Richlife Posted March 29, 2008 CID Share Posted March 29, 2008 hey everyone, i've got an old celeron 533 gathering dust, and was wondering if i could turn it into a server? (i'm bored...) i think its got 320Mb ram, 8Gb hard drive, and a 100mbps network card. how would i go about making it a server? do i need a particular operating system? if it helps, the current hardware in the house is this: sattelite broadband modem, printer, and 3 computers (2 XP, and 1 vista) connected to an 8port switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted April 8, 2008 CID Share Posted April 8, 2008 Yeah you could run a distro of Linux on it and turn it into a file server.. Maybe spend $50 on a new hard drive and you would have more than enough hardware to run a fairly decent file server. You would also be able to added the network drive to all of your PCs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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