On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 01:10, Lanman wrote: > One thing that might be interesting is a larger variety of single > CD versions of Mandrake built for > specific type of installations. For example, a single CD of > Mandrake Server with no more than > two desktop environments, and the most popular services on it - ie; > FTP, Apache, Postfix, Bind, > Samba, Webmin, etc. > > Does anyone remember SNF ? It had a great installer. Start the > installer, run through the partitions, > set your password for root and admin, and walk away. 15 minutes > later it was ready to customize. > No desktop, just an ANSI interface, and a highly specialized > version of Webmin or something very similar. > > It was fast, easy to install and function specific. Something like > that as a server version would be sweet! > > I wonder if we could build something like that without pissing off > Mandrake? We could build it, test it, > and hand it off to Mandrake to polish it up a bit. Call it Mandrake > Simple Server or Mandrake SOHO > server. > > Just add PC and serve ! Hmmm! This world domination thing is > looking better and better. > > Lanman > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
That's a good idea, LM. I actually downloaded MNF four weeks ago and tried it out; then I discovered that there was a secure kernel available for LM92, and so I ended up using that instead. 9.2 is a little slow on a 200 mhz Socket 7 machine, but amazingly more spritely than trying to run XP on that same box. ;) Not that I give a crap about XP, you understand. I found that after I installed LM92, and the secure kernel was put in place, it wouldn't run, because of some "CPU-0 ACPI error" or something similar. It would put the machine into a loop where the only alternative was to cut the power. Right now I'm running the default kernel instead; don't have any other choice. I tried the "noacpi" switch on the secure 9.2 kernel to no avail. No matter what is done in lilo.conf, the machine still goes into an eternal loop whenever the secure kernel is booted. So, bottom line, YES I think a user filtered server version would be a nice idea. I personally loved the idea that just by switching to a secure kernel that would give the almost same approach (technically speaking) as the MNF distro install, while at the same time allowing me to run the latest stuff on the firewall. Which can be handy. That would be nice if we did that. Too bad the secure kernel thing isn't working right now. I've got to email Vincent on that....or maybe somebody here has some ideas perchance. What say *you*, Lanman? ;) LX -- ����������������������������������������������� Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk "Lets face it if winblowz wasn't full of holes then it would probably look like Linux" -- Aron Smith, Mandrake OT mailing list *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* ������������������������������������������������
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