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Operating Systems Linux Slackware Which Unix for Fileserving with NTFS partitions as one sole purpose use? Post 55500 by Mark Ward on Monday 13th of September 2004 02:26:23 PM
Old 09-13-2004
Which Linux for Fileserving with NTFS partitions as one sole purpose use?

I have a distant history with Dos based systems so I'm not overwhelmed, but my Unix experience is entirely limited to hacking my Tivo.

So I'm kindly requesting a pointer in the right direction specifically asking which Linux would best suit my needs...

What I want to do
I wish to use an old Dell XPS-T450 Pentium 3 PC with 512MB Ram as a file server for my music, and possibly my movies for a multi-room distribution.

Ideally I'd like to be able to install 3 large x NTFS partioned hard drives and a smaller Linux boot hard drive.

The sole purpose of this machine is to stream media files via a 100MB Full Duplex Wired NIC to other Windows XP PCs and SliMP3 devices around my home.

I'm overwhelmed by the number of different Linux types available, could anyone suggest....

Which linux, hopefully freely downloadable and minimalist, linux distribution would be best for streaming fileserving purposes?

Many thanks in advance for any help,

Mark Ward.

Last edited by Mark Ward; 09-13-2004 at 04:43 PM..
 

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NTFSFIX(8)						      System Manager's Manual							NTFSFIX(8)

NAME
ntfsfix - fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS SYNOPSIS
ntfsfix [options] device DESCRIPTION
ntfsfix is a utility that fixes some common NTFS problems. ntfsfix is NOT a Linux version of chkdsk. It only repairs some fundamental NTFS inconsistencies, resets the NTFS journal file and schedules an NTFS consistency check for the first boot into Windows. You may run ntfsfix on an NTFS volume if you think it was damaged by Windows or some other way and it can't be mounted. OPTIONS
Below is a summary of all the options that ntfsfix accepts. Nearly all options have two equivalent names. The short name is preceded by - and the long name is preceded by --. Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g. -fv is equivalent to -f -v. Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name. -h, --help Show a list of options with a brief description of each one. -V, --version Show the version number, copyright and license BUGS
There are no known problems with ntfsfix. If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the development team: linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net AUTHORS
ntfsfix was written by Anton Altaparmakov, with contributions from Szabolcs Szakacsits. AVAILABILITY
ntfsfix is part of the ntfsprogs package and is available from: http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37 The manual pages are available online at: http://man.linux-ntfs.org/ SEE ALSO
mkntfs(8), ntfsprogs(8) ntfsprogs 1.13.1 January 2006 NTFSFIX(8)
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