Re: Debian RAID-1 installation (was: Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform)

2004-05-20 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: >This one time, at band camp, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: >>This one time, at band camp, Howard Lowndes wrote: >>>OK, so how do I install Debian with RAID and LVM? >> >>I can elaborate more later > >So here's Anchor's RAID migration document, tweaked f

Re: Debian RAID-1 installation (was: Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform)

2004-05-20 Thread Andrew Cowie
> >>OK, so how do I install ... with RAID and LVM? While not in quite as much specific detail as jaq's post, a recent issue of Sys Admin Magazine had pretty much an entire issue devoted to the topic of storage and included a couple articles about RAID and VM on Linux. It could well be a good resou

Debian RAID-1 installation (was: Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform)

2004-05-20 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: >This one time, at band camp, Howard Lowndes wrote: >>OK, so how do I install Debian with RAID and LVM? > >I can elaborate more later So here's Anchor's RAID migration document, tweaked for Debian unstable (previously it'd only been done on vario

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-18 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Howard Lowndes wrote: >On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 18:24, Jeff Waugh wrote: >> >> >> > Having said that, the next problem is that you know how to do it, the Deb >> > expert next to you knows how to do that, but beyond that there is very >> > little assistance out there othe

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-18 Thread Howard Lowndes
On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 18:24, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > Having said that, the next problem is that you know how to do it, the Deb > > expert next to you knows how to do that, but beyond that there is very > > little assistance out there other than the mail lists, which should be the > > last resor

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-18 Thread oscarp
The original post just wants ideas as to which Distribution of Linux is best to host a Web Server. I believe any Distribution of Linux will do, whichever the System Admin is comfortable with. If I were to host a Web Server on Linux these are the fundamental considerations: 1. I will start with o

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-18 Thread Jeff Waugh
> Having said that, the next problem is that you know how to do it, the Deb > expert next to you knows how to do that, but beyond that there is very > little assistance out there other than the mail lists, which should be the > last resort, as most of them tend to retort, sometimes rightly, "RTFM

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-18 Thread Howard Lowndes
On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 16:34, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, James Gregory wrote: > >On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 15:17 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> | Debian has some good points and some very serious failings. One I

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-18 Thread Howard Lowndes
On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 16:16, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > > installation quirks are more relative to your level of compentence with > > > linux. > > > > So just how do you setup LVM on RAID1 from the Debian installer? > > You don't, certainly not with the old boot-floppies installer (the new d-i >

[SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-18 Thread Mike MacCana
Personally, I want an OS that's: Polished Open Source Supported Stable Suse has historically been polished, and is now getting better in terms of Open Source. There's a lack of organizations and individuals to support it though. Debian is perfect on Open Source, and there's quite a lot of indivi

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-17 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, James Gregory wrote: >On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 15:17 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> | Debian has some good points and some very serious failings. One I have >> | just come across was in trying to install RAID and LVM

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-17 Thread Jeff Waugh
> > installation quirks are more relative to your level of compentence with > > linux. > > So just how do you setup LVM on RAID1 from the Debian installer? You don't, certainly not with the old boot-floppies installer (the new d-i one will have LVM/RAID functionality). To set things up right, h

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-17 Thread James Gregory
On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 15:17 +1000, Dean Hamstead wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > | Debian has some good points and some very serious failings. One I have > | just come across was in trying to install RAID and LVM at the same > | time. In fact even trying to install R

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-17 Thread Dean Hamstead
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 | Debian has some good points and some very serious failings. One I have | just come across was in trying to install RAID and LVM at the same | time. In fact even trying to install RAID as part of the installation | didn't want to work for me using th

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-17 Thread Howard Lowndes
On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 08:46, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 08:23:46PM +1000, bill pearce wrote: > > Hi , I was wondering if anyone can assist me in selecting an operating > > system of Linux for a business. > [...] > > he name of my website still under construction is www.jobsite

Re: [SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-17 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 08:23:46PM +1000, bill pearce wrote: > Hi , I was wondering if anyone can assist me in selecting an operating > system of Linux for a business. [...] > he name of my website still under construction is www.jobsite.com.au Could > anyone recommend a Linux Enterprise Platform

[SLUG] Enterprise Platform

2004-05-17 Thread bill pearce
Hi ,  I was wondering if anyone can assist me in selecting an operating system of Linux for a business.   I am an avid reader of Linux and tried a few systems.   I am starting up a jobseeker website like www.seek.com.au  T he name of my website still under construction is www.jobsite.com.au C