32-Bit Version

MineOS Turnkey
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Ok, so what do I have to do? Wipe my HDD? That wouldnt be a problem. I would trash the PC if i cant use it for anything, so i basically cant do anything wrong

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There you go, right attitude. Make that PC a server to serve files, so to speak. Yes, wipe the HDD. But you have to know you need the driver for your system.

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The MineOS is not going to provide drivers for every sytem on the planet, so you might want to look at windows server and what version will suit your system? Then serve MineOS off of that system. Maybe, dunno.

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Speaking of drivers I dont know the Driver of my PC, so I just Google it liek this? [Computer Name] Driver; And i think there will be more than one Driver, which one? Sorry I am kind of a noob in Server Things or anything thats not a “Normal” PC :wink: EDIT: Oh I began to write the Post before you posted the last reply

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This is true–Turnkey Linux, the platform upon which MineOS is built and distributed–decided to stop support for 32-bit ISOs. This means that the 64-bit installation is indeed more modern than what the 32-bit version is.

In Debian terminology, 64-bit MineOS is built on Debian “Jessie” and 32-bit is built on Debian “Wheezy”, two different releases.

Let me clarify what’s different between these two and how you can address it.

Jessie release

  • Comes with Java8 (openjdk)

Wheezy release

  • Comes with Java7 (openjdk)

The webui that backs both releases is the same (you should update the webui in both installations, and it’ll end up at the same place).

Both releases will be maintained by Debian and kept security-updated.

If you’re using an old PC with only 2GB of RAM, it is–surprisingly–recommended to use 32-bit releases. This is because Minecraft doesn’t use 64-bit any more efficiently than 32-bit; 64-bit actually has greater memory overhead (read as: you get less for your server).

Of course, there is a practical difference between OpenJDK8 and OpenJDK7; OpenJDK8 most certainly can be installed on the 32-bit Wheezy, but I’d personally recommend just taking the plunge to Java8 (oracle) and you’d be better off with 5 minutes of work with Wheezy/Oracle Java8 than Jessie/OpenJDK8.

For clarity, there are two different kinds of Java. OpenJDK, the kind I’m legally allowed to distribute and Oracle Java, the kind that is recommended by Mojang (Microsoft) and must be installed by the end-user himself or herself.

TLDR: the only component that will have any real impact on your server’s performance doesn’t come with either MineOS distro and the 32-bit is preferable to 64-bit when using memory capacities under 4GB.

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Just wipe the HDD.
The MineOS Tunrkey ISO should have all the drivers you need included.

Another path is ignoring the ISO, and go to (for example) ubuntu:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop.
The Ubuntu ISO should have most drivers included or available

Then install MineOS on top of that: HOW TO: install MINEOS-NODE on UBUNTU SERVER 14.04.2 (this is for Ubuntu server, but it should be more or less the same method for Ubuntu desktop)

I’d reccomend going the MineOS Turnkey 32bit way first though.

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Ok thanks to ALL Replys I will test it out now and reply if i suceeded or failed… Thank you <3

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I hope this works, but I have to ask what are the goals here.

Is this going to serve 50 users? Like me 2 children? I mean all is OK, but with 2 gb ram and a win98 hardware system we must be serving files to only himself? Can I be that wrong?

Input is welcome.

Thanks.

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I want to host a Server for me and my classmates (modded) and if I host a Server on the PC i play with i get HUGE server Lags :confused:
EDIT: So there will be like 7-10 Users
EDIT 2: And i choose MineOS, because i want to use the full power of my Ram :smiley:

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IMHO you are under powered.

Thanks and best regards.

tNt

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LEL xD I´ll jsut give it a try :slight_smile:

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See what you can do. Way to go, never give up.

Best of Luck.

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So I returned from the dead, and installed MineOS kinda sucessfully. Note: Since the 32 Version didnt work i installed 64 and it worked flawlessly… But! I have a Fritz Wlan Stick (German) and i think mineos doesnt recognize it… At least i get an error in the automatic process…

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OK, so I found something that SHOULD help me, but it didnt… [https://www.turnkeylinux.org/forum/support/20110606/wifi-turnkey-linux] Basically, the forum tells me I should plug in LAN (Which I did but my main PC didnt have LAN at this time :confused: ) , and go in root and type:
apt-get update
apt-get install wireless-tools wpasupplicant

Still doesnt work :frowning:
Anybody able to help me?

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Interesting here:

http://www.berthon.eu/2015/linux-and-avm-fritzwlan-usb-stick-n-v2/

Says your server should see it as a cd, load drivers then eject, remounts as a usb donglle.

i’ve no experience with this tho.

good luck again!

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Oops!

“On Debian Jessie (which uses systemd) and on Fedora 22 (also using systemd), the device is not mounting as a CD not as a Wireless dongle. So you can’t use it.”

“On Debian Wheezy, it was seen as a CD drive. A simple manual eject command and it is working. Slightly annoying, but fine.”

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"I have the solution which work flawlessly on both distributions and will allow you to just plug your USB dongle and see it as a wireless device (as expected! Thanks AVM x-( )

You either need to create or modify the file /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/057c:62ff so that it contains exactly the following text:

AVM Fritz!Wlan USB Stick N v2

TargetVendor=0x057c
TargetProductList=“8501,8503”
StandardEject=1
NoDriverLoading=1
MessageContent=“5553424312345678000000000000061b000000ff0000000000000000000000”

On Debian Jessie, this file did not exist. Adding solve the problem!"

Might try that and see.

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Unfortunately it is so that turnkey do not recognise all brands of hardware. There are really just two things to do:

  • search around, see if your hardware vendor have drivers and software easily available, and implement them in the turnkey kernel. This can be complicated, hard and are really not recommended unless you are very experienced with linux OS’es

  • test other linux distributions to see if any of them supports your hardware out of the box (ubuntu has a track record of supporting the most hardware). Then install Mineos on top of that. This is an easier way, and you find how to install MineOS on stand alone distributions inthe MineOS Wiki. Here is how to install MineOS on top of Ubuntu 14 (Download here ) : HOW TO: install MINEOS-NODE on UBUNTU SERVER 14.04.2

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Ok so what should I try first? The abvoe or the bellow :smiley:

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I would reccomend the second