

Be sure to place your Server (From now on, that is what I am going to refer to the computer you are using above as) next to your router because that is where you will plug it into. This program will be used to write Ubuntu to to blank CD. ImgBurn Download and install ImgBurn to the Home Computer.

Just hit the big orange GET UBUNTU! button, and let the file download. Ubuntu 12.04 LTSUbuntu is the operating system we are going to use on the computer that will host the media files. Here is a guide on how to replace a Hard Drive 4. I use a computer from 2004 I replaced the Hard Drive that came with the computer with a substantially larger one (1.5TB), and it works beautifully. If the computer does not have a CD drive, it can still be used, but I will not specifically cover how. I would also reccommend this computer have a CD drive, its not required, but for this tutorial, I am going install the Operating System via a CD Drive. then a larger hard drive will be necessary. If you want to host music, movies, documents, pictures, etc.

If you only want to stream music, then I would imagine a 120gb Hard drive would be large enough. This computer does not have to be an excellent computer, but it may need to have quite a bit of storage space depending upon how much media you have. (I will refer to this as the Home computer from now on). A computer that currently has your media on it. These are the things you will need in order to be able to host your own cloud 1.
