Android linux server

[Hendz]

I currently have an android box, if i turn this into a Linux device via micro sd card could I then plug in my external hard drive into it and set up a samba server ? this being accessible on the network via my computer etc.  

[Levent]

what is exactly is your question?

[Hendz]

once i get my android box to be a linux device. how do i then use it as a network server, which is accessible via my home pc

[WereCatf]

3 minutes ago, Hendz said:

once i get my android box to be a linux device. how do i then use it as a network server, which is accessible via my home pc

Are you sure you can even install Linux on it?

[wasab]

16 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

Are you sure you can even install Linux on it?

You can with Linux deploy. It's inefficient though and needs root privilege to do pretty much anything. 

[WereCatf]

Just now, wasab said:

You can with Linux deploy. It's inefficient though and needs to root privilege to do pretty much anything. 

That's not what I meant. I understood that the OP wants to actually replace Android on the box with Linux, which is easier said than done. I do know you can run Linux in a chroot under Android, but personally, I wouldn't bother.

[Hendz]

i was thinking of running a server version of ubuntu to hold my data across the network.

but maybe i could just use a common Sambashare app to do this via android?

[WereCatf]

1 hour ago, Hendz said:

i was thinking of running a server version of ubuntu to hold my data across the network.

That doesn't answer the question. Those Android-boxes are pretty much always ARM-based and you can't just install Linux on them like you can on a regular PC, which is why I asked if you actually know for certain that you can install Linux on it in the first place.

1 hour ago, Hendz said:

but maybe i could just use a common Sambashare app to do this via android?

Something like that is always an option, but it may not perform terribly well.