linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: NAS [OT] was "grub and how to delete Ubuntu

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, J <dreadpiratejeff@...> wrote:
>
> I think he means this:
> "NAS is often manufactured as a computer appliance – a specialized
> computer built from the ground up for storing and serving files –
> rather than simply a general purpose computer being used for the
> role.[nb 1]"
>
> Meaning he's using his own hardware rather than having bought a NAS
> appliance off the shelf (like a Buffalo Terastation or similar)
>

You're right. I just have a shared directory on my HTPC.

$ mount

192.168.1.5:/home/share on /home/giga type nfs (rw,vers=4,addr=192.168.1.5,clientaddr=192.168.1.2)