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Allright, while in the terminal I used sudo -s to get to root and it says samba is already the newest so it didnt update. How do I open samba up now to configure it? Or are there only commands that I can use?

E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13 Permission denied) E: Unable to lock the list directory ??? Maybe I need to logon to a different username? What is the default password for the root account on ubuntu?

Well I have ubuntu up and running and must say I really like, linux has gotten alot better since last when tried it out. Im trying to use apt to install samba but im not sure if I am doing it right. I tried opening it and searching for samba but it doesnt seem to come up, the closest thing I saw was smb4k, is this what I want to install for the fileserver?

Should samba be pretty easy to install? Once the download finishes what should I do first to install it? Im such a noob at linux.

Thats allright, I just downloaded and successfully installed ubuntu which I guess is pretty close to debian. Now Im gonna try and install samba.

So I setup another computer for my server use. A pentium 4 3ghz underclock to 2.1 and 512 of ram, when I try to install debian I get a boot error. It trys to boot from the cd but boot failed just pops up. Anybody else had problems like this?

Hopefully it will fix it, try it reboot and if it doesnt work you can restore.

Try this Start Registry Editor (Start, Run and type in regedit then click) Find "UpperFilters" and "LowerFilters" (and "UpperFilters.bak" "LowerFilters.bak", if they exist) value under the following key in the registry, and delete it: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} Quit Registry Editor. Reboot.

So you tried uninstalling the driver for the drive? Do you use easy cd creator?

Give this a shot http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm.

Oh got it, your reselling.

Wow what are you hosting that you need a package like that?

Sounds expensive .

I think it might be the whole mobo now cause I tried other ram in it and still couldnt get it to work and the fried ram doesnt work in my other pc. So I guess I lost the motherboard and ram .

I just turned it on and nothing was showing up, it didnt post or anything and it started smelling like fried electronics, i turned it off and my ram was super hot. So I took it out and one of the gold pin things on is all black.

well just fired up my athlon and nothing was showing up on my monitor, went over to restart it and started smelling something. Sure enough it toasted my ram so until I gotta get some more, too bad I just spent most of my money on my upgrade. Edit: I just tried it with the ram im using in this computer and it still didnt work. Do you think I could've fried the motherboard too?

Yea its an old athlon xp 2400 that I dont use anymore so im hoping I can get debian up with a file server and eventually have it be used as a firewall.

Allright, thanks I'll download debian and try it out.

So ubuntu should be the best choice for me to install file server on?

So would you say debian is the easiest to install stuff in?

Sure it is possible, you would have to talk to ca3le about it, I don't know how hard it would be to do.

I would like to use linux install of windows server, but am completely new to linux. What would be the best distro for me to use? Installing programs seems kinda tough from what I've heard, are there some that make it easier to install than others?

Thats a sweet idea, if anybody trys it post some pictures.

A good thought, thats allready been implemented: http://www.testmy.net/forum/index.php?action=who.

Well I finally got everything together and my system is screaming fast. I haven't done any overclocking yet cause my computer feels fast enough at stock. My cooling system is working great too at idle my opteron 148 runs at 33 and at load its only 40 its also a completely silent setup so I'm very pleased with it. Can't wait to see how it does in gaming.