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Cocktopus · 08-20-2003, 05:47 PM

This is more work, but its pretty cheap.

I took an old p2 350 system w/ 128M ram, updated the bios to support large drives (60G). Popped in an ethernet card, and let <a href="http://www.knoppix.org/" target="_blank">knoppix</a> run off the CD drive. I formatted the drive with fat 32 (for compatability) and setup samba under knoppix. Since the os runs off the cd/memory, I can use the entire drive for files. Makes it easier to add it to a windows system if I need to later on.

A bonus: If you set up your network correctly you can ssh files remotely (from work or your friends house) into your file server.
A caveat: Some knowledge of linux helps...but you can try knoppix w/o installing anything. If you don't like it, eject the disc and reboot.

08-20-2003, 05:47 PM	#16 (permalink)
Cocktopus Insane	This is more work, but its pretty cheap. I took an old p2 350 system w/ 128M ram, updated the bios to support large drives (60G). Popped in an ethernet card, and let <a href="http://www.knoppix.org/" target="_blank">knoppix</a> run off the CD drive. I formatted the drive with fat 32 (for compatability) and setup samba under knoppix. Since the os runs off the cd/memory, I can use the entire drive for files. Makes it easier to add it to a windows system if I need to later on. A bonus: If you set up your network correctly you can ssh files remotely (from work or your friends house) into your file server. A caveat: Some knowledge of linux helps...but you can try knoppix w/o installing anything. If you don't like it, eject the disc and reboot. Last edited by Cocktopus; 08-20-2003 at 05:51 PM..