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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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
linsysfs
LINSYSFS(5) BSD File Formats Manual LINSYSFS(5)
NAME
linsysfs -- Linux system file system
SYNOPSIS
linsys /compat/linux/sys linsysfs rw 0 0
DESCRIPTION
The Linux system file system, or linsysfs, emulates a subset of the Linux sys file system and is required for the complete operation of some
Linux binaries.
The linsysfs provides a two-level view of devices. At the highest level, PCI devices themselves are named, according to their bus, slot and
function in the system hierarchy. PCI storage devices are listed in the scsi_host class with a device symlink to the PCI directories of the
devices.
Each device node is a directory containing some files and directories:
host A place holder for storage host information.
pci_id A directory for the pci_id that contains either the device information or another directory structure for a PCI bridge.
Each host node of scsi_host is a directory containing some files and directories:
proc_name The Linux registered driver name for these devices.
device A symlink to the PCI device directory.
FILES
/compat/linux/sys The normal mount point for linsysfs.
/compat/linux/sys/class/scsi_host The storage host node.
/compat/linux/sys/devices/pci0000:00 The PCI device hierarchy node.
EXAMPLES
The most common usage follows:
mount -t linsysfs linsys /compat/linux/sys
where /compat/linux/sys is a mount point.
SEE ALSO
nmount(2), unmount(2), linprocfs(5), pseudofs(9)
HISTORY
The linsysfs driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.2.
AUTHORS
The linsysfs driver was derived from linprocfs by Doug Ambrisko. This manual page was edited by Doug Ambrisko, based on the linprocfs(5)
manual page by Garrett Wollman.
BSD
February 5, 2007 BSD