Re: [OT] Free NAS software - useful for media servers?

["Matthew Miles" <m_miles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lee.

The reason I was so interested in this was mainly the web-based
GUI.  I would like to be able to configure it via  secure area on my
website etc.

Failing that a remote desktop would be ok.  How do you configure
yours?  Oh, and do you just install Fedora2 and Samba on inital
setup?

I have been reading up on this for a while, but as I am heavily
reliant on Windows I don't have time to learn a new Os - the web
admin means I don't have to.

Any thoughts?

Regards,

Matt

P.S

Would Novell 5.1 be of any use as I have a copy sitting next to my
desk!

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "UKHA" <mailinglists@v...> wrote:
> Funnily enough, I've been playing at NAS's for the last few weeks,
looking
> for an 'instant' and 'free' NAS solution...
>
> I've found a few but they are all deficient (in my view) of a few
bits, like
> lack of an FTP server, like (in this case) too demanding hardware
(I had a
> Pentium II 333Mhz box I wanted to recycle), etc... so in the end I
decided,
> in true UKHA fashion was just to read up on the subject and do it
myself...
>
> It took about three days to sort out, including a post to UKHA,
however 2.9
> of those days were me being dense and not CHMODing (giving write
access) the
> shared folders... what a plonker...
>
> I'm no Linux expert, and I only vaguely knew of SAMBA, but it's
basically a
> piece of cake, when I was done I even reformated / reinstalled to
make sure
> it hadn't be a fluke and I had understood everything, but it only
took about
> 20-25 mins to sort it all out the second time around. So, old
Pentium II
> 333Mhz, old 128MB SD-RAM, old case, old 100mbit lan card, old 2GB
boot
> drive, old CD drive, 3 downloaded CDs of Fedora Core 2 (the new
community
> Red Hat), and a NEW 120GB harddrive...
>
> Lee
>
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Matthew Miles [mailto:m_miles@b...]
>   Sent: 24 July 2004 15:17
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Free NAS software - useful for media
servers?
>
>
>   Hi all,
>
>   Just found this whilst browsing for a free solution to my lack of
>   NAS.
>
>   http://www.storage.com/cms/view.asp?key=nasred
(for info)
>
>   http://nascom.storage.com/cybernasred/
(to download)
>
>   However, it requires that the installer be competent with RedHat
>   linux (which I am not).  Is it possibel that some kind soul on
this
>   list could either install this onto a PC for me and send me an
image
>   of the hard disk or walk me through a basic installation.
>
>   This does look FAR superior to other offerings...
>
>   Cheers for the help once again.
>
>   Regards,
>
>   Matt
>
>   P.S
>
>   No affilliation etc.
>
>
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