Hi Steve, It's the rookie again ;-). I am guessing from bits and pieces picked up here and there that you are the maker of a distro for survpc's called BasicLinux. IF that is true then I would definitely say YES you should include samba. Even a rookie like me can see that a fileserver is a perfect app for a survPC. It don't take much power to read that file and shoot it over the nic. Like it or not, there is always gonna be some windoz clients out there on the net your serving to.
Thanks much for your help and input, Would you have a link that I can read more on BasicLinux. Best, John > -----Original Message----- > From: Older PC and DOS Internet Forum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Steven C. Darnold > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SURVPC] samba > > > 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 > 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
