Dave spake the following on 4/24/2007 2:40 PM: >> Dave spake the following on 4/24/2007 2:08 PM: >>> Hi I just joined I have a serer who's purpose life is to be a >>> fileserver/print server right now it is running windows 98 because it is >>> an older computer look at an alternate os such as this will this allow >>> windows based machines to talk to it save files retrieve files and also >>> how difficult is it to install. >>> >> First look at this; >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation >> >> Then if all you want is a file/print server, it is fairly simple to >> set up. >> >> Look for the samba howto to get a basic idea of what you want to >> accomplish. >> >> http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ > sorry I should have said in my post that I am recovering from a brain > injury for being in a helicopter fire fighting I try to work on it but > mess up on it some times sorry > > Then I will forgive your top-posting. I can't say that others will, though. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!