Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Second Item - Linux
After I got the hardware running, I had to decide what distro of Linux to use. I wouldn't be laughing too hard if I were you...
This is more difficult that you might think!
Take a look at this WIKI site, see for yourself...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions
Now, YOU pick one...
Ok...so once I decided that I would like to stick with what I know: (Red Hat or in this case...) Fedora...they were ready to pop-out Core 6, but I never trust new versions of software...so I am using Core 5.
The installation went off without a hitch...it sees 200 gb of Hard Disk space, and utilizes the memory just fine, I was able to select the custom styled install and add all the server components: FTP, HTTP, SQL, DHCP, DNS, Postfix, Dovecot, etc...
I originally wanted to do a RAID, but the hardware cost as much as this whole system...there is a breaking point for my pocketbook.
Lucky for me, all I had to do is tell the installer to use all available HDD space, and it filled it the way it saw best, using the LVM stuff (I don't fully understand, but it is something like RAID, only, not RAID...)
And I also installed many of the unnecessaries, mostly because I didn't know what I would want, or even if I would be using this machine for more than a server...
Due to my comfort level and inexperience with things like this, I even included the GUI, so I could see what I am doing...unfortunately, it didn't help much...
So, never mind that...the point is, this setup was easy and painless.
The more difficult part is still to come. Setting up the programs to work...
This is more difficult that you might think!
Take a look at this WIKI site, see for yourself...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions
Now, YOU pick one...
Ok...so once I decided that I would like to stick with what I know: (Red Hat or in this case...) Fedora...they were ready to pop-out Core 6, but I never trust new versions of software...so I am using Core 5.
The installation went off without a hitch...it sees 200 gb of Hard Disk space, and utilizes the memory just fine, I was able to select the custom styled install and add all the server components: FTP, HTTP, SQL, DHCP, DNS, Postfix, Dovecot, etc...
I originally wanted to do a RAID, but the hardware cost as much as this whole system...there is a breaking point for my pocketbook.
Lucky for me, all I had to do is tell the installer to use all available HDD space, and it filled it the way it saw best, using the LVM stuff (I don't fully understand, but it is something like RAID, only, not RAID...)
And I also installed many of the unnecessaries, mostly because I didn't know what I would want, or even if I would be using this machine for more than a server...
Due to my comfort level and inexperience with things like this, I even included the GUI, so I could see what I am doing...unfortunately, it didn't help much...
So, never mind that...the point is, this setup was easy and painless.
The more difficult part is still to come. Setting up the programs to work...
