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{{MessageBox|backgroundcolor = #FBB|image =Warning.png|heading =WARNING|message = '''NOTE:''' This Ubuntu-based systems ONLY. Guidance may not work for Amahi 7 or other Fedora-based releases.}}{{NeedsUpdate}}---- Installing your HDA on an old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_MediaSmart_Server HP MediaSmart server], previously used for Windows Home Server, will bring all the benefits of Amahi to the small device. This is only recommended for users who are comfortable with the terminal, or are willing to set up a headless server with VNC. Experienced users may also migrate from a PC server to the MediaSmart server, avoiding installation of a new HDA and all the hassle of backing-up files that occurs with it.
The steps for this tutorial are from [http://dagolav.prestegarden.com/installing-ubuntu-on-the-hp-mediasmart-ex490/ here]. To continue you will require:
* An existing network
* An SSH solution, like [[Key-based SSH Logins With Putty|Putty]]
* [http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server Ubuntu Server 12.04LTS], not the server desktop version
==Starting From Scratch==
===Installing Ubuntu===
1. Connect the hard drive into the spare PC.
2. Install '''Ubuntu 12.04, the server version'''. I was not able to get the GUI version of Ubuntu working on the MediaSmart server. The GUI version is also not recommended since there is no VGA or DVI ports for a monitor, only USB.
3. Do NOT install Amahi yet.
4. Install an ssh server:
5. Verify that the SSH is working by connecting with [[Key-based SSH Logins With Putty|Putty]]. If the SSH is not enabled, enable it:
6. Change the interfaces file to reflect eth1, not eth0:
auto eth1
8. Note the hardware address of the network card:
9. Shutdown the PC:
===Installing Amahi===
1. After rebooting and SSHing into the server, [[Binding Network Devices|change the network card to eth0]] from our previous eth1. After opening the 70-persistent-net.rules file below, look for the PC network card hardware address and delete that whole line. Change the remaining hardware address to come up as eth0 (it is currently eth1 at the end of the line).
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1d:60:b5:43:66", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
2. Change all eth1's to eth0's in the interfaces file. Ctrl+x and y to save.
3. Finally, reboot your HDA:
You should now be able to access your HDA as a share and as the http://hda link. You can [[Install VNC server on Ubuntu Server 12.04|install a VNC server]] to connect to the HDA using a graphical interface.
==Transplanting an existing Amahi server==
1. Change the interfaces file to reflect eth1, not eth0:
auto eth1
3. Note the hardware address of the network card:
4. Note the IP address of your HDA. This can typically be found by connecting to the router and seeing what IP is assigned, or checking your [https://www.amahi.org/users Amahi Control Panel].
5. Shutdown the server:
===Moving the Hardrive===
3. After opening the 70-persistent-net.rules file below, look for the PC network card hardware address and comment out that whole line. Do not delete incase the server needs to be put back into the old case. Change the remaining hardware address to come up as eth0 (it is currently eth1 at the end of the line).
# SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1d:60:b5:43:66", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
4. Change all eth1's to eth0's in the interfaces file. Ctrl+x and y to save.
5. Finally, reboot your HDA:
====Troubleshooting====
Check what eth1's HWaddr is set to. Copy this information.
Edit the 70-persistent-net.rules file:
Comment out the line with the mac address that was copied down in the previous step, and add the following line (repacing "55:55:55:55:55:55" with the MediaSmart server's address):
