Hello,
This is my first attempt at running a home server as well as running FreeBSD. I've been a Linux user for a while and would like to get my feet wet with FreeBSD. Just today, I was coming home from work and found something interesting by a trash can. A Gateway DX300X, it uses an Intel Pentium D, has about 1 GB of RAM, 200 GB of storage, and a BTX motherboard. When I brought it home, I noticed the BIOS was locked, which is probably why it was in the trash. So I proceeded to reset the CMOS and BIOS jumpers, so the password was cleared and cleaning the old dusty box was my next logical step. After removing some unnecessary things from it, I ran a liveCD to see if it was functional. Great, no problems there.
Now, I've been wanting to set up my own home server for a while now. I just didn't have the cash to spend on building one, so now I'm presented with this piece of hardware which I want to use for a home server. Mostly to get a feel for how to run (and maintain*) a server, and use it as a centralized storage point for my different devices. So I've been downloading the DVD ISO of the 9.2 release but it'll be a while before it finishes (4 hours). I would like some help as far as what I should look into, in order to successfully set up the home server. I'm going through the documentation, but I would like to get some pointers on what to do with the "server" once I have the FreeBSD up and running.
This is my first attempt at running a home server as well as running FreeBSD. I've been a Linux user for a while and would like to get my feet wet with FreeBSD. Just today, I was coming home from work and found something interesting by a trash can. A Gateway DX300X, it uses an Intel Pentium D, has about 1 GB of RAM, 200 GB of storage, and a BTX motherboard. When I brought it home, I noticed the BIOS was locked, which is probably why it was in the trash. So I proceeded to reset the CMOS and BIOS jumpers, so the password was cleared and cleaning the old dusty box was my next logical step. After removing some unnecessary things from it, I ran a liveCD to see if it was functional. Great, no problems there.
Now, I've been wanting to set up my own home server for a while now. I just didn't have the cash to spend on building one, so now I'm presented with this piece of hardware which I want to use for a home server. Mostly to get a feel for how to run (and maintain*) a server, and use it as a centralized storage point for my different devices. So I've been downloading the DVD ISO of the 9.2 release but it'll be a while before it finishes (4 hours). I would like some help as far as what I should look into, in order to successfully set up the home server. I'm going through the documentation, but I would like to get some pointers on what to do with the "server" once I have the FreeBSD up and running.
