Hi Herbert,

Here's what I do:

- I have a Linksys NSLU-2 (aka "Slug") that I've put Debian Linux onto
- Attached to it is a 0.5TB Western Digital MyBook USB drive
- The Slug shares this on my home network

On my MBP I did the following:

(1) Open Terminal
(2) Execute: defaults write com.apple.systempreferences
TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1

And et voila, I can use my little homebrew NAS as a TIme Machine backup disk
and backup wirelessly.

-marc

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Herbert Graf <hkgraf@gmail.com> wrote:

> Any Mac users out there?
>
> I'm interested in getting the functionality of a Time Capsule, without
> actually paying for the full thing. I was wondering if anyone has any
> experience with automated backup solutions for Mac.
>
> What I'm looking for is an amount of storage, be it USB or Ethernet,
> that can be accessed as storage, but also supports the automatic backing
> up the Time Machine supports.
>
> I've looked at the solutions on the store shelves and it looks like some
> USB hard drives support what I need, is there anything I need to be
> careful about? Any particular model people could recommend? I'd like to
> find something in the $125 range.
>
> Are any of the cheaper NAS solutions supported by Time Machine
> (connecting by ethernet would be nice, but not required)?
>
> Thanks for any guidance.
>
> TTYL
>
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