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| Thread ID: 81477 | 2007-07-28 22:25:00 | Setting up Linux file server box | chiefnz (545) | Press F1 |
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| 573664 | 2007-07-28 22:25:00 | As the title suggests.. I'm looking to set-up a Linux box to be used asa file server. I've got a 120GB SATA drive which will be used as the main HDD for the Linux box, I'll probably add a second one later but at the moment this is suffucient. I currently have Knoppix, Fedora, Mandriva and XandOS as my choices of Linux distros. Anyone have suggestions on other distros that may be better suited to this purpose. Secondly, I don't have a KVM switch (don't think I really want to get one) but will I be able to login remotely from my XP machine as admin to do system maintenance on the Linux box? Cheers |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 573665 | 2007-07-28 22:38:00 | As the title suggests . . I'm looking to set-up a Linux box to be used asa file server . I've got a 120GB SATA drive which will be used as the main HDD for the Linux box, I'll probably add a second one later but at the moment this is suffucient . I currently have Knoppix, Fedora, Mandriva and XandOS as my choices of Linux distros . Anyone have suggestions on other distros that may be better suited to this purpose . Secondly, I don't have a KVM switch (don't think I really want to get one) but will I be able to login remotely from my XP machine as admin to do system maintenance on the Linux box? Cheers I can't speak about a BETTER opsys in Linux, but somehow I mucked around with Mepis and got what I wanted . . . but don't ask me how . It might've been me on a somnambulist's activity, but I got it to work . I am satisfied and it runs well . . . I don't detect any lapse or speed losses, just the usual access times as I would expect if it were a primary unit running the files . Right now, and since I asked and got a response to my question about VMs, I might have to rethink my results . Now, at a loss for all the facts, I will have to either wait for another 2-AM sleepwalking installation or just vacillate for a while longer . Maybe I shouldn't treat a non-ill system . The human in me wants to make it faster, bigger, better . . . . the thinking person in me wants to leave it alone . . . . it runs . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 573666 | 2007-07-28 23:26:00 | Will you be using Windows to access this server? If so any flavor of Linux will do. All you have to do is share a directory via samba and make it read/write (chmod 777) for everyone on the LAN If you are new to linux, Xandros will be easiest for you |
racepics (7812) | ||
| 573667 | 2007-07-28 23:31:00 | If you are accessing the server from a linux box as well you can use Krfb to remotely control the server via desktop sharing. | racepics (7812) | ||
| 573668 | 2007-07-29 00:02:00 | I would suggest Debian as a server OS, very stable. It sounds like you dont want any k/b or monitor for the server? I would suggest setting it up for ssh, which you can access from windows via an application called 'putty' I have never done this personally, but someone like Chill or another may be able to help you (regards ssh) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 573669 | 2007-07-29 01:21:00 | Cheers for the replies... any more hints wouldbe more than welcome. I will Google some more to see if I can get a step by step process for the setup of the Linux box. | chiefnz (545) | ||
| 573670 | 2007-07-29 01:58:00 | Cheers for the replies... any more hints wouldbe more than welcome. I will Google some more to see if I can get a step by step process for the setup of the Linux box. Look into "out-of-the-box" solutions, along the lines of CentOS (www.centos.org/) and FreeNAS (http:). |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 573671 | 2007-07-29 02:57:00 | Look into "out-of-the-box" solutions, along the lines of CentOS (www.centos.org/) and FreeNAS (http:). FreeNAS looks interesting... I see it says FreeBSD as the OS... would I have to install this or does FreeNAS install this? Sorry I'm at work at the moment so didn't have much time to research all the options. Cheers |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 573672 | 2007-07-29 03:03:00 | FreeNAS looks interesting . . . I see it says FreeBSD as the OS . . . would I have to install this or does FreeNAS install this? Sorry I'm at work at the moment so didn't have much time to research all the options . Cheers FreeNAS includes everything - the OS, the tools and the GUI to run it . Just install it by itself and configure . I haven't actually used it (I use FreeBSD itself), but it should work perfectly . It is simply a cutdown version of FreeBSD but with tools and apps to customise it specifically for network-attached storage use . The GUI config setup looks fairly easy to go through . Try it, and report back your experiences . |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 573673 | 2007-07-29 04:28:00 | Cheers.. will give it a go. | chiefnz (545) | ||
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