[thelist] Moving: NT/2K to *nix, ASP to PHP, SQL to MySQL . . .?

Matthias Ritzkowski Matt at grndwtr.com
Fri Jul 13 13:36:35 CDT 2001


1. Install your Win2000 stuff
2. Get Mandrake 8.0
3. Pop in the CD and watch it convert your Win 2000 into a dual boot! The
8.0 distro is very user friendly I highly recommend it, comes with all the
goods (you choose during istallation what you want, e.g. Apache, Postgres,
etc.)

Matthias

(currently learning)

-----Original Message-----
From: databarn [mailto:databarn at airmail.net]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 14:09
To: evolt
Subject: [thelist] Moving: NT/2K to *nix, ASP to PHP, SQL to MySQL . .
.?


Folk,

I've got a new server for my home system, a Gateway 6400.  Only has a single
processor, and a single 9-gig SCSI HD for now, but I'm looking to expand
that before year's end.

Right now, everything I have is NT/2K server, IIS 4/5 web server, SQL Server
database, and other appropriate tools for the platform.  Naturally, I'll
have to initialize the server with a Windows configuration.  However, I want
to move everything over to *nix (Linux?  FreeBSD? Solaris 8?) server,
Apache, PHP, MySQL or PostgreSQL, etc..

In light of that, what allowances do I need to make now, what steps do I
need to take, while the server is still in a virgin state (at the moment,
it's sitting in my living room - haven't even unwrapped the power cord), so
that when I do start the conversion process, presumably by installing the
*nix server software, I don't have to fall back, regroup, and reinstall
everything that's already there?

Along those lines, what am I going to run into moving the web stuff over
from ASP to PHP?  I realize there's going to be a learning curve, but what
possibly fatal pitfalls do I need to know to dodge?  I don't think the
database conversion issues will be significant (I don't say they won't be
vexing!), since I'm fairly comfortable there.  I've a feeling, though, that
the web conversion is going to be fraught with experiences that I'd probably
rather not have - at least, not all at once.

Anyone with a suggestion or two?  (Yes, yes, I know that I could probably
find all this, at least ninety-nine and forty-four one-hundredths percent of
it, on the web, but I'd really like to get the box up and running in a week
or two, not the end-of-year time frame that would ensue if I have to
research and break all this stuff from ground zero.)  Links and references
appreciated, of course, but I'm much more interested in personal experiences
of what didn't work, recommendations and procedures based on experiences of
what did work, etc..

'Preciate any input.

Make a good day . . .
			 . . . barn
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