Seagate Dockstar NAS Setup for Dummies??

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Ok. Here is the deal.

I already have a Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB Drive.

I am willing to buy a Seagate Freeagent Dockstar.

My requirements:

I need to use the above two for torrent downloads. Plus, I need to be able to use the Drive as a standalone Portable HDD as well. That's all. Nothing more. ;)

My Problem:

I don't know how to go about it. I studied this thread on TE completely and at the end, I am even more confused than I was before reading it. :S

Thread: http://www.techenclave.com/networking/seagate-dockstar-discussion-and-tutorial-thread-173221.html
Can someone here give me a detailed Step by Step guide of sorts for doing the thing?

Thanx in Advance. :clap:
 
Please go through this thread as well -- http://www.techenclave.com/hot-deal...ockstar-cheap-nas-download-server-172252.html

Basically you have to install Debian on a USB Pendrive or on the hard disk itself. Just need to run the installer by Jeff -- Run Linux on your Dockstar, GoFlex, or Pogoplug NAS

After that you can setup Transmission for downloading torrents and Samba for windows file sharing (All these are mostly done by giving the 'apt-get install xxx' command and few changes in the config ) Also use Webmin for managing it easily through a web interfacce.
 
Follow this to install debian on dockstar,

http://jeff.doozan.com/debian/

-Install debian base system on HD or pendrive

-Install and configure other packages (transmission for torrent,screen for console etc)

-use putty client to connect from your desktop

-make necessary users/permissions for transmission or it will have authorization issues

I have setup FireFTP for downloading to my desktop, which is more faster than Samba.

-Jijo

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I am using Debian dockstar for 24/7 torrent downloading. I have 320GB external USB hard disk connected, it's two partitions, one for root and another for torrent using ext4, it all working fine without any errors.

partition 1 - / - 10GB

partition 2 - /sg320 - 305GB

partition 3 - /swap - 5GB

When i start downloading, the size of the root file system gets increasing even it's not downloading anything to rootfs. When i checked with find command, it shows /proc/5/root/sg320 having maximum size, where sg320 is the second partition where torrent download saves. After downloading some extent rootfs comes to 100% (du -h) and all the torrent gets paused by transmission says no space left on device.

Is anyone gone through same issues, any comments ?

Regards

Jijo
 
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