[thelist] 2 Linux Questions

"Luther, Ron" wrote:

> (1)     Any suggestions on setting "mount points"? Names and sizes?
> Eventually I would like to run Apache and mySQL on this bugger.  (Do I have
> to get this right the first time?  Can I clean it up later as I learn more
> about this silly thing?)

The best(and easiest) way to set up your mount points for first time use
is to mount the partitioned drive to /

so that (assuming your disk is /dev/hda2) you have /dev/hda2 mounted on
/

this will put /etc, /usr, /home, /var and everything else on /dev/hda2
which should be all you need for now.

As for Apache and mySQL, don't even install them at first.. When you're
ready to get them going, download them and build them yourself seperatly
from their source code.. You'll get better running applications and have
a (maybe ;) easier time getting it going.. If not, you always have us
when you get to that bridge ;)

> (2)     I run a pair of NT boxes at work (with FAST connections).  I've
> downloaded "Steve's File Splitter" from tucows at work - wonderful utility,
> that!  [You split up say a 5Mb mp3 file into five 1mb files plus a small
> "rejoin.bat" that you run from dos to put the other files back together.
> Take them all home on floppies and avoid hours of slow home download time!]
> But is it going to work to port things home to Linux?  Example: I downloaded
> the 70Mb "Star Office for Linux" utility from Sun Microsystems at work this
> morning (tar file).  How the heck do I get it home?

Would you break up a 70MB file and put it on floppies with Windows?
Probably not.. The best thing I can think of is a Zip drive or a CD-R
for files that large. There are linux utilities that will do the same as
Steve's file splitter for you on linux though for smaller files..


.djc.