Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 22:03:22 -0400 From: Mark Filipak <filipak@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Mark asks: How should I partition/slice for appliance? Message-ID: <3CC36F6A.1F917E56@earthlink.net>
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Howdy All! I'm about to istall 4.5 on another box. While I use the other box, email is not accessable (until I'm successful that is). I've looked at the "FreeBSD Handbook" and it doesn't have help for building an appliance. Here's the particulars: gateway + firewall + mail-server + www-server + ftp-server + LAN file server. 2 ethernet cards #1 - connects to my wintel box. PPPoE? #2 - connects to this building's gateway. PPPoE for this too? Memory: 24 MB Disk: 840 MB Emphasis: This is just to be an appliance. CLI only. LAN interface for configuration, account management, etc. via cgi. What are your recommendations for the sizes of: / (swap) /var /tmp /usr -- I know... the rest of the disk, right? What are your recommendations for these: gateway firewall mail server (sendmail? or something else?) www server (apache?) ftp server LAN file server (samba?) Note: Sendmail, apache, and samba are just words to me until I gain some experience. Don't assume that because I know the words, I know what I'm talking about. This appliance will mainly act as a firewall, and www host (fixed ip), and as a backup for my wintel box (and vice versa). I'm a raw newbie (but pretty nubile 8^). I will be standing by for 20 minutes and then... it's off to UNIX-land to do an install based on my best guess and any help I get beforehand. Thanks for any help/advice you can give. Ciao -- Mark -- See my resume: http://home.earthlink.net/~filipak/resume/ See my music trade pages: http://home.earthlink.net/~filipak/music/ Last updated: 14 April 2002 Q: Is UNIX the spawn of Satan? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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