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LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON User Manual Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2 page 57 4.16.1. Connecting an External Hard Drive You can connect an external USB or eSATA hard disk or USB key to back up the data on your LaCie 2big Network 2 or as a way to add storage capacity. Connected hard disks are accessed similarly to shared folders. TECHNICAL NOTE: External USB or eSATA hard disks must be formatted in one of the supported systems to be compatible with the LaCie 2big Network 2: MS-DOS (FAT32), NTFS, HFS+ (non-journaled only), EXT3, or XFS. To connect an external hard disk: 1. Make sure that your LaCie 2big Network 2 is connected to your home network. 2. Turn on the external hard disk and connect its USB or eSATA cable to the USB port (type A; see Fig. 79) on the LaCie 2big Network 2 (Fig. 79). 3. In a few seconds, the disk should appear as a share in LaCie Network Assistant and in the Dashboard. To access the files on the hard disk, connect to it like a regular shared folder as described in section 3. Accessing and Transferring Files (connected USB hard disks are always Public shares and are therefore Read-Write for all users). To eject an external hard disk: To unmount an attached USB hard drive, click the Eject button. IMPORTANT NOTE: The maximum capacity supported for an external drive formatted in MS-DOS (FAT32) is 500 GB. In case the capacity of the connected external drive exceeds this limit, the drive will not be recognized by the 2big Network 2. Fig. 79 External USB Hard Disk

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LaCie 2big Network 2
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DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON
Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2
User Manual
page 57
4.16.1. Connecting an External Hard Drive
You can connect an external USB or eSATA hard disk or USB key
to back up the data on your LaCie 2big Network 2 or as a way to
add storage capacity. Connected hard disks are accessed similarly
to shared folders.
TECHNICAL NOTE:
External USB or eSATA hard disks must be for-
matted in one of the supported systems to be compatible with the La-
Cie 2big Network 2: MS-DOS (FAT32), NTFS, HFS+ (non-journaled
only), EXT3, or XFS.
To connect an external hard disk:
1. Make sure that your LaCie 2big Network 2 is connected to your
home network.
2. Turn on the external hard disk and connect its USB or eSATA
cable to the USB port (type A; see
Fig. 79
) on the LaCie 2big
Network 2 (
Fig. 79
).
3. In a few seconds, the disk should appear as a share in LaCie
Network Assistant and in the Dashboard. To access the files
on the hard disk, connect to it like a regular shared folder as
described in section
3. Accessing and Transferring Files
(con-
nected USB hard disks are always Public shares and are there-
fore Read-Write for all users).
To eject an external hard disk:
To unmount an attached USB hard drive, click the
Eject
button.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The maximum capacity supported for an ex-
ternal drive formatted in MS-DOS (FAT32) is 500 GB. In case the
capacity of the connected external drive exceeds this limit, the drive
will not be recognized by the 2big Network 2.
Fig. 79
External USB
Hard Disk