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Andrew Oakley wrote:
> Matthew Daubney wrote:
>> Kris Douglas wrote:
>>> On Feb 12, 2008 2:45 PM, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
concerned about laptops, heat and dust. I might just buy a cheap case
and some fans and try and fit t
Matthew Daubney wrote:
> Kris Douglas wrote:
>> On Feb 12, 2008 2:45 PM, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> concerned about laptops, heat and dust. I might just buy a cheap case
>>> and some fans and try and fit the laptop guts into that when the time
>> it as it is, as the cooling in l
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Kris Douglas wrote:
> On Feb 12, 2008 2:45 PM, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I've got an old laptop doing the job at the minute, but I'm always
>> concerned about laptops, heat and dust. I might just buy a cheap case
>> and some fans
On Feb 12, 2008 2:45 PM, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've got an old laptop doing the job at the minute, but I'm always
> concerned about laptops, heat and dust. I might just buy a cheap case
> and some fans and try and fit the laptop guts into that when the time
> comes
>
I
Rob Beard wrote:
> Maybe someone else might want to advise on partitioning the drives, I
> can never remember if /var should have more space than /usr. IIRC
> it's down to what you want to use the server for.
>
> Rob
>
/var is where the logs go, as well as MySQL databases and Apache's
defa
Quoting Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Rob Beard wrote:
>> I'd be reluctant to use NTFS on a Linux box. I'd personally use EXT3
>> format over some proprietary file system with fragmentation issues. It
>> doesn't appear to mention that it is possible to get an EXT3 driver for
>> Windows,
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>>> Eddie Armstrong wrote:
Rob Beard wrote:
> Not sure if you'd need the 32MB card, does it have on-board video?
>
Rob Beard wrote:
> I'd be reluctant to use NTFS on a Linux box. I'd personally use EXT3
> format over some proprietary file system with fragmentation issues. It
> doesn't appear to mention that it is possible to get an EXT3 driver for
> Windows, and in any case, if the machine died I'd use an
George MacLeod wrote:
> I'm also planning a similar project with an old PIII
Thanks for the link - but I expect installing it to be the easy part
(wishful thinking?)
I shall be fiddling this weekend - good luck with yours.
Eddie
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> Rob Beard wrote:
>> Eddie Armstrong wrote:
>>> Rob Beard wrote:
Not sure if you'd need the 32MB card, does it have on-board video?
>>> Not AFAIK it spare anyway it seems it might be useful
>> Maybe. If it's
George MacLeod wrote:
> I'm also planning a similar project with an old PIII and I found this
> tutorial http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-home-fileserver which will
> certainly help me as I'm new to server set ups etc.
>
> Seoras
>
I'm not so sure about a couple of things...
"The server is bui
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Rob Beard wrote:
> Eddie Armstrong wrote:
>> Rob Beard wrote:
>>> Not sure if you'd need the 32MB card, does it have on-board video?
>>>
>> Not AFAIK it spare anyway it seems it might be useful
>
> Maybe. If it's anything like the old Dell machine
Eddie Armstrong wrote:
> Rob Beard wrote:
>> Not sure if you'd need the 32MB card, does it have on-board video?
>>
> Not AFAIK it spare anyway it seems it might be useful
Maybe. If it's anything like the old Dell machines we have at work
(OptiPlex GX100/GX110 machines) the on-board video will
I'm also planning a similar project with an old PIII and I found this
tutorial http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-home-fileserver which will
certainly help me as I'm new to server set ups etc.
Seoras
On 11/02/2008, Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I am considering setting up a home se
Rob Beard wrote:
> Not sure if you'd need the 32MB card, does it have on-board video?
>
Not AFAIK it spare anyway it seems it might be useful
> Are you going to run software raid on the hard drives? I
>
>
Not at first maybe get something later
> Do you need to run FLAC streams?
Oh Yes - this
Quoting Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Thanks you all for your comments - very interesting - so it seems I'll
> be safe.
> The suggested PC is my current desktop minus all the goodies I've been
> adding for the last 10 years - I'll be putting them on the new-er one (I
> like to recycle)
>
Rob Beard wrote:
> You can install XFCE on
I've decided to try XFCE and uninstall it if it's problematic,
I feel a bit more confident in the PIII after some of these posts :-)
Cheers
Eddie
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Quoting Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I am considering setting up a home server for streaming audio/file
> sharing etc and as a learning environment (for me to learn
> server-related stuff) .
> I have looked on the Ubuntu site but can't find the system requirements
> for Ubuntu Server.
>
Chris Rowson wrote:
> I'm running Ubuntu gutsy on the $6 a month plan from these guys...
> http://vpsvillage.com/
>
> It's my mucking about with machine.
>
> For larks I stuck a minimal GUI onto it too (IceWM as I remember) just
> to see if it worked... (it did by the way and not too badly)
>
>
Chris Rowson wrote:
> I'm running Ubuntu gutsy on the $6 a month plan from these guys...
> http://vpsvillage.com/
>
> It's my mucking about with machine.
>
> For larks I stuck a minimal GUI onto it too (IceWM as I remember) just
> to see if it worked... (it did by the way and not too badly)
>
> Chr
I'm running Ubuntu gutsy on the $6 a month plan from these guys...
http://vpsvillage.com/
It's my mucking about with machine.
For larks I stuck a minimal GUI onto it too (IceWM as I remember) just
to see if it worked... (it did by the way and not too badly)
Chris
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On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:30:26AM +, Eddie Armstrong wrote:
> Does anybody know what they are?
Here's the spec of a box I use for shell access and it also hold my Ubuntu
mirrors (via an attached USB2 hard disk).
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ grep MHz /proc/cpuinfo
cpu MHz : 398.804
[EMAIL
Thanks you all for your comments - very interesting - so it seems I'll
be safe.
The suggested PC is my current desktop minus all the goodies I've been
adding for the last 10 years - I'll be putting them on the new-er one (I
like to recycle)
The suggested server is a PIII 700MHZ with 768MB RAM (o
Eddie Armstrong wrote:
> I have looked on the Ubuntu site but can't find the system requirements
> for Ubuntu Server.
> Does anybody know what they are?
If you're not running a GUI, you really can get away with stupidly small
requirements. I have an Ubuntu Server 6.06 LTS running on a virtual
s
On Feb 11, 2008 9:30 AM, Eddie Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I am considering setting up a home server for streaming audio/file
> sharing etc and as a learning environment (for me to learn
> server-related stuff) .
> I have looked on the Ubuntu site but can't find the system requirements
- "Eddie Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am considering setting up a home server for streaming audio/file
> sharing etc and as a learning environment (for me to learn
> server-related stuff) .
> I have looked on the Ubuntu site but can't find the system
> requirements
> for Ubuntu
I am considering setting up a home server for streaming audio/file
sharing etc and as a learning environment (for me to learn
server-related stuff) .
I have looked on the Ubuntu site but can't find the system requirements
for Ubuntu Server.
Does anybody know what they are?
I have an old PIII or
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