File Server

[Mark25]

Ive got an old computer just laying around. Im wondering whether to put win2000 or Linux-Mandrake 7.2 on it. Its a PIII 450 w/ 128 Ram. I want to use it as a storage machine for mp3s and a counterstrike server. I know Cs will run best in linux. Im wondering if I install Linux, then is there any way to store mp3's on it and access them using Windows2000 machines on my network. Or should I just make it a whole lot easier and put Win2000 on it.
Suggestions will appreciated, I dont think I can pull the mp3s on a linux machine from a windows machine, but you guys might know a way
Ty
--Mark

[skweegie]

that's an old box?? http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

i'm still using a 300a celery bumped to 450 and i think she's about to melt soon http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/frown.gif

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[FoBoT]

Originally posted by Mark25:
Or should I just make it a whole lot easier and put Win2000 on it.
Suggestions will appreciated, I dont think I can pull the mp3s on a linux machine from a windows machine, but you guys might know a way
Ty
--Mark

of course you can, use samba if you want like network neighborhood/drive mapping or you could use ftp if that suits

it comes down to your statement, do you want to do it easy (the way you already know) or learn something new. linux is fun to learn, try it! http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif



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[Evil Jeff]

Easy way would be to partition the hd so you have a tiny / partition and a huge vfat/ntfs partition. Put a small, base debian install on the / and put your mp3s on the vfat/ntfs (or some fs that both win2k and linux can read and write to) and apt-get install samba.

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[Mark25]

alright, I think ill try it using samba, I knew there must be some way to do it but just didnt know how. thanks for your help, id rather use Linux over win2000 anyway since like you said, ill learn more trying it the Linux way
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

[Mark25]

hehe overclocking is great. theres no better way to really push you hardware and have some fun http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

[klamath]

Easy way would be to partition the hd so you have a tiny / partition and a huge vfat/ntfs partition.

You don't need to use a VFAT/NTFS partition to serve files over SMB (i.e. Samba). In fact, it's a bad idea (UNIX filesystems are better). Just use a regular FS (e.g. ext2, Reiser) and serve it via samba.

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