(de-lurking) I have been following with interest the recent discussions about Linux Servers and windows shares. Just out of curiosity I bought a CPU case and power supply, to see if I could build a linux server out of spare parts I have accumulated over time. I'm NO techie and have never attempted anything like this. But I lucked out and it seems that the knowledge I do have was enough. I have my new linux box running now...here are the specs...:)
PII 400mhz CPU (left over from my 1 gig CPU upgrade on my winxp box) 272 mgs mem SIS AGP graphics adapter with 4/mgs US Rob. Sportster fax/data modem DVD/CDROM ide drive 8.5 Gig ide floppy drive 128bit PCI Audio card netgear fast ethernet adapter I tested it with win98 before I installed linux and my ethernet card worked great. I haven't had much luck getting samba up and running though....sigh....but I will. Can anyone recommend a good site for reading up on samba and winshares. i.e (a cookbook course). I need step by steps...and examples sigh. To me the smb.conf file is cryptic to a novice. I have never used samba before... Also what was that thread about making your linux server the beefy one and make the winshares the weaker of the two? As things are now my Winbox is 1 Gig CPU PIII and now my linux server is 400 mgz, should I change that around? Thanks a google....in advance Daniel (re-lurking)
