Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 10:31:42 +0100 From: Tom Marsh <ts_marsh@mac.com> To: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Can't see wood for trees Message-ID: <FCDCFB77-B609-11D8-A1D5-000A95DBF8B0@mac.com>
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Hi! All I need out of my old Duron 900 box is an Apache Server with PHP and MySQL for testing purposes and a small intranet. In addition to that I'd also like to get a sendmail, external ftp access for the website and individual users and SSH as I'll be leaving it in a cupboard somewhere. I was attracted to FreeBSD for security and the ports upgrade facility - the thought that I would not have to spend hours trawling the net for updates and I could just set it to run over night was a big plus. But after a successful install (via FTP) of 5.2.1 I'm really starting to think that I'm out of my depth. make installworld falls over (I followed the manual) can't get mysql running at all Would I be better off using the 4.10 tree? In the end all I want is a build-it-and-forget box. I can code and script but I haven't got time to devout more than a couple of hours a month to this box once its running.
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