General rule of Linux: Server, use older mature platform. Client, have fun with latest thing but expect some glitch.
So you should install potato with Kernel 2.2. I have woody box (SMP/woody) but my server is 486/DX2 50MHz 20MB running Kernel 2.2 /Potato (here) Mail server (exim) + DNS server + DHCP server + Samba Server + nfs server + ssh server + cvs server + ipchain based packet filter firewall (ipmasq plus some script) As far as it is used as home LAN firewall/server/gateway, this is very fast! I did not run web server but it shall not be a problem for your fast machine. Since you do not likely to have SMP machine nor fancy USB, why bother with 2.4. I can assure you, installing software is pain in slow machine and best done with apt-get (run dselect on fast machine and find package). Also, if you are asking this question to the list, you should be staring with POTATO. You can always upgrade to woody later. Unless you want some specific feature, POTATO + 2.2 Kernel is enough. Cheers;-) On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 02:38:04PM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > i need to set up a server for my home lan and am > thinking of using woody - if the hardware at hand > is good enough - with a 2.4 series kernel. > > the hardware i have is an amd 486/100 with a 408 mb hard drive > and 40 meg of ram. i would need to run a mail and web server > besides a caching only nameserver. > > i would appreciate some feedback on this. -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + My debian quick-reference, http://www.aokiconsulting.com/quick/ +
