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post #1 of 10
6/23/12 at 10:11am
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I'v got a 2007 Macbook that I'm getting ready to replace with a new MacbookPro w/ Retina. The Macbook still works great, though too slow for me needs, and I'v been thinking about putting OpenNAS on it. Has anyone here run OpenNAS or any other NAS Linux distro off a laptop? Can this be done with the lid closed? The built in HDD is only 128 GB so I may supplement it with an external drive (if possible), or replace the internal DVD drive with a second HDD. The RAM is only 1GB, though it can cheaply be upgraded to 4GB. My goal is to have network accessible storage for my Windows based desktop and my OS X based laptop. Just using an external drive is difficult because of the different file systems Windows and OS X use.
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post #2 of 10
6/25/12 at 1:37am
I've not heard of OpenNAS, but FreeNAS (based on FreeBSD, not Linux) is popular - if just for the ZFS support.
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post #3 of 10
6/25/12 at 5:03pm
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/facepalm. FreeNAS was what I was thinking of.
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post #4 of 10
6/25/12 at 11:34pm
Macs are tough to put linux/bsd on.

Just sell your macbook and get a fileserver or build a atom based system. The power bill will be lower and will have more cash to buy other things.
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post #5 of 10
6/26/12 at 12:38am
WTH are you smoking? If you want pure linux, use Grub2 and just install like every other. If you want to dual boot, use chameleon on the MBR and Grub on a partion and chain boot. That's the only extra step, boom easy peasy.

[edit] I lied, I guess there's a better way than chains!

http://twigstechtips.blogspot.com/2011/05/dual-boot-mac-osx-and-linux-linuxmint.html

rEFIt, tweaks chameleon so it can read linux/windows. How neat, one to rule them all!!! Now they talk about hackintoshes, but this works the same with a standard OSX install.
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post #6 of 10
6/26/12 at 2:01am
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Macs are tough to put linux/bsd on.
Really? I though Parallels made installing PC OS's easy
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Just sell your macbook and get a fileserver or build a atom based system. The power bill will be lower and will have more cash to buy other things.
Surely the power draw would be greater on a PC than on a laptop?
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post #7 of 10
6/26/12 at 1:10pm
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Really? I though Parallels made installing PC OS's easy
Surely the power draw would be greater on a PC than on a laptop?

Parallels is just a VM running inside OS X. I was thinking more along the lines of ditching OS X entirely since I'm not using the laptop anymore and the resale value is practically nil. A Macbook is still just a laptop. I'v duel booted linux and Windows before off it without issues. Looking into FreeNAS, it looks like it doesnt support external drives at the moment, which kind if limits my setup with the paltry internal 128GB HDD tongue.gif

I was looking at hard drives on newegg and came across this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822165451
It functions as a personal cloud, NAS, and has built in BitTorrent. It may make more sense to just get this then mess with my macbook, and give the macbook to my younger sister.
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post #8 of 10
6/27/12 at 1:06am
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Parallels is just a VM running inside OS X.
It's not parallels I'm thinking of then. But there is some Mac software to make dual booting / natively booting none-Apple OSs easy.
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I was looking at hard drives on newegg and came across this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822165451
It functions as a personal cloud, NAS, and has built in BitTorrent. It may make more sense to just get this then mess with my macbook, and give the macbook to my younger sister.
Personally I love to tinker so I'd rather build my own NAS (in fact that's exactly what I had done) than buy a pre-made one. But it really is up to you
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post #9 of 10
6/27/12 at 5:14pm
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It's not parallels I'm thinking of then. But there is some Mac software to make dual booting / natively booting none-Apple OSs easy.
Personally I love to tinker so I'd rather build my own NAS (in fact that's exactly what I had done) than buy a pre-made one. But it really is up to you

Ah, Bootcamp is what your thinking of. IIRC, it's included in OS X right out of the box now. I beta tested it on OS X 10.4 a few years back and it makes it incredibly easy to duel boot Windows.

But anyway, I like to tinker with OS's myself. I'm thinking of giving Arch Linux a shot on my desktop, or trying out Fedora so I can become familiar with Red Hat linux for work. As for the NAS, I just learned that my parents are getting rid of my old desktop that I gave them, and that would make for a perfect NAS. It's a little power hungry being a full desktop, but it would be cost free and probably more fun then a premade solution.
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post #10 of 10
6/28/12 at 12:37am
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Ah, Bootcamp is what your thinking of. IIRC, it's included in OS X right out of the box now. I beta tested it on OS X 10.4 a few years back and it makes it incredibly easy to duel boot Windows.
But anyway, I like to tinker with OS's myself. I'm thinking of giving Arch Linux a shot on my desktop, or trying out Fedora so I can become familiar with Red Hat linux for work. As for the NAS, I just learned that my parents are getting rid of my old desktop that I gave them, and that would make for a perfect NAS. It's a little power hungry being a full desktop, but it would be cost free and probably more fun then a premade solution.

Ah yes, bootcamp. Thank you smile.gif
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