On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 08:05:16PM -0800, talikarng.usenet@gmail.com wrote: > Does anyone have any experience building their own ftp server for use > on a hoem network? I would like to build a small headless server > (remote login) for file storage (low traffic, preferably low power, > perhaps even have a torrent client on it) > > I would like the project to be small (2x shoebox sized if possible) so > what hardware would be recommended? > Do people find that debian works well for servers? See if the NSLU2 works for you. The NSLU2 (Slug) is a headless device, which works pretty well as a headless server. I use it (with Debian Lenny, armel) as an ssh only server for backups and building some Debian packages, but FTP works pretty fine. I got my Slug for $42, so it's fairly low cost. The following websites give more details on NSLU2 and Linux in general: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2 http://www.nslu2-linux.org/ The following instructions by Martin Michlmayr make installing Debian on the Slug: http://www.cyrius.com/debian/nslu2/ Hope this helps. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah
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