Hello!
I have a very interesting, but complicated set up for my computers right now. Ive got two laptops and a desktop, but the desktop is out of commission right now. The main laptop that I use day-to-day is a Sony Vaio, natively running Ubuntu and I have a VM installed running windows XP. My other laptop is an old compaq presario, stock it runs windows 98 (Told you it was old). I recently installed XP on it to see how/if it would work, but I'm having mixed results.
The other key to this combination is my Snap Server Quantum NAS (Network Attatched Storage). If you dont know what NAS is, think of it as a bay of external drives connected over the network, instead of physically to the computer itself. Anyway, here's what I've been wondering.
If I install a small server OS (likely linux-based) on my old compaq, could I essentialy turn my NAS into a web-server? I know it has some form of 'web-server software' in its OS, as I can set up a very basic 'webpage' on the server. However I dont have a lot of experiance with using this outside of extra storage. What I would like to do in the end is run my online RPG off of that setup, where the compaq would basically act as the head for the server.
Here's some more info about everything, in case something I didn't list is important.
Main Laptop - Sony Vaio VGN-CS215J
- Boots into Ubuntu 12.10
- VM Running Windows XP SP3
Old Laptop ( / Server Head?) - Compaq Presario 1688
- Boots into XP currently, built for 98
NAS - Quantum Snap Server 4000 series (model # 70700042-004)
- Running GuardianOS as far as I remember, but I'm not sure which version.