On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, gracie wrote: > (crosspost) > > We are setting up a new project and this involves installation of Linux (we > are still deciding between debian, redhat and mandrake) and I would like to > ask for your opinions on what distro is more suitable for this kind of setup > with one of the major consideration will be the ease of task for installing > Linux in 100 pc's. Is there such a way to minimize the task of installing > linux like a centralized installation on a network? Is it much better if i > install linux via local cdrom or just place the installation source files > on the networked server?
It would be much faster indeed if you had a switched ethernet environment and you copy the cd contents into a servers hard drive, share the directory via nfs, and install from there. For redhat/mandrake, they have in the 'images' directory of the cd an image of a network install disk, which you can dump into a floppy (maybe even several floppies), and boot simultaneously for a parallel install. > Also, I need some opinions of on the design structure for the file system on > our linux server with proper partitions if we intend the server to be used > as a news server receiving 1GB of newsgroup messages each day over the > internet with 100 users who will log each day to run scientific applications > and internet resources. How will this kind of setup help me in restoring > my backups when sudden things go wrong in the future? TIA Then you have to have a very big /var file system which is the location where inn places its news feeds. Use reiserfs for the /var file system, Reiser is good in managing lots of small files... \8) _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
