On Sep 07 18:23:38, Nuno Magalh??es wrote: > My main desktop is an amd64 running Debian with 2GB RAM and 160GB > disc, about to burst with all the stuff i have in /home. I can clean > it up a bit but i'll just delay the issue. I can also repartition, > since / is only taking up 25% of its space and i don't use the XP > partition anyway.
Or you can by a new 500G disk for almost nothing and be done with it. > My test box is an old Compaq Armada laptop - no battery, no monitor, a > piece of junk. But works, with 96RAM running Open BSD. I use it to > serve http and ssh at the moment, and maybe ftp in the future. Being a > laptop it uses less power and the fan is more silent. I'm inclined to > having it working 24/7, however, it only has a 4GB disc. Laptop's are not meant to run 24/7; the hardware will die much sooner then desktop's. > What i'm thinking about is finding a big 2.5" IDE and use that laptop > not only as my server toy but also as my /home, that way i can share > its contents through the home network to the other pcs. The desktop > would mount it at startup (NFS?), they're connected through the home > router. http://www.openbsdsupport.org/sharedhomes.html > Alternatively i could find a way to adapt the 3.5" 160GB SATA > to the laptop but i think that's unlikely. The laptop only has USB > 1.0. Not worth the trouble. Buy a large 2.5" disk if you want the laptop to export your big /home (which is a bad idea I think). > Are there any big hard drive limitations or is creating a small /boot > partition at the start of the disk enough? You mean a small / partition. You should have one in any case. > Any other suggestions? > PS: i don't want to change my main box to Open BSD. Just buy a bigger disk for your current box. Jan
