melodic Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 so ive got a 400mhz with 320ishMB of ram n a 4gb drive. is there any really basic os (probally linux) that is specially designed to run headless attached to a network and serve files on a samba network? as 4gb sounds shite i could add more drives to it in time. thanks dudes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgia_tech_swagger Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 There is NOTHING* you can't do with Linux. * Does not include problems associatied with the following hardware: - 3D Acceleration on newer ATI and mobile ATI gfx cards - Winmodems - Monitor mode (kismet) with proprietary wifi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Debian will do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melodic Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 any links/help you wanna give a poor student? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 How To Set Up Debian Linux File and Print Servers Debian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melodic Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 thanks dude ill look into it :) any tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Install the _bare_ minimum. Then apt-get install samba and leave it at that. With only 4 GB to spare it's probably best to keep the OS installation itself as tight as possible. If you're on a decently fast line, it might be worth removing the .deb files of the installed packages from /var/cache/apt/archives (or thereabouts). Apt-get will simply re-download them should it ever need them again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
programertobe Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 i can build a fileserver for under 6 lbs. wait, wrong sort of "lightweight" Redhat can help you with what you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgia_tech_swagger Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 That machine is robust enough to run full blown desktop oriented distros. If you're so inclined to do that, here's a guide I recently wrote up: http://www.ncaabbs.com/forums/ncaa/phpbb/v...pic.php?t=19271 If you want to get the most out of that machine in terms of performance etc.... I'd recommend Gentoo. Kororra is a LiveCD that lets you install a 100% Gentoo compatible system quickly and much easier than a straight manual Gentoo install. If you want the middle ground (not as fast but faster than the big desktop distros; not as hard as Gentoo but harder than the big desktop distros) then there is: - Puppy Linux - Damn Small Linux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentinel Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 If the hardware was any older (or if you just want something really easy) I would suggest something like NASLite but something like what you have should run a full blown distro just fine if you wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melodic Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 its gonna be headless in my garage :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 you want naslite http://www.serverelements.com/naslite.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melodic Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 but you have to pay! Edit: maybe you dont :) thanks for the link Darren im getting Slax server edition with the VNC and Samba add on, gonna give that a try :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 I like FreeNAS, (www.freenas.org). Very light and its got plenty of features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 but you have to pay! Edit: maybe you dont :) thanks for the link Darrenim getting Slax server edition with the VNC and Samba add on, gonna give that a try :) What do you need VNC for? That means you will have to run X which seems kind of like a waste of system resources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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