DSL Embedded :: Any way other than samba?

I've looked around and I've seen that about the only way people put files on embedded DSL is through samba. Is there another way? I hate samba, and if there is a way to do this through ftp (like run a ftp server from the flash disk so I can put\get files from it from any computer with a ftp client) I'd rather do that. Or if there is a way to open the image and manually add files to the filesystem...anything but samba

Thanks,

David

Nice. that is wonderful.