Re[7]: Linux Help

[Kev <savage-garden@hanikamail.com>]

sorry about the 2 maling lists :)

>--> If you plan to add Web caching to this system (as you mentioned in an 
>--> earlier emssage), I think you'll find 64 MB to be too little memory for 
>--> good performance.  Everything else should be fine.

will be going for 256MB once i install Squid

LAN Card are Realtec both same model , a comm one but cant remember the
exact model tho, sorry

>--> system. (Except I don't know what "some AV for the email relay" means ... I 
>--> can't parse "AV" in this context.) The extra RAM should handle your Web 

AV = AntiVirus for the SMTP relay.
but not sure what i'm going to use.





On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 08:55:32 -0700
Ray Olszewski <ray@comarre.com> wrote:

>--> At 09:20 PM 7/20/2004 +0600, Kev wrote:
>--> >Hi guys...
>--> 
>--> Kev -- It's generally considered discourteous to cross-post messages to 
>--> multiple mailing lists. In this instance, I've removed the linux-admin 
>--> posting from my reply.
>--> 
>--> >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
>--> 
>--> If you plan to add Web caching to this system (as you mentioned in an 
>--> earlier emssage), I think you'll find 64 MB to be too little memory for 
>--> good performance.  Everything else should be fine.
>--> 
>--> In Linux, default installs do NOT automatically enable DMA on hard disks. 
>--> You'll want to do that in an init script (using the app hdparm, from the 
>--> Debian package hdparm).
>--> 
>--> In my prior reply, I didn't list postfix among the SMTP candidates, but it 
>--> is another good one, so should be fine for your purposes (though I myself 
>--> have no recent experience using it).
>--> 
>--> >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 ?
>--> 
>--> The usual way to maintain a Debian system after setup is by doing online 
>--> updates. In fact, unless you have an awful Internet connection, that's 
>--> usually the best way to install. That is, get a set of boot floppies (or a 
>--> boot CD, depending on your hardware), install the (very small) Debian base 
>--> from it, then use apt-get to add the packages you need from an online 
>--> repository.
>--> 
>--> This approach will assure that you get the latest versions of things 
>--> (Debian CDs, like pretty much all Linux distro CDs, aren't updated anywhere 
>--> nearly as regularly as the online repositories). In particular, it will 
>--> makes sure that you get all security upgrades ... VERY important for any 
>--> system that is connected directly to the Internet (as a router is).
>--> 
>--> >now the commands like
>--> >setup on Redhat dont work, how come ? do i need to install any thing
>--> >else ?
>--> 
>--> If you are asking why a particular command specific to Red Hat doesn't work 
>--> on a Debian install, then the answer is probably that Debian doesn't 
>--> include the app or the script that implements the command. Not being a Red 
>--> Hat user, I don't know what "setup" on a default RH install does.
>--> 
>--> If you are asking a more general question, you'lll have to be more clear 
>--> ... I have no way of knowing what Debian commands you think are "like setup 
>--> on Redhat". Also what "now" referred to, and if "dont work" means anything 
>--> more subtle than that the command itself is not present.
>--> 
>--> >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.
>--> 
>--> All easy to do using Debian's apt-get and apt-cache package management 
>--> system. (Except I don't know what "some AV for the email relay" means ... I 
>--> can't parse "AV" in this context.) The extra RAM should handle your Web 
>--> caching needs quite nicely. I'm not sure if you'll need the second hard 
>--> disk ... it depends on traffic volumes (SMTP and Web caching).
>--> 
>--> >if any one can give me the basic how to do this, or a link to some sites
>--> >(Linux for Dummies :-)
>--> 
>--> The Debian installer itself should walk you through the installation 
>--> process. The big gotcha to watch out for is NIC modules ... you don't say 
>--> what NICs you are using, and stock Debian Linux kernels only support the 
>--> most common ones directly. For others, you'll have to install kernel 
>--> modules ... the installer prompts you to do this, but it doesn't help you 
>--> identify the ones you need.
>--> 
>--> Last time I checked, the Debian install process still used an old kernel 
>--> (2.2.something). Once you have the system configured, and before you set it 
>--> up to route and firewall, you'll want to update to a newer kernel ... at 
>--> least 2.4.whatever_is_current, maybe even 2.6.something. Unless you want to 
>--> compile you own kernel (a good idea for a router, but maybe not such a good 
>--> idea for a beginner), you apt-get install a suitable kernel-image-* package.
>--> 
>--> 
>--> >i know i sound really dumb, well i really dont know much about linux
>--> >sorry !!!
>--> 
>--> 
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