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NAS Box using Linux

  • 21-03-2005 1:06am
    #1
    jabaroon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,

    looking for some advise. I am looking to build a NAS (Network attached storage) box and use linux as the OS.

    I have some large disks that will comprise the NAS array and also have a 256mb SD card that I want to put the operating system on (using and SD->IDE) convertor.

    The problem is that I cant find a small linux distro that will fit on the 256mb card and that has all of the bits and bobs included. I dont need X, but do need full networking, Samba, NFS etc...

    Has anyone done anything similar or know of any distro's that might be suitable?

    I have looked at a few CD based distros that would do the job, but naturally, a CD wont fit on my 256mb SD card!

    Thoughts?
    Ta,
    Jab


Comments

  • #2
    eggshapedfred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭eggshapedfred


    you could try using gentoo. i don't know the size of a X-less install but you can pretty much only include the stuff you want and leave out the rest...
    ask around at http://forums.gentoo.org

    theres other linuxes as well, such as damn small linux, that are less than 256mb (DSL includes X I think). also some of the USB based linuxes might be useful. you could always roll your own using Knoppix or LinuxFromScratch.


  • #3
    jabaroon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭jabaroon


    Thanks for the info.

    Most of the USB based distro's that I have looked at (that include instructions on how to run from a H/D) all decompress to much larger sizes. For example, I looked at DSL, but its nice small 50mb footprint requires 200mb if you want to install it on a H/D! Assuming that you need at least 128mb for a swap disk, this makes it too big for my needs.

    I will take a look at LinuxFromScratch tho....sounds interesting...

    Thanks,
    Jab


  • #4
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,830 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    I set up a wee router on a discarded PC for a friend. I installed a minimal Debian distro, just enough to do the routing, and it only took up 184M of a 512M hard disk. I don't know how much more Samba would have added.

    Do you really need a swap partition? I certainly wouldn't put one on an SD card anyway.


  • #5
    ressem
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    zipslack should work (slackware.com), with room to spare for extras.

    Havn't used it in 5 yrs (486, 8 MB, 150 MB HDD) though, so can't compare it to other versions.


  • #6
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    The distribution name eludes me but I'm fairly certain there is (or was) a distribution specifically designed to run off a flash memory card.

    Edit: Pebble (Debian based)


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