Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-18 Thread Jason Lim
> > > But if question is "can two hosts mount the same 1394 device (in R/W > > > mode) at the same time ?", the answer is definetly no. At least with > > > "conventional" FS (ext2/3, fat, etc.), for various reasons, including > > > : kernel level read/write cache, which can assume things about what

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-18 Thread Jason Lim
> > > But if question is "can two hosts mount the same 1394 device (in R/W > > > mode) at the same time ?", the answer is definetly no. At least with > > > "conventional" FS (ext2/3, fat, etc.), for various reasons, including > > > : kernel level read/write cache, which can assume things about wha

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-18 Thread Michael Wood
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 08:23:24AM +0100, Nicolas Bougues wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 02:24:09AM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: > > Hello "Thomas R. Shemanske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > > I bought Datafab MD2-FW-USB External 2.5 IDE HDD Enclosure > > today and successfully work in my debian not

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-18 Thread Michael Wood
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 08:23:24AM +0100, Nicolas Bougues wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 02:24:09AM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: > > Hello "Thomas R. Shemanske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > > I bought Datafab MD2-FW-USB External 2.5 IDE HDD Enclosure > > today and successfully work in my debian no

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-18 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Patrick Hsieh wrote: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:20:35 +0800 Jason Lim wrote: > > > > But if question is "can two hosts mount the same 1394 device (in R/W > > > mode) at the same time ?", the answer is definetly no. At least with > > > "conventional" FS (ext2/3, fat, etc.),

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-18 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Patrick Hsieh wrote: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:20:35 +0800 Jason Lim wrote: > > > > But if question is "can two hosts mount the same 1394 device (in R/W > > > mode) at the same time ?", the answer is definetly no. At least with > > > "conventional" FS (ext2/3, fat, etc.),

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-18 Thread Patrick Hsieh
Hello "Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:20:35 +0800 "Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > But if question is "can two hosts mount the same 1394 device (in R/W > > mode) at the same time ?", the answer is definetly no. At least with > > "conventional" FS (ext2/3, fat

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-18 Thread Jason Lim
> > > > I bought Datafab MD2-FW-USB External 2.5 IDE HDD Enclosure today and > > successfully work in my debian notebook. > > > > My question is-- is it possible to use 1394 HUB to connect some 1394 > > storage device and some Linux servers and make it a 1394-based NAS > > environment? Can two Linu

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-18 Thread Patrick Hsieh
Hello "Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 17:20:35 +0800 "Jason Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > But if question is "can two hosts mount the same 1394 device (in R/W > > mode) at the same time ?", the answer is definetly no. At least with > > "conventional" FS (ext2/3, fa

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-18 Thread Nicolas Bougues
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 02:24:09AM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: > Hello "Thomas R. Shemanske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > I bought Datafab MD2-FW-USB External 2.5 IDE HDD Enclosure today and > successfully work in my debian notebook. > > My question is-- is it possible to use 1394 HUB to connect some

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-18 Thread Jason Lim
> > > > I bought Datafab MD2-FW-USB External 2.5 IDE HDD Enclosure today and > > successfully work in my debian notebook. > > > > My question is-- is it possible to use 1394 HUB to connect some 1394 > > storage device and some Linux servers and make it a 1394-based NAS > > environment? Can two Lin

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-17 Thread Nicolas Bougues
On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 02:24:09AM +0800, Patrick Hsieh wrote: > Hello "Thomas R. Shemanske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > I bought Datafab MD2-FW-USB External 2.5 IDE HDD Enclosure today and > successfully work in my debian notebook. > > My question is-- is it possible to use 1394 HUB to connect som

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-17 Thread Patrick Hsieh
Hello "Thomas R. Shemanske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I bought Datafab MD2-FW-USB External 2.5 IDE HDD Enclosure today and successfully work in my debian notebook. My question is-- is it possible to use 1394 HUB to connect some 1394 storage device and some Linux servers and make it a 1394-based NAS en

Re: firewire storage solution recommended

2002-02-17 Thread Patrick Hsieh
Hello "Thomas R. Shemanske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I bought Datafab MD2-FW-USB External 2.5 IDE HDD Enclosure today and successfully work in my debian notebook. My question is-- is it possible to use 1394 HUB to connect some 1394 storage device and some Linux servers and make it a 1394-based NAS e