UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

All,

Have an AMD-K6/2 PC, 20G.Hd along with RH7.2.
Wanting to know what I should do in terms of setup (workstation/server) and then what I can do with it?

I'd like to learn a DBMS and SQL - can I do this using RedHat?

Any suggestions with how I can use/ what I can do with this appreciated.

You can do lots of things with this server configuration. My suggestion is to install the following:

All of the above, amazingly, are free.

You can also install some great PHP scripts (that are free) that will work on the above configuration at:

www.hotscripts.com

I believe Oracle gives away a version of SQL for Redhat for personal use...

Guys, thanks for the tips above, however I fear I'm getting too far ahead of myself. And need to backtrack and refocus.

I've set up my AMD-K6/2 (20Gig) with the following as a RedHat 7.2 server ...

Code:

 /dev/hda1   /boot       47 Meg
 /dev/hda2   /         2000 Meg
 /dev/hda3   /var      2500 Meg
 /dev/hda5   /tmp      2000 Meg
 /dev/hda6   /usr      2000 Meg
 /dev/hda7   /data1    2996 Meg
 /dev/hda8   /data2    2996 Meg
 /dev/hda9   /home     2000 Meg
 /dev/hda10  <swap>     596 Meg

Of the package groups, I've selected the following ...

Code:

 Clasic X Windows System
 X Windows System
 GNOME
 KDE
 NFS File Server
 Windows (smb) File Server
 SQL Database Server
 Web Server

This is how the system is being built as I write this post. I still have to install an external modem after the initial OS install also (any help on this appreciated).

I have an ethernet card installed (eth0) and will eventually connect the server to my WinXP system to perform file sharing and learn samba.

I'll admit, my networking skills are lacking so I'm trying to lean as much as I can.

How does the above sound???

I'm not intending to use X Windows as a default - never used it while I was working and prefer using the command line. I will set up one of the users to use X Windows if they log in - but that will be further down the track.