Convert Your Snakeoil PC into a NAS

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Introduction

This article shows the steps that will convert your Snakeoil computer into a basic NAS.

NFS-Server

Short for Network File Systems (NFS). This is the standard file sharing protocol used in Linux computers. You'll need a custom kernel to get this working.

1. Download a custom Snakeoil Kernel with NFS server support. For example, the NAS kernel in this thread.
2. Reboot the computer and verify you're on the NFS kernel
3. SSH into your Snakeoil PC
4. run this command:

   apt update; apt install nfs-kernel-server -y
   

New Kernel

You'll need