MySQL anyone?

Forum: Apps
Topic: MySQL anyone?
started by: avatar21

Posted by avatar21 on Nov. 21 2004,15:43

Firstly, wanna thanx you fellows in DSL developement team :laugh:

: "May the spirit of open-source live forever!". You guys really made my old 486DX2 machine revived!

Ok back to the topic ... My original idea was to getting a workable and small enough OS to let me run MySQL server on my old-junk PC on a network based (to aid my web-developement).

So, could anyone tell me is it possible to do it here by using my PC (with spec: Intel 486 DX2-66, 16mb ram, 400++mb HDD, 3 com 10mbps network card, 2mb S3 display card).

Or any of you already tried this out, pls tell me. Thanx folks ... !

Posted by littlepenguin on Nov. 29 2004,04:01

First off, you should probably have a console-only setup if you are just using the comp as a mysql server.

Ok, now how you can install mysql:
1. Install DSL to hd
2. Run dpkg-restore from console
3. Use apt-get to remove fluxbox (apt-get remove fluxbox)
4. Remove xwindows (sudo rm -rvf /usr/X11R6/)
5. Install mysql, and whaterver else with apt-get (apt-get install whatever)
6. Edit rc.conf to run the mysql daemon at startup
7. Now you have a MySQL server!

And please, correct me if I'm wrong.

Posted by RoGuE_StreaK on Nov. 29 2004,05:41

Might want to have a look at the built-in sqlite server first, there were some recent posts about it, not too sure exactly how powerful it is or what it's differences are from mysql, but the php tar.gz package has been modified to include a script that lets you use php with it in a very similar manner to mysql.

I haven't had the chance to properly check it out yet, been too busy with assignments, etc. But for at least basic stuff, it appeared to be a no-hassle alternative.

Posted by RoGuE_StreaK on Nov. 29 2004,05:45

Here's the recent thread:< PHP and sqlite >

Posted by avatar21 on Dec. 05 2004,01:54

Hey dudes, thanx for replying my request! With thou help I think I'll be able to setup all stuffs, thanx again!!

Posted by ico2 on Dec. 07 2004,18:35

welcome to the forums