All in the <head> – Ponderings and code by Drew McLellan –

Switching on the LAMP

I’m feeling rather pleased with myself, as I’ve managed to go from an empty old AMD K62 box to a full Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP install in one evening. With a little help from some friends, natch :)

I even got Samba and MySQL Control Center up and running, so that I can do all my development seamlessly from a Windows box.

I’ve installed a few different Linux distros over the years (RedHat, SuSE, Mandrake ..), but tonight is the only time I’ve been able to make any real progress without hitting a brick wall. I heart Debian.

– 09 May 2003 –

7 Responses

09 May 2003

Nathan Pitman

smarty pants. :)

09 May 2003

Tyler Bird

I’m totally jealous. I printed the article off Macromedia.com by David Sklar. And I’m hoping to turn on my own LAMP soon. ;)

I got here by your article on Macromedia.com, ’Tableless layouts with Dreamweaver MX’.

Good article and I’m now considering getting your book off Amazon.com. Just have a dozen others that I’ve already bought and have yet to read… :(

09 May 2003

Drew

A tip I’d offer is to know exactly what hardware you’ve got before you start the install.

Open up the case and take each card out (particularly network and graphics) and write down the name, model number and anything else listed. If there’s not a clear identifier, write down any numbers written on the PCB or on stickers. Chances are that someone else has needed to identify the same thing in the past and the answer will be in Google Groups.

If you get stuck at any point of the installation, just google for the question you’re being asked and someone will have the answer 9 times out of 10.

10 May 2003

Tyler Bird

The OS that I’m using right now is Red Hat 9. And it detected everything. The Anaconda installer is a real beast. It’s smart and easy to use.

My hurdle right now is the lack of linux knowledge, period. And the ease of Red Hat 9 might make it seem like it would be easy to do the rest.

Yet, I’m up to the challenge and I learn quickly. Especially when it something that I really love to do – like the web.

12 May 2003

Mike

With a little help from some friends, natch :)

You live with a Guru!

13 May 2003

Drew

Well, yes. Plus I had some handy tips from my good friends at Notnet.

13 May 2003

Jesse

I have two LAMP boxes at my feet (RH 7.3 and RH 8.0) and I get to work with OS X that also could have Unix/Apache/MySQL/Perl – although Perl is a little odd.

I would love to use Debian.. might replace the RH 7.3 with Debian soon. Just the last time I tried out Debian that box got a new dent ;)

For windows users though I can see why it may be a bit difficult to configure RH. Just trust in the documentation and learn a little VI.