Local & domain user & group quotas
Multi-byte / UNICODE character sets

Best regards
Robert

Just an FYI. Darma NAS OS isn't necessarily free. The "free" version allows only 2 clients. The "full" version costs $299.

As I mentioned in another post, I looked at Darma NAS OS at one point, but it wouldn't run on my old PC. It wouldn't even boot up -- it would start to boot and then, after getting so far, the PC would spontaneously re-boot, endlessly. I never did figure out what was wrong -- hardware or software?

I am sorry but 2 clients IMHO does not make a NAS operating system. (i mean come on a network with only two clients... my mum has more than that and she has trouble with google)

Kudos to ServerElements for doing a proper free version.

Edit: + i just noticed its java... yuk

WOW!

While testing the next release of NASLite+ for USB Flash I ran into the problem that initiated this discussion. A dual purpose USB Flash Drive/MP3 Player just did exactly that. I can save the config, but on reboot it goes right back to DEFAULTS.

Anyway, the fix is simple. Instead of rebooting NASlite after configuration, power the machine down completely and turn it back on for a cold boot.

1. Boot configure and save the configuration making sure the LED flashes on save.
2. Shutdown and power the server off.
3. Power the server back on for a proper configured boot.

This is definately vary strange hardware behavior. None of the other USB drives I use behave like this one. I'm not sure but assume that this is exactly what you are seing. Ralph and I have been at this for 2 months now and couldn't replicate the problem until today.

Anyway, can someone check and confirm if the above corrects the behavior or not.

I can confirm that this isn't the solution. I've tried everything and it either doesn't save the config, or doesn't read it back.
Is their any way to see the saved config on the memory stick, so I determine which it is?

The latest release, NASLite+ for USB Flash v1.1 is confirmed working by the originator of this topic, picknmix. This issue can now be put to rest.

I can confirm this...Tony has fixed it!!!!