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| 1251310 | 2011-12-30 21:38:00 | Does anyone here use Amahi? I have an old Pentium4 WinXP box that I back up to every other day for data and once a week images, but now want to make it into a true server, I can't afford Win home server which would have been my first choice so I'm looking at Amahi instead as it also has a graphical interface (I don't do Command Line). So what are peoples thoughts? |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1251311 | 2011-12-30 22:06:00 | Yep got one in the workshop, it works fine, and its running on a old heap of junk with lower specs than you mentioned :) Going from memory, if you wanted to do backups, you have to use a third party program, something like the Active@ you have. I haven't had a real good play with it, but its capable of doing a lot more than a simple file server I'm using it for. Heres the basic shared folders and users I created :) 3474 3475 I used the Express CD amahi-express-cd (blog.amahi.org) and it installed perfectly fine. Download Page (wiki.amahi.org) As that page mentions, theres no desktop at all once installed. Once its installed you go to another PC, open a Browser ( IE works best) enter in the address it gives, and log in via the admin account you create on install, then make up accounts, folders and any other alterations you want. Mine is completely headless, only has two cables, the power and ethernet. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1251312 | 2011-12-30 22:07:00 | Project for next week then hopefully | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1251313 | 2012-01-08 02:06:00 | I'm thinking I will install it from within Fedora (have the latest release here) so that I can have access to it as a desktop if I want to | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1251314 | 2012-01-08 03:43:00 | Cool, let us know how you go :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1251315 | 2012-01-08 03:55:00 | Will do at the end of the week hopefully | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1251316 | 2012-01-08 05:33:00 | First time I tried it Via Fedora it became a total mess, Fedora installed OK, but after that it all turned to sh1t :D Amahi said it had installed, but didn't work. Thats when I used the express CD as previously mentioned, after I wiped the drive again, then no problems. but now want to make it into a true server, ** The way I look at it, if you have a old PC acting as a server, then use it as a server, ;) not a workstation that stores other data from other PC's. Mines been running for ages now, apart from when I turned it off the other day but never missed a beat. The user interface over a browser /LAN has ALL the options and settings available. Mine sits under a workbench and you don't even know its there, running completely headless.:2cents: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1251317 | 2012-01-08 05:37:00 | Ok you have convinced me, about to download now | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1251318 | 2012-01-08 05:48:00 | Its totally up to you of course, I dont know how compatible it will be with teh latest Fedora. That may have been my problem, but since I dont know enough about the inner working of linux to repair etc, I'd rather stick with keep it simple. :) You do have to create a free account, but thats no big deal., and you can turn off different servers if you want:3496 oh great, better post this quick LOL,, UPS's are going nuts on/off/on/off |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1251319 | 2012-01-08 05:52:00 | Yeah initially it will only be a file server until I get my head around what everything does, I have never used any sort of server before so steep learning curve for me. I'm going to pull out the XP HDD and also unplug my data backup drive and just install on the remaining empty 40Gig drive | gary67 (56) | ||
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