[GRLUG] NAS question

[zdennis]

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Nick Reid wrote:
> I am working on trying to make a NAS out of a P3-933 w/512M.
> 
> I have a pile of drives, a Promise Ultra100 and another controller that
> came with some maxtor drives that has dual sata and a pata port on it.
> 
> I have been trying to find some lightweight distro that i can dedicate
> to this. i want to make it single use and the products out there seem weak.
> 
> I tried FreeNas and FreeBsd seems to have issues with I815 Mobos.. as
> one guy said.. oh just turn off DMA in the bios ( i guess bsd will turn
> it back on later) but all it would do for me was panic on BTX load.
> 
> anyone else tried this sort of thing with out making a full linux box
> running samba..
> Samba is the asnwer but the underlying OS is what i am trying to
> minimize.. i have been planning on installing it to a compact flash card
> and running it like DSL..
> 
> I wasn't sure if anyone has seen a prebuilt thing like this vs. a role
> your own.
> Pizzabox was an option until i found they wanted 160$ for a license.
> 
> thanks for any suggestions.

Not specifically what you are looking for, but you could just run Samba or NFS off from a livecd. All you'll have to do is load a
configuration file when the LiveCD boots up and you'll be ready to rock and roll, and that will maximize your disk space for storage!

I did this at home for a few weeks while I was waiting to purchase a new hard drive replacement for my server's OS (i keep data/OS
on separate drives) and everything worked great.

If you do utilize another solution I'd be interested in hearing what you end up with, please post back.

Zach
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