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building file server os help needed

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saimike

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it seems that my promise/maxtor ata100 pci controller doesnt work with win2k very well -- i only get 10MByte/s which is waaay low for ata100. tried everything but no dice.

so i thought i'd give linux a shot to see if it'll get me anywhere.

the pc is a celeron 1ghz, 512mb ram, 500gb of hdd space formated in ntfs. aside from trying to achieve ata100 speeds, i'd like it to boot up asap so i'd prob do a minimum install and "startx" should i need the gui for some diskspace house keeping. i'll also be running samba and ftp for my LAN (no WAN ftp).

any suggestions? i'm not very up-to-date with the various distros although a friend mentioned mandrake and we use redhat at work at times.
 
Slackware is an excellent server OS. My file server at home is running Slackware 10.2 with default kernel running Samba. It's been up for 40 days with no problem.
 
Suse is going to replace Netware soon from Novell. It's probably got far more than you need though, but it works with eDirectory!
 
whats the strong point of debian?

after some searching around, i'm wondering if the lightweight distros would work. afterall, the only time i'll want the GUI is when i need to do some house keeping. (i'm not man enough to type it all out *grin*)
 
You don't need a GUI for that. You're setting up a file server, right? Manage the files from your workstation.
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
You don't need a GUI for that. You're setting up a file server, right? Manage the files from your workstation.
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how would that be done? sorry, i guess i'm used to logging into it now and using windows explorer to move file around.
 
1. Ditch NTFS is you are going with linux (this is not optional)
2. Debian, strong points-reliablity with updates (I would probably feel safe about apt-get update && apt-get upgrade in a weekly cron script), package management (apt-get is EXTREMLY hard to beat), H/W (should work out of box with testing branch, probalby with stable too), bloat (server install without UI, easy enough to install X and a minimalistic GUI like XFCE, although with only running samba/cifs, ssh would be better),

biggest reason to run Debian, is nothinman won't flame you for running Gentoo and spending 3 days to get the box running 😉


really though, Debian, server install with samba, openssh-server, ftp server of choice would rule the roost. You have more hardware then you need, that would run fine on a P2 400 with 256 MB of ram easily, especially when you don't have to run a GUI (biggest complaint with running headless windows boxes)
 
If you're trying to troubleshoot your ata controller I would suggest trying out a Live CD first. Knoppix comes to mind.
 
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