Computer woes

So, my Windows 2000 file server finally died. It's ten years old at least, so there was no big surprise in that. I grabbed my only unused box - an old temperamental machine I inherited that can't install Windows2K^† but did take Xandros* - and hooked it up. Worked great. The NTFS formatted drive I used for storage read, wrote and shared fine.

Then Ubuntu 7.0 came out. Hmmm, says I, since Xandros is now a Microsoft product, let's try Ubuntu.

Bad move.

( Shake Well. Serve Cold. )

Computer woes

So, my Windows 2000 file server finally died. It's ten years old at least, so there was no big surprise in that. I grabbed my only unused box - an old temperamental machine I inherited that can't install Windows2K^† but did take Xandros* - and hooked it up. Worked great. The NTFS formatted drive I used for storage read, wrote and shared fine.

Then Ubuntu 7.0 came out. Hmmm, says I, since Xandros is now a Microsoft product, let's try Ubuntu.

Bad move.

( Shake Well. Serve Cold. )