I installed apache as part of an 8.2 Mandrake install. Everything about the
install went great and when I configured my router and a DNS server (on
another box), I was able to see the default web page on the server.
I wanted to learn something about the application so I bought the O'Reilly
book
Written documentation rarely matches the version and environment you are
running in. I suspect your plan was doomed from the start.
I make backup copies of configurations suffixed by the date (and if necessary
a serial number). When I try something, I can easily get back to a version
that