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install sme server wothout destory hard disk

Offline sercik

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install sme server wothout destory hard disk
« on: December 11, 2008, 08:33:58 PM »
I can't believe that is not the possibility to install sme server in a partition without destroy entire hard disk... i want to try smeserver but i don't want to kill my hd... why don't you give the possibility to choose a partition when install sme server without use entire hard disk.

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Re: install sme server wothout destory hard disk
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2008, 08:44:00 PM »
I can't believe that is not the possibility to install sme server in a partition without destroy entire hard disk... i want to try smeserver but i don't want to kill my hd... why don't you give the possibility to choose a partition when install sme server without use entire hard disk.
Because a server normally is always on and does not boot to other OS-es. Don't you have an old case or HD laying around you can use?
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Re: install sme server wothout destory hard disk
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2008, 08:54:47 PM »
i have already installed a server on my linux and is clarkconnect, but now i want to install and try also smeserver but i can't remove content of hard disk.
it is possible to install on an empty hd and then DD in a partition on another hard disk in which there is another linux installed?? Sure i need to correct grub.conf
« Last Edit: December 11, 2008, 08:57:12 PM by sercik »

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Re: install sme server wothout destory hard disk
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2008, 08:56:11 PM »
i have already installed a server on my linux and is clarkconnect, but now i want to install and try also smeserver but i can't remove content of hard disk
Harddisks are cheap nowadays. Buy a new one, replace (or disconnect) the old one and install SME Server on the new one.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than its worth ~ Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

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Re: install sme server without destory hard disk
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2008, 09:04:40 PM »
OK! i will not use smeserver.
thanks for your reply and goodbye!
merry christmas

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Re: install sme server wothout destory hard disk
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2008, 09:19:05 PM »
OK! i will not use smeserver.
thanks for your reply and goodbye!
merry christmas

you can always use a virtual machine.. virtualbox, vmware server, vmware player.. choose one

many of us use virtualization to test SME, and not only SME..

ciao

Stefano

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Re: install sme server without destory hard disk
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2008, 09:32:06 PM »
OK! i will not use smeserver.
thanks for your reply and goodbye!
merry christmas
Merry Christmas to you too, but as father Christmas would say: Ho ho ho!

I think you are a bit to quick to jump the gun here and a little short sighted. In this thread two solutions are handed to you so you can test SME Server. It would be a pity if you would not try, but then again it is your loss, not ours.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than its worth ~ Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)