[X4U] synology disk station

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Hi all,

the synology is a NAS System with an ext3 formated disk.
So I think one question is, if there is a problem with ext3.

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Am 17.05.08 06:28 schrieb "Ed Gould" unter <edgould1948 at comcast.net>:

> 
> On May 16, 2008, at 3:21 AM, alexandre wrote:
> 
>> hi ed
>> 
>> i thought of doing that too, but this solution costs more than
>> getting a ready-made 1TB hard drive (lacie 2big for example), in
>> switzerland at least.
>> 
>> so i'm thinkink of getting that and maybe an airport extreme base
>> station to have the wifi connectivity. i'm worried that despite
>> "mac compatibility", the synology is ging to give me issuesŠ
>> 
>> regards,
>> alexandre
>> 17" 2.33ghz ic2d macbook pro / 2.0gb / 160gb / X.5.2
>> 24" 2.33ghz ic2d imac / 2.0gb / 250gb / X.4.11
>> 
>> =-------------------SNIP------------------------
> 
> This is not a guarantee but chance are if a drive controller is
> firewire it is Apple compatible. I am sure there will be some
> disagreement but usually that  has been my experience. Don't get me
> wrong but if you buy (and read) the ad for any hard drive sold by any
> OEM dealer they should tell you if its *NOT* Mac compatible. I got
> the Elite controller for a place in Woodstock IL and they really do
> stand behind what they sell. I got the 500 MB drives from CDW which
> sells both. if its a SATA 500 MB drive then it probably work with a
> MAC. The Woodstock people also are excellent on sales questions. This
> is something right up their alley. I have never had to return any
> equipment to them they are really great MAC people (although they do
> sell some windows stuff).
> 
> Ed
> 
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