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09-13-2004

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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.

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ntfs.util

NTFS.UTIL(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 					      NTFS.UTIL(8)

NAME

     ntfs.util -- NTFS file system utility

SYNOPSIS

     ntfs.util -k device

     ntfs.util -m device mountpoint mountflag1 mountflag2 mountflag3 mountflag4

     ntfs.util -p device mountflag1 mountflag2

     ntfs.util -u device mountpoint

DESCRIPTION

     The ntfs.util command supports the mounting, probing, and unmounting of NTFS file systems.

     Options:
	   -k	       Get the UUID key for the NTFS file system at device.
	   -m	       Mount the NTFS file system located on device onto mountpoint with the flags mountflag1 mountflag2 mountflag3 mountflag4.
	   -p	       Probe the device for an NTFS file system using the flags mountflag1 mountflag2.	If the probe is successful, i.e. the
		       device contains a valid NTFS file system, its label is printed to the standard output stream.
	   -u	       Unmount the NTFS file system located at device and mounted on mountpoint.

     The mountflags referenced above are:
	   o   mountflag1: removable or fixed
	   o   mountflag2: readonly or writeable
	   o   mountflag3: suid or nosuid
	   o   mountflag4: dev or nodev

SEE ALSO

     diskarbitrationd(8) mount_ntfs(8)

HISTORY

     This NTFS implementation first appeared in Mac OS X 10.5.

AUTHORS

     This NTFS implementation was written by Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cantab.net>.

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