Jim Lucas wrote:
tg-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Excellent information Jim! Thanks a ton! I really wish I knew linux
more intimately so I knew what was a vital organ and what was an
appendix :)
one other thing.
fedore + yum will do all the work for you with regards to decencies and system requirements.
The reason I de-select everything from the installer, is that it likes to install a bunch of stuff
that I will never you. Plus it is just more crap to try and keep up-to-date and happy.
Then, I only install exactly what I need. But one nice thing is, is that the package manager (rpm)
is rather handy. You can install stuff, test with it, build with it, then remove it when it is no
longer needed.
You might check into Fedora Core 7. It was just released at the first of this month.
Fedora put themselves on a 5 month version window. So, version 8 is going to be out in November.
You can check the website for details on that.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
This will give you all the info you need.
Your suggestions sound like exactly what I'm looking for. Greatly
appreciated!
Actually.. one question. Won't it try to set up a swap partition? Or
will what you recommend keep that to a minimum too?
you can choose to customize the partition process, and at that point, you can create a 100meg swap
if you want.
Thanks again.. finally some useful information to a simple question. hah
(not that I don't appreciate the advice that's been given so far..
it's just not what I was looking for)
-TG
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I would install Fedora Core 6.
When asked which packages to install, uncheck everything.
Then, once you have the install complete, using yum install
~httpd
~php
~mysql
~samba
Here is my current running packages for the above programs
httpd-2.2.4-2.fc6
libdbi-dbd-mysql-0.8.1a-1.2.2
mysql-5.0.27-1.fc6
mysql-connector-odbc-3.51.12-2.2
mysql-server-5.0.27-1.fc6
php-5.1.6-3.6.fc6
php-cli-5.1.6-3.6.fc6
php-common-5.1.6-3.6.fc6
php-mbstring-5.1.6-3.6.fc6
php-mysql-5.1.6-3.6.fc6
php-pdo-5.1.6-3.6.fc6
php-pear-1.4.9-4
php-pgsql-5.1.6-3.6.fc6
samba-3.0.24-7.fc6
samba-client-3.0.24-7.fc6
samba-common-3.0.24-7.fc6
system-config-samba-1.2.35-1.1
don't install the devel packages of anything
all of this installed on top of the base install should be well under 1g
make sure and run 'yum update'
seems like there are updates every couple hours.
I have never tried setting up an install without one. I'm sure that it
can be used without one though, you might just be limited on what you
can do with it.
But what it sounds like you are wanting to do with it, it won't matter.
If you are running this through VM Ware, you will allot it a given
amount of hard drive space. To the installer, that will look like one
large hard drive, that you can partition and allocate to your hearts
desire. Meaning, that you should be able to have a swap file or not.
Just a matter of creating the partition for it or not.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what your intentions are??? If so, please
explain further.
--
Jim Lucas
"Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon them."
Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V
by William Shakespeare
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