User Feedback :: COMPAQ LAPTOP - WEB SERVER and MYSQL WITH PHP



Anyways, I will get the DSL machine back up and working as the web server.  

In the mean time, here is the link to my Win2k server forum.

http://www.planetxapps.com/new_forum/index.php

Awphuch, you will have to register since this is a different MySQL DB....
Yes doing a "frugal" install you tell it to put /home and /opt on a directory completely separate from the OS dir

Such as

/dev/hda1 [55 MB] Frugal image
/dev/hda2 [whateverMB] SWAP
/dev/hda3 [the rest MB] the /opt /home dir

Then using the cheatcodes boot something like this
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dsl 2 root=/dev/hda1 frugal vga=normal atapicd noideraid nosound noapic noacpi acpi=off noscsi noapm nousb nopcmcia nofirewire noagp nomce home=/dev/hda3 opt=/dev/hda3
(this goes in your /boot/grub/menu.lst) [that will create a hard written dir to that partition]
http://damnsmalllinux.org/wiki/index.php/Cheat_codes

Just do a search for frugal (thats one thing I notice that is lacking is a more in depth frugal explanation/HOWTO)
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....+frugal
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub....wto.pdf  <--BEST ONE YET!!!! DUH forgot that was there!

Brian
AwPhuch
Brian,
   Here is an update:

Because my wife is giving me problems with placing the laptop in our room, and I deleted the /opt directory (Like an idiot) and messed up my system.   I decided to take my P166mhz, Compaq Deskpro 2000 and use it instead.  Because it will take that PCI wireless card I have and see it, also Linux doesn't drop my wireless connection like windoze does, so running my web server over the wireless should work good and I can hide the PC anywhere in the house.   Still would like to do the fixed cat-5 cable to the machine though, but for now, until summer is over, this will work.

Here is the link:Planetxapps Forum

I promiss from the bottom of my heart, I won't drink beer and mess with my computers half buzzed.  That is what happened, there was no hacker, just a guy drinking beers, feeling good, and playing around and not paying attention.  I was very mad at myself once I figured out what I did, and I apoligize to all hackers and Berkley DB people.  Because I pointed the finger at them all first, when it was me.

The forum runs 50% faster on the actual desktop computer, rather than using the laptop.   Probably because laptop running a little slower.

So again, I have a Compaq Deskpro 2000, P166mhz CPU, 128mb, 2.1 gb HD, 1 mb video running the forum now.  Used XAMPP and PHPBB to get everything going.   It took all of 2.5 hours last night to get it going, and that includes CFDISKing the system to kill the old DSL 2.2B OS that was on it, repartitioning and installing the new 2.3 DSL version, XAMPP and PHPBB.

Hats off again to Robert and John, v2.3 is awesome and I love Saturn....
Brian, thanks for the info...

I did frugal installs in the past, and I happen to just like the full HD install.  

Thanks again for the info and come join the forum again.   The other guys enjoying you political stance.
P.S.  Extract/backup your old phpbb database and import on this one so people wont loose all that they have posted

otherwise..the attack cat will have atcha!

Brian
AwPhuch
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