Can you connect Hard Drive to Dreambox 500c

**Bugzee**

and if so, how?

Any recommendations on product and most importantly a step by step guide for this IT illiterate. Thanking you all in advance for your expertise.

**Devilfish**

You can't connect a hard drive directly to the dm500 because there is no ide interface.

The only way you can do it is by getting a LAN enclosure and putting the hdd in that. This has an ethernet connection and would connect to the dreambox via ethernet.

**horsegun**

Hello

I am trying to work a Networked Hard Drive to record to, just wondering what kind of size to purchase.

Does anyone know what sort of space a 30min program might take up, to get an idea of what size I need to buy.

Cheers

**smirnoff_rules**

about 1 gig for 30 minutes .. l have a 250 gig external drive , but remember u can use for the dream and pc stuff

**Neil**

Do you have an old PC that is too slow for windows anymore. If so make your own netwrok storage from the old PC using NASLITE 2, have a read here http://www.serverelements.com. Naslite was the best £15 I ever spent on software.

**makroski**

Here you can find a FreeBSD based nas software FreeNAS. I used it in a pentium 166 mmx machine and it is perfect http://www.freenas.org use the link can see it.

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horsegun Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bristol Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Networked Hard Drive Size Hello I am trying to work a Networked Hard Drive to record to, just wondering what kind of size to purchase. Does anyone know what sort of space a 30min program might take up, to get an idea of what size I need to buy. Cheers

smirnoff_rules Moderator Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: birmingham Posts: 3,886 Thanks: 546 Thanked 2,015 Times in 866 Posts Downloads: 146 Uploads: 16	about 1 gig for 30 minutes .. l have a 250 gig external drive , but remember u can use for the dream and pc stuff __________________ EVERY CABLE FILE YOUR WILL EVER NEED IS HERE TILL R DOWNLOADS R FIXED A 100% DOWNLOAD THEM HERE any information provided is for educational/experimental purposes only .

Neil V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 241 Thanks: 33 Thanked 17 Times in 15 Posts Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Do you have an old PC that is too slow for windows anymore. If so make your own netwrok storage from the old PC using NASLITE 2, have a read here http://www.serverelements.com. Naslite was the best £15 I ever spent on software.

makroski Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Here you can find a FreeBSD based nas software FreeNAS. I used it in a pentium 166 mmx machine and it is perfect http://www.freenas.org use the link can see it.