OK ill try and clarify…a torrent client running in ubuntu e.g Ktorrent. I start a torrent. The save location is an external usb hard drive. The torrent starts. I happily switch off my pc. The download finishes. I startup my pc (whenever)..and download is there.
On 29/04/2008, Seif Attar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Javad Ayaz wrote: > > anyone have any experience with this.? surely im not the first one to > > think of this? > > > > How can i run this in buntu thou? i dont wana dual boot with > > anything...im happy with my buntu!!! :) > > > ok, if i understood what you want correctly, you want a device that will > doenload your torrents for you, and then simply use the files from > ubuntu?? or do you want the device to run ubuntu? > > The easiest way about it, is to have some device connected to the > network, running a service that will download torrents (torrentflux?), > and share the download directory on the network, then from your ubuntu > machine mount that share, and you can access the files downloaded while > you pc is off! :) for that device you can use the nslu2 or any other > Network Access Storage, I had a freecom fsg-3, whicch worked nice after > some hacking. or you can build your own with an old computer lying around. > > I don't know much about all this deiffernt architechtures and how ubuntu > supports them, but the nslu2 and the freecom fsg are ARM, i dont know > how friendly uibuntu is with running on it. debian has been ported and > works on both. > > hope this helps > Seif A. > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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