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I want to remove the need of connecting my Time Machine USB disk directly to my MacBook. I don't need any other functionality which Apple Time Capsule offers.

  1. Is it possible to use my router with a connected USB disk (already working with Time Machine) and installed OpenWRT as network Time Capsule?

  2. Can I use a Samba share as Time Capsule disk?

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This also seems like it has a good answer. – CajunLuke Sep 24 '12 at 23:11

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To #1, yes you can do that, it doesn't need to be formatted to "Time Capsule" format, what you would do is format the drive to HFS+, "bless" the drive with your mac then connect it to your openWRT router.

For #2, yes you can do that, here is a brief guide on how: http://blog.xemantic.com/2008/04/timemachine-backups-on-smb-share.html

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Wrong. HFS+ will not work in a linux router. – mspasov Apr 18 '11 at 8:08
Depends on how he wants to go about it, it can be done. – edude05 Apr 19 '11 at 0:20
He just cannot use journaling (which sucks for large drives): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFS_Plus#Linux – XQYZ Jun 17 '11 at 5:42

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