Author Topic: Just scored a server... (Read 11327 times)

Oqsy · « **Reply #50 on:** Sun, 08 August 2010, 19:51:20 »

Well, it was working immediately before swapping it into this system.

It's *possible*, but highly unlikely that it died in the process of swapping it out. I'll try another drive this evening to confirm.

If that drive turns out to be dead it will be an awfully big PITA of a coincidence.

ch_123 · « **Reply #51 on:** Sun, 08 August 2010, 20:08:03 »

I don't suppose this thing supports USB booting?

Oqsy · « **Reply #52 on:** Sun, 08 August 2010, 20:25:42 »

Yes, it does. I have a 64mb and a 128mb flash drive sitting here on my desk, but I haven't even bothered yet because I don't know what I'd do if I *did* get it to boot from USB.

ch_123 · « **Reply #53 on:** Sun, 08 August 2010, 20:36:38 »

Arch has a "Net install" image which may be small enough to fit on your 128MB stick. This pulls the packages off the net.

EDIT: Nope, it's about 160MB. There are Debian images that are like 40MB in size that will do the same job.

Try doing that with Windows 2000...

Oqsy · « **Reply #54 on:** Mon, 09 August 2010, 01:13:57 »

I could try doing that with windows 2000, but I don't have MSW here to walk me through it

ch_123 · « **Reply #55 on:** Mon, 09 August 2010, 05:14:10 »

This is the guy who just learned about IP address the hard way yesterday =P

Nah, a Windows installation is so big that even the most extremely cut down disks will still have a few hundred megabytes. With linux, you can just load the kernel, the installer and some network utils and you can install anything from a 40MB disk.

Oqsy · « **Reply #56 on:** Mon, 09 August 2010, 17:53:49 »

I was being facetious when I said I'd try net installing it... I was actually already aware of the arch net installer, I just hadn't really considered it yet, as I want to have a working DVD-ROM or CD-ROM drive on this computer before it will be put into use anyway.

pex · « **Reply #57 on:** Tue, 10 August 2010, 12:45:44 »

Well I've got a Compaq Proliant...

PENTIUM PRO INSIDE BABY

it's like 6U :shocked:

microsoft windows · « **Reply #58 on:** Tue, 10 August 2010, 18:41:00 »

That's a fancy machine there!

Oqsy · « **Reply #59 on:** Fri, 20 August 2010, 22:10:36 »

decided that this box is going to be an XP Pro box for the kids to peck around on and learn to type, play games, etc. I plan on limited their access to EVERYTHING, and the cool thing about the case is that it can be locked up with a big metal door so curious fingers can't reach drives, power or reset buttons.

Considering all my options for this... I know there are web sites out there that help create a customized windows install (some make a new ISO, others just pull services and stuff from your current install). I might dig around and see what is possible and how to give them the access to do relatively harmless stuff but lock away stuff that they could really screw up.

Oh, the ages are 3, 5, and 8, so free reign over a computer is not an option at this juncture

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