On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 00:01 -0500, Mathew S. Nowend wrote: > It does not say anything about what flavor of Linux to use, That is > one question. ---- is this a question? Pick your poison ---- > > Second question is I know I need dual NICSâ in the box but the custom > machine > > Stated above died. So I am replacing it and I just need to know if 512 > RAM and ---- 512 RAM is probably overkill for a network attached storage, firewall and web server. I thought that the recommended min. for FC3 was 192MB ---- > If I need to go with a 40 or 80 gig hard drive? ---- depends how much you want to store ---- > Sorry if there was useless stuff surrounding > > The actual questions. ---- You probably are gonna want to configure samba &/or netatalk for Windows & Macintosh file access if it is storage server but you can use scp/sftp clients from either but not as sexy. Good luck - probably best to jump in and see what happens. Craig