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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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I screwed up when I made my home server, just curious if there's a way out of the corner I've backed myself in (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I work away from home for weeks at a time, and I hurriedly set up my server on my last day at home last month

I got a free PC, and a 10tb HDD. Lenovo uses a stupid special cable to run sata drives off the motherboard, I didn't know there were two sizes, bought the wrong size and said fuck it so I installed windows on the same drive and same partition I now have 4 tb worth of media

Now I want to move to Linux as my server OS, I got another PC that actually has the ability to run multiple HDDs

Can I access the files on this drive from another OS? Is there a way to keep these files without transferring it all to another HDD?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I would recommend to use a fast SSD for the System and mount a extra disk for Media. Additionally, I would invest in multiple HDD, since with a good RAID setup, you can speed up the reading and writing of files (simultaneously read and write on multiple drives) and if one of your drives dies (which server drives will after some years) you can replace one or even two (depending on RAID setup) HDDs without loosing data (there will be time needed to restore the files, depending on your RAID setup)