From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9884 invoked by alias); 16 Jun 2006 16:21:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 9860 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Jun 2006 16:21:45 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from Unknown (HELO mail.artimi.com) (194.72.81.2) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:21:42 +0000 Received: from mail.artimi.com ([192.168.1.3]) by mail.artimi.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:21:38 +0100 Received: from rainbow ([192.168.1.165]) by mail.artimi.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:21:38 +0100 From: "Dave Korn" To: "'... and he never phones, either ...'" Subject: RE: Turn WinXP Pc into *nix File Server Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:21:00 -0000 Message-ID: <011a01c69160$f1780360$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Cygwin-Talk Maiming List X-SW-Source: 2006-q2/txt/msg00424.txt.bz2 On 16 June 2006 17:08, zzapper wrote: > Hi, > I have an older Windows XP PC with a 12GB HardDisk which I would like to > transform into a simple file server. Can you recommend a *nix distribution > or whatever to achieve this w/o too much heartbreak. How about 'any live CD' - that lets you try them out without any commitment. Mind you, I know a lot of people who say that lack of commitment /causes/ heartbreak, not avoids it. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....