Tiny Core Linux

General TC => Tiny Core on Virtual Machines => Topic started by: masteripper on March 01, 2019, 05:32:11 AM

Title: Tiny Core as guest OS on Vmware Esxi for Nas purposes
Post by: masteripper on March 01, 2019, 05:32:11 AM

Hello,
I am trying to find the smallest distro to use as NAS VM for my machine
At first from what i see the smallest version is only 11 Mb...when its installed what are the space reqs
After that and probably most important ..how much RAM for running as NAS without hiccups
I am not looking for something extreme
2 machines on a gigabit wired network ...one acting as a NAS...i just want to serve 100Mb+ when i push/pull files..the drives can support them ..its just a question if the handler can cope...
I am trying to make it as lightweight as possible...no graphics..no nothing..just a few shared folders and that's all.

Title: Re: Tiny Core as guest OS on Vmware Esxi for Nas purposes
Post by: Juanito on March 01, 2019, 07:10:04 AM

You'll probably need to decide the ram requirements by trial and error.

You can find the size of the extensions you'll need by looking at their info files.

Title: Re: Tiny Core as guest OS on Vmware Esxi for Nas purposes
Post by: masteripper on March 01, 2019, 08:09:01 AM

Ok i will do that..
Is there a quick guide for setting Samba for Tiny Core text only

Title: Re: Tiny Core as guest OS on Vmware Esxi for Nas purposes
Post by: Rich on March 01, 2019, 08:26:37 AM

Hi masteripper
There is a brief description here:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,8871.msg48077.html#msg48077

This shows an old machine I used to use as a SAMBA server:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,12276.msg66046.html#msg66046

Title: Re: Tiny Core as guest OS on Vmware Esxi for Nas purposes
Post by: masteripper on March 01, 2019, 08:48:49 AM

Thanks