Linux File Server: Have a few problems on the steps.

[fuzzybabybunny]

Well, I've got 7 160GB IDE hard drives with NTFS and files already on them. I want to put them into a Ubuntu file server.

Primary Hard Drive:
1. Follow this tutorial: http://www.howtoforge.com/samba_setup_ubuntu_5.10

Six Other Storage Drives:
1. Copy files off the drive.
2. Format the drive into ext2 or ext3? FAT32 is not an option because there will be files greater than 4GB in size on the disk.
3. How do I transfer the files back into the now ext2/ext3 hard drive? I can't do it under Windows can I?

 

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
2. Format the drive into ext2 or ext3?

Ext3

FAT32 is not an option because there will be files greater than 4GB in size on the disk.

The fact that it sucks nuts as a filesystem should also be a compelling factor.

3. How do I transfer the files back into the now ext2/ext3 hard drive? I can't do it under Windows can I?

It would simpler to get the Ubuntu install reading NTFS, at least temporarily, so that it can copy files from the NTFS drive to the ext3 drive.