JJG wrote: > > But I would still like to run samba for file sharing Hmmm... samba. I wonder if that is something I should be developing for BasicLinux. I've done instructions for installing X and GCC. Should I do something for samba? It's not an obvious choice, because I've never done samba (no Windows network for me). So I would have to teach myself samba first. Is it worth the effort? Comments welcome (particularly from BasicLinux users or potential users).
Cheers, Steven and learn apache. > > The best hardware I could scrounge up for the task is below: > > Agenda full tower case 300 watt power supply > > AIR 586EP Motherboard with onboard SCSI (Adaptec 7870P) > 2 PCI slots and 5 EISA > AMI Bios Date 12/15/93 > > The processor is a Pentium running at 66 mhz > > 32 meg ram > > Diamond Speedstar 64 PCI (Cirrus Logic Chip CI-GD5434-HC-C) (This is not the > same Diamond I had problems with, I put that in a windoz box.) > > I have 2 nics in the box from the last go round, but I believe I only need > one now. Let me know If I should remove one nic to simplify things. The 2 > nics are: > > 3com Fast Etherlink XL PCI 3C905-T4 > Linksys Ether16 Lan Card ISA > > I have 3 full height SCSI drives. After I finish off a little more sheet > metal work and add another fan, they will all reside in the full tower. > > I figure the boot/OS drive will be a Maxtor P1-17S (1.76 GB) > The 2 drive's I'd like to software raid are identical Seagate ST410800N (9.1 > GB unformatted) > > Other Miscellaneous hardware include: > > your standard 1.44 floppy > > A Sony SCSI CDrom CDU-55s > > 2 serial, 1 parallel > > Logitech 3 button mouse. > > and a CTX 17" monitor CTX 1765S > > I am currently in need of a loooong 50 pin SCSI ribbon cable w/ about 5-6 > drops. Anyone have one they want to get rid of? > > I think I have answered all the questions. Anything else? > > As for that C64, It is still up in my attic, in it's original box, in > perfect condition, with a few other hardware goodies and many shoeboxes of > software. One day when I have a ton of free time (like when I am retired > ;-) I will drag it our and fool around. > > Best, > John > > > Bob George wrote: > > Hey John! Give us some more details on what you've got to work with, and > what you want to do and I'm sure you'll get some good suggestions. > > Long Live da Linux! > > - Bob > > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. > Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. > More info can be found at; > http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html -- ____________________________________________________ Linux for old PCs: http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ichi To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
