Christopher Gregory wrote:
Hello,
I am going to be re-doing my landlords LAN and I need a little advice.
Currently there is a windows 2003 enterprise server which has a second
hard drive in it. The great news is that this pos os is at eof around
april next year.
I am going to be replacing it with a systemv version of lfs and just
bare needs applications on it.
The challenge is I do not want to take the server off-line to do the
installation of linux.
What I need the advice on is, would it be possible to actually mount the
second hard drive over the network so that I can set jhalfs loose to
install? I know that samba is for normal windows shares, however I have
never done anything with nfs and never before have I had to do it to a
server that has windows on it.
Yes, it would be possible, but I wouldn't recommend this approach.
Since this is a 'mission critical' system, I would build it on another
system and test it out well. Only then would I make the switch.
Since the hw is probably quite old (using a 2003 OS), a used, but newer
system probably would not be very expensive.
One comment about using LFS on the system. While efficient, it makes
you the indispensable person. If you are not available for any reason
and there is a problem, then the owner if probably out of luck.
Something to consider.
-- Bruce
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