HP 150MHZ, 32mb ram, converting into server, How should I go about it?

[mmx]

I want to be able to host some sites, and have email, and stuff. I have a lowly machine, and want to turn into a server so I don't have to pay monthly hosting. I have a 1mb cable modem connection BTW.

I want thinking win2k, but its resources are not very good, I mean fast enough.
Linux looks to be the only way, but how do I go about it?

 

[RedBeard0531]

Step1) get a baseball bat
2) Destroy the HP
3) Get money
4) Get new comp

 

[Paulson]

I don't think you can run win2k server on there.

I have a p200 w/88Megs of edo ram, and it's running server better...

 

[LuNoTiCK]

What about a linux server?

 

[Paulson]

Linux could run on a 486 I bet...

 

[BA]

Uhh, NT? What do you need 2000 for?

Basically, throw all the RAM you can in it.

 

[Colt45]

yeah just use NT4.
i got 2x32MB sticks of EDO if your looking for more ram.

 

[Paulson]

NT will work on a 150Mhz server?

woah, gotta get my hands on it

 

[Colt45]

<< NT will work on a 150Mhz server?

woah, gotta get my hands on it >>



i believe it works on pentium 75+

 

[Paulson]

Really?

Didn't know that.

Cool...

 

[blstriker]

I have a Dell Optiplex Pentium 120 with 64 megs of ram running W2k advanced server. As a workstation, it'll be really slow, but as a server, it'll be fine for the most part. That particualr machine had 8 months straight uptime, not one hiccup. I was running Real server for streaming media. Damn fine machine. Give it a shot. Don't got anything to lose.

 

[phatcow]

as i recall, 133mhz is the minimum... with 64 being min ram

 

[mackstann]

I don't get how or why people run servers to the net via a cable line. Your upstream must not be capped, eh? Mine is at 128Kbps, Thats what, 16Kilo*bytes* a second? So the people using the server will get suck-ass speeds, and your surfing experience will blow, because all of your upstream traffic is eaten by the server. I know, I know, surfing is mostly downstream traffic, but all of those requests still need to get out, too! And if you play games on the net, that will be a horrid experience, also.

These are the reasons that I don't run a server on my cable line, (well, I'm stingy too) correct me if any of my comments are incorrect.

 

[mmx]

SO should I go to linux? which version?

 

[DAM]

i just put together a linux box, p2 75 megs of ram using mandrake8.0, it was sweet so sweet that i put in an extra hd just to fool around with it, its currently my ftp/http server.




dam()

 

[mmx]

I might not do it as a server, so let me ask which is the best hosting on the net?

I tried readyhosting.com, apollohsting.com, both were cheap, but not as good. NO support.

 

[tasslex]

Honestly, that would make an excellent Linux box - I'm running a a machine with slightly lower specs on my brothers Cable Modem (and he hasn't found it in the closet yet! ) running Apache/MySQL on RedHat 6.2. Slow machines run Linux very well - and if you bump the RAM up to 96/128 it will run NT4 Server pretty decent also.