David A. Woyciesjes wrote:

Robert Moskowitz wrote:

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I have a really nice, old Libretto 110. Only 64Mb memory.

I want to put Linux on it and have a network monitoring system and a traveling NAS.

But all of the NASs have seemed to have grown beyond their original 64Mb size (FreeNAS now needs 128Mb).

Only thing I have found is: http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8289526009.html

Talking about Unbutu 6.0 and the 'Server' install that can run in 64Mb and provide NAS.

Any pointers?

Have you looked into Damn Small Linux?

http://www.damnsmalllinux.org

another vote for dsl. I have also had a lot of luck on older systems using feather linux - http://featherlinux.berlios.de/

O/H Robert Moskowitz έγραψε:

cameron wrote:

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David A. Woyciesjes wrote:

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Robert Moskowitz wrote:

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I have a really nice, old Libretto 110. Only 64Mb memory.

I want to put Linux on it and have a network monitoring system and a traveling NAS.

Be sure to checkout http://www.serverelements.com/index.php. At the very least you get a free floppy with FTP, SMB or NFS capabilities.

[quote] Basic System Requirements

NASLite v1.x is a network file server, so a fast computer is usually not necessary. Basic requirements are:

* 486DX or better processor * PCI bus * 16M or more of RAM * 1 to 4 IDE fixed disk drives (any size) * PCI or on-board network interface adapter * 3.5" floppy disk drive [/quote]

It has text and web management interface, it's all on their site. If you have the proper hardware, be sure to pick the -G version of the floppy (gigabit ethernet, eg FTP-G or SMB-G or NFS-G) as they use optimized DMA drivers.

One of the best things is that it supports ANY size of disk even on BIOSes that don't support it. I also tried to disable the IDE controllers at the BIOS and it still detected the disk.

One problem is that only a few Gigabit cards are supported. Another is that you don't have any control of the underlying operating system (linux). There was a rare problem (more than half a year ago)where some stored files "took" the wrong permissions and the user couldn't delete them. The only option, as suggested on the forums, was to use Knoppix CD to set them straight.

Using FTP-G diskette I managed to pull 48MByte/sec up/down on a modern system with ATA-133 disk over a handmade crossover gigabit cable with gigabit cards on both ends (client-server) of course.

Enjoy!

Rizoulis Thanos Electronic Computing Systems Engineer Larissa Greece