Ended up doing some searching around online, for some reason the /etc/network/interfaces file had the incorrect device listed, fixed the number, rebooted, and no problems since. Thanks for these ideas, exactly what I found online!

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So after a few false starts, HD issues, various other things I'm back on the road to getting this server up and running. Yesterday I installed 10.04 LTS and all went smoothly, created some users, set up some samba shares, left it running for a night just to make sure it was stable. Accessed it via T...

Thanks for all the help, server is up and running, adding file to it! Thank you so much!

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OK, so I have my drives mounted, made a user, started making folders and sharing them via Samba, went to my Win 7 machine, can see the folders, but cannot write to them?? I've checked with webmin read/write is enabled I followed the guide...what am I missing?

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They are not partitioned or formatted, so I'm working on that part. What I'm curious about is should I use ext3 or ext4?

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Thanks, that makes perfect sense. So I have a 2nd question. I have 2 other drives that I plan on using in the server for storage (didn't want to confuse myself so left them unplugged with I instaled). What would the procedure be to make sure they mount when the server boots? I know a little Linux, b...

So I've been following the guide very closely (excellent resource BTW!!!), during the install it asked if I wanted automatic updates? Is that something that you would recommend?? I said no, as I don't mind doing some updating, but just curious...

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