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Subject: Re: FreeBSDDEATH.c.txt (mmap dirty page no check bug)
From: Andrew McNaughton (andrewscoop.co.nz)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2000 - 12:12:44 CDT

On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote:

> I agree with Peter about those installing for a server application knowing
> what they should do. Any proposed changes to the default settings will be
> met with resistance by some. Why not, they can't possibly work for
> everyone, so then someone else can complain and so and so forth.

I half agree. Given the level of knowledge currently required to set up
any server on FreeBSD, changing the partition defaults is going to be
inadequate step at best towards the needs of beginner adminstrators.

That said, it's a bit of a shame that the ease of setting up standard
server configurations does not match the ease of running them.

I saw a site on the net once that allowed you to step through several
pages of setup configuration options, and at the end you got some sort of
downlaodable linux install disk image ready to insert and leave the
installation to complete itself, with or without CD at hand.

Intall disks with large parts of the configuration encoded on them would
allow distribution of ready-made servers for simple installations like
routers, mail hosts, dns servers and so forth.

Whether existing users of FreeBSD who don't need this care about it's
existence I don't know. Sometimes though I wish I could reccomend FreeBSD
to a wider range of users for small network administration. 

--
Andrew McNaughton
andrewsquiz.co.nz

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