Hi guys, I have a Poweredge 1850 which I brought cheap from ebay, I use it abit like a NAS to free up space on my iMac and to stream movies/music to my computer or via DLNA to my TV's and PS3. I currently am running Ubuntu which I kind of like/dislike, I also like to use my server as abit of a play toy and project as I like to try things, like using a webcam as a cctv camera which I can access when im out etc. I also use it to connect via ftp to and run webpages etc.
Now you know how I like to play with my server please can you help :( I want to try a new OS, I dont mind wipeing and starting again as I can backup to a external HDD. I have a copy of Windows Server 2012 with I think 30 days free and if I like will activate it. When I boot from CD I get to the bit where it asks for a installation location but I cant find any disks to select, I know I most probably have to install drivers which I have tried (whether they are the right ones or not I dont know) my problem is they are .exe which I can't load as im on my mac :( - I didnt have this problem locating drives when I installed Ubuntu, that find them no problem.
Is there also a way to do all this via VNC which I use to remote into my server as I have it located in my garage. Its abit of an effort to bring it inside plus she's rather noisy.
Another quick one, could some one run me through how to setup my drives in the bios as I don't want to use them in Raid, I'd rather just have them as two drives rather than one with it backing up to the other one.
Would be very grateful if you could help me with my "little" project (Maybe we could both remote in and talk via skype and do it together :D )
Kind Regards
PriestyUK