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INSTALLING LINUX IN A SERVER CONFIGUARTION . Hardware Requirements. Each commercial vendor publishes a hardware compatibility list (HCL) and makes it available on its web site. most popular Intel-based and AMD-based configurations work without difficulty. Server Design.
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Hardware Requirements • Each commercial vendor publishes a hardware compatibility list (HCL) and makes it available on its web site. • most popular Intel-based and AMD-based configurations work without difficulty.
Server Design • You must design a server to be unfriendly to casual users. This means no cute multimedia tools, no sound card support, and no fancy web browsers (when at all possible). In fact, it should be a rule that casual use of a server is strictly prohibited.
Server Design • As a system administrator, you must ensure the physical safety of your servers by keeping them in a separate room under lock and key • It keeps the system running during a power failure so that it may gracefully shut down, thereby avoiding data corruption or loss.
Server Design • It ensures that voltage spikes, drops, and other electrical noises don’t interfere with the health of your system • avoid starting the X Window System (Linux’s graphical user interface or GUI) unless someone needs to sit on a console and run an application. After all, like any other application, the X Window System requires memory and CPU time to work,
Dual Boot Issue • All distributions of Linux can be installed on separate partitions of your hard disk while leaving others alone. Typically, this means allowing Microsoft Windows to coexist with Linux. • Always install Windows first. • Do not install linux on same partition of windows.
Dual Boot Issue • By default, the boot loaders of operating systems are installed in the Master Boot Record (MBR). • install the Linux boot loader in the MBR.
Methods of Installation • Network Based Installation (FTP,HTTP,NFS) • Optical Media(CD-DVD) iso image. • Installing via Live-CD. • Using Pen Drive. • Virtual installation offers you the freedom of running Linux on an existing OS already installed on your computer.