LaCie 2big Network 2 • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Administering Your LaCie 2big Network 2User Manual page 574.16.1. Connecting an External Hard DriveYou can connect an external USB or eSATA hard disk or USB keyto back up the data on your LaCie 2big Network 2 or as a way toadd storage capacity. Connected hard disks are accessed similarlyto 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-journaledonly), EXT3, or XFS.To connect an external hard disk:1. Make sure that your LaCie 2big Network 2 is connected to yourhome network.2. Turn on the external hard disk and connect its USB or eSATAcable to the USB port (type A; see Fig. 79) on the LaCie 2bigNetwork 2 (Fig. 79).3. In a few seconds, the disk should appear as a share in LaCieNetwork Assistant and in the Dashboard. To access the fileson the hard disk, connect to it like a regular shared folder asdescribed 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 thecapacity of the connected external drive exceeds this limit, the drivewill not be recognized by the 2big Network 2.Fig. 79External USBHard Disk
