I am setting up my first Linux box

[zumie]

I am setting up my first Linux box (dual boot w/W2k) and putting it on a network with a W2k Server and an XP machine. The Linux box will be running Apache. It has 256 mb RAM and hda = 7.8 gig, hdb = 15.6 gig. I am using Debian/Linux and I’ve read that a server will take anywhere from 4 gigs (Debian’s site)

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html

to 10 mb (Apache’s site)

http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/install.html

Be that as it is, I am planning 1 partition on hda and it will be NTSF for W2k OS. On hdb I’m planning to partition 5 gigs FAT32 and the remaining 10.6gigs will be Linux/Apache partitions. This is so I can share data on hdb1 (FAT32) with everyone on the net.

Is this a logical plan?


Zumie



Visualize whorld peas.

 

[RhythmAce]

If you don't install everything that comes on the linux distro, you can save a ton of space. A huge chunk is taken up with games and programs you'll never use. You will be able to pick what you want during install much like you would with Windows. Linux will be able to read your Windows drives, but this is not true the other way around. However almost every distro of linux that I know of comes with a samba server. You setup "shares" and your Windows machines will see linux just as it would anybody else in your Network Neighborhood. You will be able to read and write to each other drives.

 

[zumie]

Thanx RhythmAce.

So the FAT32 partition isn't necessary? And with samba server I could keep hdb all 1 partition?

<BTW>I've read several of your posts, in one you used the word &quot;groovy&quot; ... I could just smell the &quot;Strawberry Fields&quot; and incense.

Zumie



Visualize whorld peas.

 

[RhythmAce]

Right on man! Hey, good luck on learning linux. You may want to put the file system at the top of the things you want to learn first.

 

[zumie]

File systems ... this is getting better all the time.

I was thinking abt ext3. I've read a little about file systems, but as it seems with any topic having to do with Linux, there are a plethora of opinions. Maybe ext2 is more stable and can be mounted as ext3 in the future.

I've read that XFS is not too stable if you're running windoze too. But then others have said it's OK with windoze and it's fast. Go figure. And whatsup with reiserfs?

I think I'll stick with ext3 .... or should I start with ext2 and convert to ext3?

Zumie



Visualize whorld peas.

 

[RhythmAce]

Be it far from me to be abusive but I haven't been able to break ext3 yet. Speaking of apache... ;-) You should have no problem running it on whatever fs you choose.