[Cialug] Linux in an AD environment

[Nathan C. Smith]

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> So my questions to the more learned out there in this group are:
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> A)     I know that I will need to have Samba on the box, correct?
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> B)      How easy do the different distros of Linux see and 
> load SATA RAID adapters?  With W2K3, you hit the F6 key, load 
> your driver disk (still a floppy!), and it's happy and keeps 
> going.  How does that work with Linux?
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> C)      I am most comfortable so far with Ubuntu and Fedora.  
> Not trying to start an OS war, please.  Just looking for 
> input as to the viability of making either of these work as a 
> file server that my Windows clients can see and use, with 
> correct permissions.
> 
>

If it were me, (A man's got to know his limitations, and I have quite a few)
I would start with
Just getting the OS installed and sharing a folder with Windows.  From there
move on to AD integration 
Which may require some reading and re-installations to perfect your skills.

Or use one of the distros already mentioned.  OpenFiler is very slick.

Interesting that you mention f6 and driver floppies.  It is very hard to
install Windows on a machine with no floppy when a driver is required for
the Disk subsystem.  That is amazingly irritating.  How long have OS X and
Linus supported alternate installations?  </rant>

-Nate