I'll try to keep it a little shorter... and will re-arrange plans and
facts:
- Have an NAS-type device that will be accessible for read/write
operations from Windows XP machines on my home network (digital
photos and music, shared and backed-up document storage).
- I don’t know diddley-squat about DSL, Linux, Grub, Lilo, Samba,
etc.
Here’s what I have to work with:
- An old Dell 733Mhz PIII, 128MB RAM, with the original 30GB IDE
Forget SlimCD in this case, because you'd need to do quite a lot of work
in the shell. The 128MB RAM won't be enough to run it with the GUI. Text
mode only might just be ok.
The crash you're experiencing is the logical consequence of the system
running out of memory. Keep in mind that SlimCD (as other live CDs, too)
will run _anything_ from RAM and will use a part of it as ramdisk to store
your data.
- Use that same device as a Slimserver. I will use Squeezesoft as
the client at least initially.
Forget FreeNAS for now, as there's no Slimserver for it (yet).
- Have that machine operate headlessly.
- Have a backup plan.
- Maybe be able to use it as a print server.
- Not spend the rest of my summer learning Linux from scratch. Have
easy management on an ongoing basis.
Get a Linux distribution which has been designed to do this: I've been a
e-smith/SME/contribs.org (it has come a long way!) user for years
(http://contribs.org). Others rave for ClarkConnect
(http://www.clarkconnect.com/).
Both will set up your system with the necessary packages to server files
and printers, web and mail if you want to and much more. And Slimserver
can be installed on them. SME doesn't ask many questions while installing
and will have a nice web interface for the management. No need for monitor
or shell wizardness (similar things are true for CC).
- An old Dell 733Mhz PIII, 128MB RAM, with the original 30GB IDE
Drive and a new WD 250GB IDE Drive
This would be a good start: have the system on the 30GB disk, data on the
big one.
- I’m patient. I’m a good learner. I know when to relax and have a
beer.
Now that's a good thing to know!
- Installed FreeNAS
- Realized how damn little I know about computer innards and Linux.
FreeNAS isn't even Linux but some other Unix relative (some *BSD?)
Have a good beer.
I prefer drinking home made elder syrup :-)
--
Michael
-----------------------------------------------------------
Help translate SlimServer by using the
StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/)
_______________________________________________
plugins mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
