I will have to replace my satellite receiver so I'm looking at the above. Its Linux based with an Ethernet port so it should be easy to back up the hdd.

On 3 June 2012 12:45, Tom Hill <tom(a)ninjabadger.net&gt; wrote: > On 01/06/12 13:22, walt wrote: >> >> I will have to replace my satellite receiver so I'm looking at the above. >> Its Linux based with an Ethernet port so it should be easy to back up the >> hdd. > > > What am I missing? > > It sounds like you're assuming that just because this appliance has a Linux > kernel and an Ethernet port, that they're going to expose NFS/CIFS/SFTP/some > other useful interface for transferring files? > > I couldn't see it on their website as a touted feature. If they do expose > such things, then they're really missing the right marketing. > > Tom > It can't hurt to e-mail he manufacturers and ask if this is possible. I agree that you shouldn't really take it for granted that this can be done as they could have some form of lock in place to prevent it. Check first before shelling out those pounds I say :) -- ============================================== Kevan Linux user #373362 Staffordshire ********************************************** www.freeworld-recycling.org 'Just Free it.' ********************************************** _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://server.bytestream.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug