Posts under ‘DIY’

It has been quite a while since I last wrote about my quest on building a NAS (network attached storage) box. The last article generated quite the interest among fellow enthusiasts, and I have had many people sending in suggestions and questions. So here I am again – writing about my second NAS build that will [...]

Finally got me some time to write a new post! to kick things off… I must tell you that hell has froze over and I have given away my iPhone 4 and bought a Samsung Galaxy Nexus… Why??? I was an dedicated iPhone user up until now, and I was fairly happy with it. I [...]

As previously mentioned, OS X Lion does not support logging into NAS boxes running Samba or AFP servers that employ the DHCAST128 authentication method. Apple documented this as a security update, in which they outright disabled DHCAST128 in Lion. People who are running type of NAS system – FreeNAS or store bought boxes will not work [...]

There’s something to celebrate this month – release of FreeNAS 8.0 Previously, the FreeNAS project has stuck with the decimal 0.x scheme for build numbers. the latest nightly build we used for the DIY storage appliance was 0.7.2. Since then, the number jumped from 0.x to 8.0, with 8.1 baking in the oven. Taking a [...]

This will be a short post regarding the new Greenpois0n RC 6.1 Release for jailbreaking your iDevice running on 4.2.1. For the longest time, we had to use the alpha Redsn0w release that not only required a 4.2b SHSH but the actual 4.2b IPSW which is only available to iOS developers. The Greenpois0n RC 6.1 [...]

Apple recently released iOS 4.2.1 which added quite a few awesome features including AirPlay, AirPrint, Safari “find on page”, and free “Find your iPhone” feature for iPhone 4. (sorry 3GS and 3G users… Apple purposely wrote you guys out of the deal.) My personal favorite would have to be the Safari search feature. I have [...]

A few months ago I wrote a post detailing my most recent NAS build, running FreeNAS powered by ZFS. Since then the post has gather a fair bit of attention from curious readers and people who are looking to finally DIY an alternative to commercial NAS products, especially the Drobo. So what has happened in [...]