Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 81.83.151.199]
on November 08, 2008 11:51 AM
I too have made the leap to 'the unknown side' with Amahi. :-)
I'm a Windows user that needed to setup a nas@home. Doing it manually on a bare Ubuntu-installation wasn't my cup of tea. I then tried microsofts own Windows Home Server which ... formatted all my internal hd's (which i was told during installation) and was not as manageable i hoped it would be. I read some articles about WHS corrupting data on the hard drive and i noticed a lot of people move over to a Win20003 server system and build it up by themselves. I thought about setting up a Win2008 Server but then went to google and searched for 'WHS alternative'. While searching i stumbled upon Amahi and it caught my eye. It was everything i needed it to be. A home Nas with backup support AND the ability to run whatever i wanted on it (for me personally i wanted to turn it into a newsgroup-download server with nzb-support). After meeting the maker (cpg on the #amahi-channel) i was so enthusiastic and gave it a try. He told me they were working on a ubuntu-version but for now he proposed the Fedora 9 release as a base. I did the installation from a network-cd i downloaded of Fedora which gave me the advantage to not to download to much (i live in Belgium where we have a limited download amount). The disadvantage was that it was a minimal install and i was not able to install Amahi as easily. No worries: Cpg was online and was superb in his support. The channel is not crowded but the people that are in there are awsome. Linux-noob is my middle name, but with the help of cpg and others i was able to install amahi, set up ssh, install a web-app, configure VPN and (as a true Windows-user) set up remote (X)control with VNC.
This whole experience so far has made me wanna format my work-laptop and install Fedora, ubuntu or another linux-flavour. Too bad my work is MS-related so i'll try it with either a multi-boot system or via virtualization.
The only minor glitch i have in my amahi-system right now is that i'm not able to write to my external disk. Let me explain. I have an external Lacie 750Gb disk that is formatted in NTFS. Creating Samba shares on it is extremely easy with the Amahi-interface but ... i'm not able to give write permission to it. I know it's not an Amahi-issue and that all will be solved if i can convert NTFS to Ext3 but my disk is filled with data i can't put anywhere else. Plus it will still be an advantage for me (or my friends) if the disk stays in NTFS (for connecting to their windows-pc's). Together with the help of those Amahi-enthusiast on irc i bet we'll get it fixed soon.
Apologies for the long text and the bad english but i'm so impressed with Amahi i wanted to share it with you guys. Give it a go on an older system lying around and be amazed about how easy, fast and modular it all is. Big thanx to all.
Greetings.
JenZ
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 81.83.151.199] on November 08, 2008 11:51 AMI'm a Windows user that needed to setup a nas@home. Doing it manually on a bare Ubuntu-installation wasn't my cup of tea. I then tried microsofts own Windows Home Server which ... formatted all my internal hd's (which i was told during installation) and was not as manageable i hoped it would be. I read some articles about WHS corrupting data on the hard drive and i noticed a lot of people move over to a Win20003 server system and build it up by themselves. I thought about setting up a Win2008 Server but then went to google and searched for 'WHS alternative'. While searching i stumbled upon Amahi and it caught my eye. It was everything i needed it to be. A home Nas with backup support AND the ability to run whatever i wanted on it (for me personally i wanted to turn it into a newsgroup-download server with nzb-support). After meeting the maker (cpg on the #amahi-channel) i was so enthusiastic and gave it a try. He told me they were working on a ubuntu-version but for now he proposed the Fedora 9 release as a base. I did the installation from a network-cd i downloaded of Fedora which gave me the advantage to not to download to much (i live in Belgium where we have a limited download amount). The disadvantage was that it was a minimal install and i was not able to install Amahi as easily. No worries: Cpg was online and was superb in his support. The channel is not crowded but the people that are in there are awsome. Linux-noob is my middle name, but with the help of cpg and others i was able to install amahi, set up ssh, install a web-app, configure VPN and (as a true Windows-user) set up remote (X)control with VNC.
This whole experience so far has made me wanna format my work-laptop and install Fedora, ubuntu or another linux-flavour. Too bad my work is MS-related so i'll try it with either a multi-boot system or via virtualization.
The only minor glitch i have in my amahi-system right now is that i'm not able to write to my external disk. Let me explain. I have an external Lacie 750Gb disk that is formatted in NTFS. Creating Samba shares on it is extremely easy with the Amahi-interface but ... i'm not able to give write permission to it. I know it's not an Amahi-issue and that all will be solved if i can convert NTFS to Ext3 but my disk is filled with data i can't put anywhere else. Plus it will still be an advantage for me (or my friends) if the disk stays in NTFS (for connecting to their windows-pc's). Together with the help of those Amahi-enthusiast on irc i bet we'll get it fixed soon.
Apologies for the long text and the bad english but i'm so impressed with Amahi i wanted to share it with you guys. Give it a go on an older system lying around and be amazed about how easy, fast and modular it all is. Big thanx to all.
Greetings.
JenZ
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