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Oct 18, 2006 | 09:29 PM

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If I want to use a computer as a file server only to dump and retrieve files, do I need to have an OS installed on it?

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Oct 18, 2006 | 09:32 PM

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well... you need some kind of os... windows, linux, linux-live, etc

Oct 18, 2006 | 09:32 PM

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K thought so but couldn't remember

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Oct 18, 2006 | 09:41 PM

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This doesnt seem like a "Nightshade" type qyestion...more like a Puffy type

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Oct 18, 2006 | 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by b00gers

This doesnt seem like a "Nightshade" type qyestion...more like a Puffy type

:exnbp:

h:

I have been having my moments lately

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Oct 18, 2006 | 09:45 PM

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To offshoot from this topic, if I had a file server would I have to write a script to load files/programs upon start-up? Like a network loads printer drivers, ect.

Oct 18, 2006 | 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LT

To offshoot from this topic, if I had a file server would I have to write a script to load files/programs upon start-up? Like a network loads printer drivers, ect.

no. not unless you wanted it to do somethin like that for some reason

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Oct 18, 2006 | 11:00 PM

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i'd just use a live-CD or something, there has to be a knoppix-like live CD out there for creating a file server

Oct 18, 2006 | 11:46 PM

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You don't need anything special for a computer to function as a file server. If you want more options, get some form of server OS. Depending on your needs, mabye a simple external HD with network capibilities would work.