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Old 03-06-2011, 11:21 PM   #1
ReggiePerrin
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Acer Aspire Easystore H340 Home Server help


I must confess to being a bit of a noob when it comes to servers and things. I have an H340 Home Server, and I really want to eliminate any Windows on it.
Having read what people have written here, I installed Ubuntu Server 10.10 on an empty drive via an existing machine. Then I removed the supplied 1 TB drive with Windows Server on it from the H340, inserted the new Ubuntu server drive.
Now I can power up the machine, the lights come on, the network light flickers with activity, and...
Well, I am at a bit of a loss at what to "do" now.

The H340 is connected to a router, just like my existing machine, so it gets an IP address from the DHCP server in the router.
How do I actually connect to the H340? I really don't know. Do I go "Places->Network"? or "Places->Connect to Server"? Or do I do a remote desktop connection?
When it is powered up, how does it start without a user doing a login?
There is no keyboard, screen, etc. Only the network cable.

I would appreciate some help here.
I hope I don't come across as silly and useless, I have simply never had to deal with a Server before, so I need some hand-holding for a while. I have Ubuntu 10.10 desktop and Windows 7 dual boot.

Thanks
 
Old 03-07-2011, 03:43 AM   #2
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There are several ways how you can manage your server.

I prefer ssh which allows you to connect to your server and use its shell (command line) For windows there is an application Putty for this. It allows you to do almost everything what server management requires. But sometimes it is hard to get to used to it. (Although it is a good investment) Just because of this (painful learning) some distributions prepare additional utilities and "ways" how to use them.

Distributions like Ubuntu has certainly some additional server configuration utilities. There is also a remote desktop connection which allows you to connect to your X window environment. (for example by VNC)
I cannot tell you more about the "built in" utilities of ubuntu, I don't use ubuntu.

There is another elegant way to manage your server by webmin. It is an free application which you can install on your server. It allows you to log in by your web browser and manage everything.

But I think the first question which should be answered is - What do you want to do with this server? You want to use it as a Desktop or as a Server? What services you want to run on it?

Last edited by hua; 03-07-2011 at 03:44 AM.
 
Old 03-08-2011, 01:17 AM   #3
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Thanks for the reply.
The H340 is primarily a data backup/storage unit. I would like also eventually to run RADIUS authentication and accounting.
Should I try to install a desktop environment, and then use a remote-desktop login?
After login, I presume I could do all the installs of anything I like.
I am not particularly used to the command line, and would prefer a GUI.

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