I can only offer that I purchased a Kurobox HG, and managed to get slimserver on it and running fairly well with no Linux background at all. I relied heavily on the "Linux for beginners" web sites to help with the commands for copying and moving the files and such. I had to download putty and learn how to copy files over, and the whole issue of where files were put on the box and permissions - that almost got pretty ugly, and I still don't really understand it. I am running the basic Linux 2.4 that comes with it - I am intrigued with trying one of the other ones, but since what I have is working . . . .
The installation instructions I used were written for installing on a linkstation. I just omitted the first few steps since I had easy access to the Kurobox and all the tools apparently already installed. I updated the Perl following the instructions, and did the whole tar gz thingy, and it all worked fine - maybe I was lucky. I modified the share for the music files so I could easily copy to it from my XP desktop, copied all my music over (mp3 format - wanna start re-ripping everything in flac) and then logged into slimserver and set it to update the library. I have 2 SB3, and 3 different XP machines that all run softsqueeze, and although never have more than any 2 of the above running at any particular time, it has worked painlessly. In fact, the kurobox has been running for over a month now, and I haven't touched it at all. I printed out the page with the command to start slimserver in case I ever lose power, because I wasn't able to get the auto startup working. I love the size, noise level, and power needs of the Kurobox. My music is available 24/7, and I can leave my computers off when I don't actively need them. I really hope that someone refines the install process for the Kurobox, as it makes an ideal music server, especially for the new price. If you keep an eye on the bargain sites, you can pick up a 200 to 400g drive for under $100, add the kuro for $150, and it is a real learning experience project - Oh - and it also does a nice job for file sharing between the machines at home as well - no need to set up sharing on one of the XP machines and leaving it on if I need to move stuff around. I have yet to try attaching a USB external drive for backup, but thats next. Tad -- bolfings ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bolfings's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4440 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22900 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
