[AuckLUG] Which Distro for small website/FTP

[Ravi Chemudugunta]

thats a sensible idea, i'd install the bare minimum on the installer cd
though, go thorugh the list and turn off any unneeded things like games,
screen savers, themes etc. turn off open office as you won't be needing it
for this machine; and while installing select a mount point for your second
hard disk, i recommend /home so then all of your files are on a seperate
disk automatically.

On 8/2/07, Daniel Mason <daniel.jrm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have 2 x 4.5Gb SCSI's,
> I was planning to use one for the OS and one for the FTP/web server.
>
> On 8/2/07, Ravi Chemudugunta <chemuduguntar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > howto's are always a good place to start as they are more goal oriented;
> > how
> > much harddrive space do you have to play with, if you have a decent
> amount
> > you could just download the install cd for etch or ubuntu server and
> > install
> > it with Xwindows and install apache like that...
> >
> > On 8/2/07, Daniel Mason <daniel.jrm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks for the quick reply, Ill give it a go see if I can manage to
> get
> > it
> > > up and running.
> > > I'm not too good with the linux console, but i know the basics. Is
> there
> > > any
> > > tutorial anywhere ?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Daniel
> > >
> > > On 8/2/07, Ravi Chemudugunta <chemuduguntar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > hi Daniel,
> > > >
> > > > I'd use Debian Etch, ... If you install the minimal bootstrap
> version
> > of
> > > > debian (debootstrap , around 100-300 megs), this comes with a
> running
> > > > console system, a full package management system, console utils - so
> > you
> > > > can
> > > > install apache with some simple apt commands and whatever else you
> > want,
> > > > as
> > > > long as you don't install anything graphical such as X it should
> keep
> > > the
> > > > size small, though there's nothing stopping you from installing the
> > full
> > > X
> > > > and tools later on.  Use a good package management system it saves
> > much
> > > > time
> > > > (you could just as easily pimp this little box out with
> > php,perl,python
> > > > and
> > > > deck it out with rdbms's like mysql, postgresql, firebirdql,
> anymore?
> > > all
> > > > as
> > > > easy as apt-get install <package name> ) ...
> > > >
> > > > http://librenix.com/?inode=9320
> > > >
> > > > hope this helps,
> > > >
> > > > ravi
> > > >
> > > > On 8/2/07, Daniel Mason <daniel.jrm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I just got my old IBM Netfinity 5000 server up and running, and I
> > want
> > > > to
> > > > > host a website/small FTP server on it. Im not sure what distro to
> > > > install.
> > > > > I
> > > > > was given a copy of Red Hat Enterprise 4. Would it be wise to
> > install
> > > > this
> > > > > ?
> > > > >
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