[Tfug] A really basic, possibly annoying network question...

[Mike Martinet]

>
>I'm finally in possession of a real file server, to a certain level of
>"real" :).  OK, it's relatively crap, but...it's something.  It's an old P4
>desktop with 2gigs RAM, 320gig HD, pretty basic, running Lucid.
>
>I want to use it as someplace to do backups to from my laptop.
>

I backup all my stuff using bare hard drives and a $25 USB-to-SATA/IDE converter.

If you are not using the desktop for anything other than housing the hard drive...

MjM
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