Re: Print server
From: /dev/rob0 (rob0_at_gmx.co.uk)
Date: 04/05/04
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Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:17:23 -0500
On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 10:31:53 +0100, Me wrote:
> Whats the easiest way to turn an old 486 with a small 400MB HDD into a
> print server for a Windows/Linux home network?
Many folks seem to think that Slackware is the best on old hardware. I
have run various Slackware releases on hardware far less than that.
> I can't seem to find a mini distro that has things like CUPS and Samba..
So add CUPS and Samba to $MINI_DISTRO?
ZipSlack is a mini version of Slackware, and you can add any packages
from the regular release quite simply. Total size with CUPS and Samba
would be in the vicinity of 100MB. (I haven't looked, it might already
have both.)
Of course ZS is a zipfile, which runs on a UMSDOS root. You might not
want that. But you can copy it over to a native Linux filesystem
easily, or simply use its list of packages as a guide for how to do a
normal install.
BTW the best trick for doing such an install is to take the hard drive
out of the junky old computer, put it in a good one, install, and put
it back in the junk machine. It will save you much time and details
(such as the fact that few if any 486's can boot a CD-ROM.)
> At thint point I am looking at using somthing line RH7.3 and doing a
> minimum install and adding CUPS and Samba..
A distro choice should take into account 2 factors: personal preference
and the hardware. By the time it reached the 7.x line RH was firmly
established in the GUI fixation. Somewhere along in there they
abandoned linuxconf, the only text-mode system management crutch they
provided. They expect you to be running X on any RH box, and you do not
want to do that on this box.
Also consider that 7.3 is terribly out-of-date by now. Slackware's
latest release, 9.1, is fine on a 486 and requires relatively few
patches to be up-to-date. And there's a new release likely to be out
within a couple of months.
That said, Debian is also likely a good choice from what little I know
about it.
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