Instead, you mount disk devices somewhere. ![]() That raw access isn’t what you use directly, however. (On my cockpit VM, it’s /dev/vda, because it’s a virtual drive, but the same concept applies.) In Unix/Linux, everything is represented as a file in the file tree, including devices - so you see /dev/sda, which is basically raw access to a hard drive. First…a diskpartition crash course (hopefully with no actual crashing!) Some basic concepts here in the meantime. Is there some kind of beginner user guide which I can refer to? Help!Īnyway, next things… can you show us how the storage is set up? A screenshot of the “Storage” tab in Cockpit should do it. It took me ages to set things up under Ubuntu (several weeks of struggling, stumbling, screwing up, wiping out and retrying over and over from scratch) and it finally works but I find that software updates are still awkward and seem to still need command line stuff to make things behave. What does it want me to type in? I don’t understand what it wants. Mount.nfs: mount point /dev/sda is not a directory I’ve tried fiddling with these values (I plan on running this on a local IP address 192.168.50.56 ) and for mount point and path I specify /dev/sda and I get the error message: When I click on New NFS Mount I’m presented with a popup box which wants me to fill in 3 empty boxes: But I can’t get Fedora to use the 1.77TB free space on the single HD. I’m guessing I have to go to NFS because I think that means Network File Service. I want to set up the 4 password protected directories and begin to copy files from the Ubuntu Server to Fedora Server via the home network. When I go on Chrome on my Windows 7 PC and login with the IP address (because typing doesn’t work for me), I get to the login window and I can login successfully with the administrator name and password I set up with adminstrator privileges. I want to create 4 directories, each one with a password protection. I partitioned the hard drive during the install process to have a Home directory with about 1.77TB free space and this is where I want to store network accessible files (photos, movies, music, etc…). I have downloaded the Fedora Server installer onto a DVD and I have installed Fedora 35 on the Optiplex with the single 2TB HD. Please bear in mind that I’m not a computer professional and I despise command line stuff in Linux because I don’t know and don’t understand most of the commands, I don’t work in computers for a living. The Optiplex is placed up on a shelf out of the way with no monitor, keyboard or mouse so I can use Remote Desktop Connection on my Windows 7 PC to login and administer the Optiplex. The Optiplex is connected via an Ethernet cable and it is connected to a UPS. My friend recommended Fedora over Ubuntu. I’m presently using a Ubuntu setup as a file server running on a USFF Dell Optiplex 990 with a single 2TB hard drive. ![]() I asked him whether I should use Windows server for home use but recommended Fedora. ![]() A friend of mine recommended I try using Fedora Server 35 to make a home file server.
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