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you may choose fileserver usage in place of usb external drive | you may choose fileserver usage in place of usb external drive | ||
| − | *you have more than one computer at home | + | *if you have more than one computer at home |
| − | *you are, like me, prone to dismembering of machines | + | *if you are, like me, prone to dismembering of machines |
==configuration== | ==configuration== | ||
Revision as of 13:46, 16 March 2006
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Contents
to configure and run fileserver at home
you may choose fileserver usage in place of usb external drive
- if you have more than one computer at home
- if you are, like me, prone to dismembering of machines
configuration
processor
I use Pentium 166mmx machine for this purpose.
- silent. at times i do away with ALL fans.
- smaller power consumpion. this sounds like its not important, but once you do calculation on annual basis, you will be turning off even the monitor, rather than having it on stand by!
- cheap to service or replace
disks
- even though BIOS of old motherboards would not detect hard disks, linux would readilly access them (Debian with ATC5000 mb) even when BIOS setting says 'none'. However, you may still have problems with booting.
booting
- USB stick sounds neat, but old board will not boot of USB.
- Fileserver on a floppy may work for you (link?), I gave up on this once before because of network card incompatability.
- booting with knoppix cd (it worked, but CD drive produces noise occasionally)
- laptop hard drive with minimal installation. my current setup. these drives consume litle power and are quietter (lower RPM)
OS
- i use linux, dont boot to X. its reliable and does not require power
- file sharing via win95 or win98 may work also (issues?)
