Re: Installing Suse Linux 8.2 for hosting PHP/MySQL on a LAN

From: SoftEdges (ryter4him_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/31/03 

Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 22:03:33 -0500

Jonathan Thorsvik wrote:
> Hi, I currently have a Win98SE machine hosting a website like thing
> (HTML based database GUI) on my LAN. My LAN network is currently not
> connected to the internet so it is just for local users. I have heard
> that Linux is much better then Windows for web hosts so I would like
> to switch my web host over to linux. Currently the web host is
> running Apache with PHP/MySQL. For now that is good but when I setup
> the linux host I would like to put the MySQL server on a second
> machine. The web host does not see a high volume of users maybe 5~10
> at the most, and all are on the 100M/bit LAN. I have downloaded all
> the Suse 8.2 files to one of the machines on the network and shared
> them so all the other users can view them: \\JONATHAN\SUSE8\ (yes
> thats my computer). Once I have backed up all the files from the
> current web host to my pc how would I go about setting up Linux? I
> also have the Suse 8.2 live-eval iso image
> (SuSE-8.2-LiveEval-i386-Int-RC2.iso) on my harddisk and on cd if its
> neaded. I have no clue how to get this going... :-( Any help would
> be great. Maybe a HowTo or Guide What ever is available. Thanx for
> taking the time to read this. :-)
>
> Jonathan Thorsvik,
>
> P.S. the network has some WinXP computers on it (does that matter?).

I know little of networking on a LAN, but I know a lot about SuSE in
general. The LiveEval is supposed to boot and run from the CD. The point
is to see if SuSE 8.2 will run on the machine in question. Set your BIOS
to boot from CD, if the option exists. If not, you may be able to make a
boot floppy using rawrite from the SuSE CD (instructions say something
about copying the EXE to your system, then copying the "boot image" to a
floppy).

> www.thorsvik.com is just my personal website not linked to this
> project.
>
> Current Win98SE web host:
> Pentium Pro 200MHZ
> 256MB RAM
> 4GB X2 Maxtor IDE harddisks (one for backup)
> 2GB SCSI harddisk with all php, HTML, images...
>
> Second PC maybe for MySQL:
> AMD K-6 200MHZ
> 64MB RAM
> 6GB Maxtor IDE harddisk
> 3GB Seagate IDE harddisk (maybe it could hold the MySQL databases?)

Those machines are a bit old for both Win98 and might be difficult for
SuSE 8.2, unless you install without the X-server (GUI). The second will
almost certainly not run the GUI for lack of RAM. There is an option of
a server installation that excludes the GUI, but it's best if you read
the documentation on the CD first. The initial learning curve is steep.
However, if you really want it, you can be sure you'll never see a blue
screen of death (BSOD) again on your servers. Someone out there is still
running his ancient version of Linux non-stop since 20 years ago, I hear.

SoftEdges

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