I want to host an IC TF2 server
BobbyDigi
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I have been given 2 Cobalt RaQ 2s and 2 RaQ 4s. I have also been offered the ability to put one in our NOC. Of coarse the first thing I thought of was ICTF2!
So my question is this, Is it possible? I don't know Linux so I would need some help setting up and administering it.
Gentleman?
So my question is this, Is it possible? I don't know Linux so I would need some help setting up and administering it.
Gentleman?
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SRCDS is a very demanding dedicated server.
Mumble/murmur is easily doable, free and IMO a better product to boot.
Edit: How much RAM have you got anyway?
Where we have pressure is in the lack of an IRC server. Since we switched hosts, we are stuck on Rizon for now, which blows (it's not ours, netsplits, can't IRC during Icrontic events, etc.)
This would be something where we get IRC self hosted and then work on getting voice shifted.
What pressure?
OP asked what can I do for IC with my free server, VOIP is just one thing he could do (as hosting a game server isn't gonna happen) as is IRC.
It's not like one precludes the other, VOIP is really only going to use bandwidth, and doesn't have to be done at all.
Stable Connection 100%, I would trust this NOC with a machine that kept me alive.
I hope to plug them in tonight and note the specs. Will report back when I get a chance.
+1 for Mumble. I've used it a few weeks playing on Reddit BFBC2 servers and it's excellent. Really low latency and has positional audio for supported games.
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I hope it works out. Sounds like this will give back to the community more then I hoped.
There, I figured if I throw that out there, I'll actually do it
Server A:
Cobalt RaQ 4r
2 20GB HDD in RAID
AMD K6-2 450 MHz
256MB PC133
Server B:
Cobalt RaQ 4r
2 40GB HDD in RAID
AMD K6-2 450 MHz
Two RAM Sticks labeled iw-8g64x16-4n-p1
I am more likely to be able to get the current login info for Server B. I've gotta take them back to the previous owners so they can try some u/p combos to login and set a password for me. I'm trying to stay away from having to restore to default and go through 1800 patches.
http://www.debuntu.org/recover-root-password-single-user-mode-and-grub
That said, if the hardware is THAT old, you might want to install a more modern Linux distro on it. Something that is built specifically for servers, doesn't have GUI but is more up to date. Ubuntu server wouldn't be a bad idea. Nor would CentOS (though this is a bit more complicated to install).
See, the password that you THINK is the OS, isn't. It's the bastardized GRUB they kludged into playing BIOS. root != admin in reset, and the only way to deal with that is over sercons.
I think I can port forward my patches to bastardize one further into running FreeBSD 7.2-REL, at which point hyb+services is trivial. Failing that: http://www.rackstar.net/en/downloads/os.php
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I'm still working on logging into the current OS, though from what I gather this wouldn't do us much good either.