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Hi Mr Smith
I think i'm fine for power cables. A kick up the proverbial is about all i need to get going on this project and a better understanding of the process of server and client... Sounds like i make a repository or similer but until i get reading i dont entirely know!
On Aug 20, 2013 9:51 PM, "Daniel Smith" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Dan,
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> Do you need a power cable for it? If so what type?
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> Dan Smith
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> From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel Robinson
> Sent: 20 August 2013 21:36
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> Subject: Re: [LUG] Net install (first timer)
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> Cheers BA.
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> I had a glance at the board but couldnt see any model or revision numbers inside under the masses of ide cables and such.
> Without turning the system on im guessing i got a athlon64 or similer under the stock cooler.
> Luckily there are 4x free sata sockets, and two free drive bays for some new spinning disks to put my data on.
> Funny really, it was you who created all my pc parranoia and sent me down this new rabbit hole.
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> My aim is to keep my private stuff away from the internet, not so sure why i'd need vm's on a file server so maybe you could enlighten me here.
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> The file server will hopefully quietly purr nicely under my wireless printer which i will only access through a non internet connected lan from what is my gaming/securer web browsing vm PC. Which you know all about!
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> So yeah, perhaps you could tell me why vm's and give me a few pointers on securing my data collection.
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> On Aug 20, 2013 9:19 PM, "bad apple" <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On 20/08/13 20:46, Daniel Robinson wrote:
>> > This has all become far too complicated! Â- Shall I just burn a disk and be
>> > done with it!
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>> No! You'll learn nothing that way!
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>> Write a USB installer (what does "burn a disk" mean these days? Some
>> kind of obsolete practice from last decade?) and get your favourite
>> Debian or whatever running on it, along with a full virtualization
>> platform of two of your choosing (KVM and VirtualBox I'd imagine).
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>> Make sure to flash the BIOS fully up to date and check all the firmware
>> revs, even on your network card and disks, etc and 'burn it in', fully
>> maxed out for 6+ hours. After that, it's ready for service.
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>> Providing it's up to the job of running a VM or two, then just carry on
>> as before, but try setting up your new install server as a VM instead.
>> You can test if it works on either yet another VM from any host on your
>> network, or any of the physical machines you've got that can PXE boot.
>> My boot/install server here is an Ubuntu Server LTS instance running on
>> KVM by they way. Works like a champ for booting physical or virtual
>> boxes on the same LAN.
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>> Of my links, just read this one: it's pretty concise and on first
>> glance, looks like exactly what I'd do.
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>> http://funwithlinux.net/2013/01/debian-wheezy-pxe-server/
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>> It's not rocket science, but PXE booting is pretty in-depth - expect a
>> couple of mistakes initially while you get it all smoothed out.
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>> Regards
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