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The $30 file server..........
Apr. 24th, 2004 10:25 pmThis week's big project began on Sunday afternoon. I was driving to one of the local churches that has a monthly paper drive to drop off some newspapers. Along the way, I saw two computer cases sitting by the curb in front of a house. I passed by them, gave them a brief look, and thought, "I wonder if they can be reused or salvaged." And so I turned around and pulled into the driveway of the house that was discarding them.
When I pulled into the driveway of the house with the discarded computer equipment, I saw two young girls getting out of a van, followed by their mother, who then summoned her husband. I asked him about the computer cases, and mentioned that I knew a few people who refit and refurbish old computer systems. He said I could have them for free. I offered to pay him cash, but he turned it down. There was also a Umax scanner and an HP DeskJet printer in the pile. He said he couldn't find the power adapters for them, but if he did, he'd leave them by the curb for me.
( And so they got piled into the car, and then were taken up to my 'la-bor-a-tor-y' to be worked on. )
The next steps are to verify that the modem works, and then to install Mandrake Linux 8.1. This system will become my testbed and file server. It would be nice to make it my firewall as well. It will dual-boot to Win95B and Mandrake Linux.
When I pulled into the driveway of the house with the discarded computer equipment, I saw two young girls getting out of a van, followed by their mother, who then summoned her husband. I asked him about the computer cases, and mentioned that I knew a few people who refit and refurbish old computer systems. He said I could have them for free. I offered to pay him cash, but he turned it down. There was also a Umax scanner and an HP DeskJet printer in the pile. He said he couldn't find the power adapters for them, but if he did, he'd leave them by the curb for me.
( And so they got piled into the car, and then were taken up to my 'la-bor-a-tor-y' to be worked on. )
The next steps are to verify that the modem works, and then to install Mandrake Linux 8.1. This system will become my testbed and file server. It would be nice to make it my firewall as well. It will dual-boot to Win95B and Mandrake Linux.
