I had thought of that. I could not confirm that I could use rsync though on the external drive. The instructions I saw were fat32 and ntfs both of which I do not like. Do you know if rsync would work David <div class="gmail_quote"> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Richard Houser <<a href="mailto:rick@divinesymphony.net">rick@divinesymphony.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> If all you're talking is a file server, you might be able to pick up one of the OpenWRT compatible devices with USB and use that as your router, too. Many (most?) of those are fanless and completely silent. <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Charles Ulrich<<a href="mailto:charles@bityard.net">charles@bityard.net</a>> wrote: > Ha, whoops. I meant Intel Atom. > > Charles > > David Singer wrote: >> Do you mean VIA Nano or Intel Atom? >> >> David >> >> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:56 PM, <<a href="mailto:charles@bityard.net">charles@bityard.net</a> >> <mailto:<a href="mailto:charles@bityard.net">charles@bityard.net</a>>> wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, August 4, 2009 3:58 pm, David Singer wrote: >> > I currently have a smallish 1Ghz PIII dell computer that I use as >> my home >> > server. I would like to upgrade it to something with a very small >> form >> > factor and ultra low power consumption. I am moving to a tiny >> apartment >> > and >> > there will be no room for my little dell. It also makes a lot of >> noise (3 >> > fans) and consumes a lot of power (cheap ATX power supply). >> > >> > Idealy I would like something based on either a laptop chip-set >> or ARM, >> > Atom, Ion etc. Fanless would be great. All the server needs is >> enought >> > room >> > to load a Linux install and maybe run SVN plus a few little apps. >> Storage >> > will be though external USB drive or internal HD if it fits. Most >> of its >> > job >> > will be to serve mp3's. Video streaming to a TV is not needed as >> I don't >> > have a TV. Since it will be on all the time power consumption is a >> > consideration as well. I thought about one of those wall warts but id >> > rather >> > have something slightly beefer but still in the hotel bible sized >> > category. >> > Cheaper is better. Nothing over $200. >> > >> > Anyone have recommendations? Anyone want a small old dell in a >> week or >> > two? >> >> I did this same exact thing just a few months ago. The case is going >> to be >> the hardest part. If you want small _and_ cheap, they all have fans. You >> can find a fanless case, but they cost a bit more. >> >> That said, I'd highly recommend anything with the Intel Nano 330 CPU. I >> got one for my file server at home and for such a low-power, low-priced >> thing it's pretty capable. Dual-core, 64-bit. Intel Motherboard+CPU >> combos >> sell on newegg for about $80. Ubuntu server runs like a dream on mine. >> There is a small fan on the motherboard chipset, but it's fairly quiet. >> >> Charles >> -- >> <a href="http://bityard.net" target="_blank">http://bityard.net</a> >> >> > </div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> _______________________________________________ > linux-user mailing list > <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> > <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> > </div></div></blockquote></div>