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using usb storage on raspberry pi

http://www.clarenceho.net/blog/articles/2012/07/15/using-usb-storage-on-raspberry-pi Assuming the USB storage is on /dev/sda To mount a USB stick / disk and make it writable for the default login pi /usr/bin/sudo /bin/mount -t vfat -o uid=pi,gid=pi /dev/sda /mnt/usb/ To create a 512M file on the USB storage and use it as swap: # create an empty swapfile /bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/usb/swapfile bs=1M count=512 # create a loop device /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/losetup /dev/loop0 /mnt/usb/swapfile # setup swap area /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/mkswap /dev/loop0 # enable the swap /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/swapon /dev/loop0 To remove

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How to Build a Raspberry Pi File Server

http://www.jeremymorgan.com/tutorials/raspberry-pi/how-to-raspberry-pi-file-server/ So I found yet another cool use for a Raspberry Pi. You can actually use it as a file server, or more accurately a controller for a file server. All you need is your Pi and a nice external drive and you can serve files to anyone on your network. It’s pretty easy, I’ll show you how.   Other Raspberry Pi Stuff Set up a Raspberry Pi Web Server Raspberry Pi Web Server Speed Test How to Overclock Raspberry

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How To Set Up ProFTPD on Ubuntu 12.04

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-proftpd-on-ubuntu-12-04 How To Set Up ProFTPD on Ubuntu 12.04 inShare About ProFTP ProFTPD is a popular ftp server. Because it was written as a powerful and configurable program, it is not necessarily the lightest ftp server available for virtual servers. Step One—Install ProFTP You can quickly install ProFTP on your VPS in the command line: sudo apt-get install proftpd While the file is installing, you will be given the choice to run your VPS as an inetd or standalone server.

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