From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 19 1:28:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B8E637B401 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 01:28:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.silverwraith.com (apple.silverwraith.com [212.25.240.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E1DC543E8A for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 01:28:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lists-freebsd@silverwraith.com) Received: (qmail 2912 invoked by uid 1000); 19 Nov 2002 09:28:25 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 19 Nov 2002 09:28:25 -0000 Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:28:25 +0000 (GMT) From: Avleen Vig X-X-Sender: avleen@apple.silverwraith.com To: Pierrick Brossin Cc: Andrew Boothman , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: FreeBSD Easy Server In-Reply-To: <3DD7E277.40202@swissgeeks.com> Message-ID: <20021119092051.K53207-100000@apple.silverwraith.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Pierrick Brossin wrote: > > I would advice doing a test installation of FreeBSD (see > > www.freebsd.org/handbook) and having a go at installing the packages you > > need. > > What do you think? > > I already tried to make my own server but there were to many problem > for not so much time! > Thanks for your answer > I have to think about making my own server myself but last time I ended > with the PC under my desk with no cable plugged.. and I couldn't > remember what was the last thing I did two months ago :P Pierrick, It sounds like what you want to do is get a basic install of a machine as fast as possible, and have it secure. The advantage of FreeBSD is that this is possible, but it's highly flexible - hwich means you need to know more about what you want. You can't just have a "server install". What is a server? What is a workstation? What is life? The terms means different things to everyone. To me, it means to do a minimal install, and then only installing the packages I want. If I know exactly what I want, I can normally do a custom isntall of a small mail server (including tuning) in about 4 hours. I'd say that if it takes you less than 3 hours to do an install: a) You don't know what you're getting b) You're very likely missing some custom optimizations c) You haven't checked your install after it completed To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message