Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:17:42 +0300 From: "Abdulla Hamad M. AlAthba" <explorer@qatar.net.qa> To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "'freebsd-info@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-info@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: FW: FreeBSD Server Message-ID: <01BD524E.BB1898C0@dijb.qatar.net.qa>
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Dear Sir, I got this mail from my isp which i'll go to have Freebsd server, Please i need a help to answer these Questions to have fast server, i'll use my server to be IRC server for Clients not as hub server My server is Intel 333 Mhz and has 128 mb sdram with 2 GB HD. So which is beter Number of file descriptors compiled in kernel: dynamically allocated or 2048 ? Thanks Best Regards Abdulla Hello, I am the person who will be installing your second FreeBSD Server. I will install the software and eMail you once the basic FreeBSD installation is completed. Since FreeBSD is free, and many people use it wanting to customize it to their own taste, I always leave the software installation CD in the CDRom drive so that you can easily modify the OS as you choose. As you are aware, we are unable to provide support for FreeBSD (though we can support the commercial BSDi & Windows NT). As with all the free software, security is a grave problem. I urge you to stay informed through your local FreeBSD Support Club or mailing list for all secuirty upgrades and install them as soon as they become available. The installation of FreeBSD on your server will be version 2.2.5 from Walnut Creek. Once the installation is complete, you should install any patches for your software that where released this year (prior to the Walnu Creek release of FreeBSD 2.2.5). Though I know this is basic security procedures, I always make note to express this (many people honestly do believe servers update themselfs). The hard drive will also be formatted as you requested with the file descriptors set to 2048. You (or your system administrator) will be responsible for customizing the kernal to fit your software requirements. For your convience, we leave the default kernal installed. James Fabin System Administrator To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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