Larry>>I'd look at mondo for backup.
Looks pretty good to me. Thanks...
>>I would go with a distro you are more comfortable with
Good advice, but I'm thinking of trying Debian and Gentoo for the learning
experience. I've time to install both and I've heard that if you take the
time to get Gentoo running, you learn an awful lot about Linux. By backup
plan is to install SuSE 9.0 (have it) or 9.1 (buy it).
>>I've never worked with SATA HD so I can't give any hints on what works
best though.
I set the BIOS for "legacy mode" and Debian is formatting the drives just
fine. I don't know if there's a performance hit, but I do know that it
disables the second IDE interface. Which is ok for now. The Sony DVD-R was
a bad choice for the Lian-li case. This case has an aluminum cover that
hides the DVD drive (trapdoor). But the new Sony has a really thick
faceplate - they added a 1/8" clear overlay, and it's wider than normal.
After grinding on it to fit, I found it hangs up on the trapdoor as it
closes. No good deed goes unpunished, I guess.
My intent was to set this baby up and let it run for 5 years. That's why I
made sure it had plenty of horsepower. These guys are currently running on
a PICK system. Green screen terminals and all.
Ken Elliott
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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Larry Brown
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 10:08 AM
To: SLUG
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Actual Tech Post - My new server
I'd look at mondo for backup. It backs up to cd, and I bet it wouldn't be
much trouble to adapt it to DVD. For that matter it may natively do so
already.
http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/
Although it has been a while since I rebuilt the kernel, it really wasn't
that difficult as I remember. If you are just going to build the module, it
should be even easier. I would go with a distro you are more comfortable
with and jump through the extra hoops at the gate to get it running smoothly
with the module. Otherwise you may be regretting the decision every time
you have to work on it and have to remember how that distro does things
again. etc.
I've never worked with SATA HD so I can't give any hints on what works best
though.
Good luck.
Larry
On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 21:25, Ken Elliott wrote:
> Actual technical post here, Haiku no necessary...
>
> Just built a new server, using:
> Pentium 4 @3GHz, 1 GB RAM dual channel @ 800 MHz FSB Intel motherboard
> (D865PERL) with Serial ATA drives Pair of SATA 120 GB drives - plan to
> mirror them.
> Sony DVD burner for Backup
> 550 watt Power supply
> Lian Li 6077 case (so she'll be pur-dy)
>
> Well, I have to set the BIOS to "legacy" for Debian to see the HDD. A
> known-good copy of Knoppix-STD never gets to the GUI. So far, I looks
> like I have to run Gentoo if I want native support of SATA hard
> drives. SuSE shows support of the all 865PE chipset-based motherboards
as "partial".
>
> It appears my options are:
> Set BIOS for "legacy" and run any distro.
> Compile a new kernel with a SATA mod
> Run Gentoo (should be "interesting")
> Hit the boss up for $1500 for Windows Server 2003 and CALS, remove him
> from hole in ceiling.
>
> And I'm clueless about support for DVD burning (for backup).
>
> I'm in no hurry to put it into production. A week or two won't hurt,
> so I can play with many options. I'm planning to run it as a file
> server, print server, mail server, web server and mySQL Server.
> Expect to have 10 user for now.
>
> Comments/suggestions?
>
> Ken Elliott
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