From: "Geo." 

Why do you need server? Workstation will do server service for a home
network (10 connections).

Geo.

"Thees Peereboom"  wrote in message
news:opr16eentd7q6jhl{at}news.barkto.com...
> John,
>
> Thanks - this was what I was looking for (although I appreciate Geo's
> advice, too). The problem is that I use so little of NT's server
> functionality, NT 4 is more than enough. There's no way I can justify the
> cost other than the learning experience.
>
> The disk that will remain in the system is 10G, so I'll divide it in two
> partitions.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> - Thees Peereboom
>
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:24:28 GMT, John Beckett
>  wrote:
>
> > Geo's advice is good (although I thought that the deadline for NT4 's
> > security patches had been moved forward again).
> >
> > Actually doing what you want could be easy or very difficult, depending
> > on
> > just what you have on the old machine, and how you have users organised.
> >
> > The quick answer is that you do a new install of NT4 Server on the new
> > machine. During the install, you say you want it to be a BDC to your
> > existing domain.
> >
> > You manually move all shares from the old DC to the new DC. This can be
> > automated, but not easily. Assuming small, you can just manually note
> > what
> > folders and share (and their separate permissions) you have on the old
> > machine, and manually set them up the same way on the new.
> >
> > You then promote the BDC to PDC (Server Manager on the new machine). I
> > think you also use Server Manager to delete the old machine (which will
> > now be a BDC).
> >
> > After each step, you wait a while and test. You also check the logs in
> > Event Viewer on the PDC and BDC. Before deleting the old machine, you
> > shut
> > it down for a few days and see if there are any problems.
> >
> > Your biggest challenge may be installing NT4 if you put it on a big
disk.
> > If the system and boot partitions are on a disk smaller than 8G you
> > probably will be ok.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > Thees Peereboom  wrote in message
> > news::
> >> All,
> >>
> >> I will be buying myself a new workstation. The current one, a Dell
> >> Precision 220 2 x P3 833 mHz will replace my current NT4 server, which
> >> is
> >> a 6 years old P133 that is starting to make suspicious sounds.
> >>
> >> The current NT4 server is the PDC, all other machines are either Linux
> >> (1), FreeBSD (3), W2K (2) or XP (2) machines. Oh yes, and a couple of
ME
> >> machines.
> >>
> >> So I need to install NT4 on the new server (my current workstation,
> >> which
> >> is one of the W2K machines). The problem is, of course, that I don't
> >> want
> >> to lose all my current configurations, userprofiles, etc.
> >>
> >> So what would be the safest route to change the NT4 PDC? I have no
> >> intention of upgrading it to W2K server or W2003 server.
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >>
> >> - Thees Peereboom
> >
>

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