Re: Re[6]: Linux Help

[Sascha Retzki <lantis@iqranet.info>]

Am Di, 2004-07-20 um 17.20 schrieb Kev:
> Hi guys...
> 
> i'm going to do the follwing as a 1st step,
> 
> i got a Debian 3 (woody) basic 1 CD and i'm going to have postfix as the
> SMTP relay.... the BOX is a Cyrix 233Mhz with 64MB ram, (Compaq Presario)
> 4GB HDD with 2 Lan Cards
> 
> i'm going to install Webmin 1.5, and also DHCP for Debian that comes
> with Debian (on the web site) 
> 
> do you gusy thing i can do this with a basic Debian instalation or
> should i download all other CD's from the site ? 

I think so, firewall, dns, dhcp, smtp, squid should really be there.

> now the commands like
> setup on Redhat dont work, how come ? do i need to install any thing
> else ?
> 

RedHat may use scripts to "help" you that just work on Red Hat. tldp.org
and similar offer the "everywhere-working" Documents :)

> leter on i'm going to install a 2nd HDD and Squid and BIND and some AV
> for the email relay, and the RAM to 256MB.
> 
> if any one can give me the basic how to do this, or a link to some sites
> (Linux for Dummies :-)
> 

tldp.org :) .. or google.com/linux

> i know i sound really dumb, well i really dont know much about linux
> sorry !!! 
> 
> 
> 

Everybody is new sometimes. Nice that you ask for documentation-sites ;)

> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:07:44 +0100
> Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net> wrote:
> 
> >--> 
> >--> Kev wrote:
> >--> 
> >--> > i was just saying what i will be running on the server, i was asking if
> >--> > i can run all that on a P1/166Mhz
> >--> 
> >--> It depends upon the amount of network traffic.
> >--> 
> >--> Networking daemons (and the IP filtering code) only consume CPU time
> >--> when they're actually doing something, and the amount of CPU time used
> >--> is roughly proportional to the amount of work they have to do.
> >--> 
> >--> Try it. If the load average is consistently high, you need a faster
> >--> CPU. If the hard disk is always busy, you need more RAM. If the box is
> >--> mostly idle but it still seems too slow, you need a faster Internet
> >--> connection.
> >--> 
> >--> -- 
> >--> Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>
> >--> 
> 
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