the server also requires a static IP address

windows XP is not a server level OS, more so, it is not supported by server vendors on their server hardware.
You can always get a simple desktop PC for that, but I wouldn't use a hoe PC as a...

well then, you have to take your chances with the not so well tested software.

There are bugs everywhere, where there is software actively developed :) if you want an OS with a small amount of bugs on your desktop, stick to RHEL Desktop edition. No bleeding edge software, but...

worked for me every time I ran it - on lg, hp, dell, lenovo laptops, different desktops and quite a few VMs...

what am I doing wrong? ;)

...and better enterprise grade hardware support makes it better for companies

MS isn't much of an example where OSS comes in


they are also using qmail, which is deprecated everywhere.


it used to be before kernel 2.6 for linux came along. but Linux is nowadays much...

ever considered why freebsd is not widespread in corporate server setups?

Who said you can't get RHEL for free? support and RHN cost money, Linux is free

RHEL5.4 of course.

Fedora for me. the speed of response to BZs is the best I've seen, and everything works out of the box, without trying to be like windows (like ubuntu/pclos/opensuse do)

the core is based on debian unstable/testing.


buggy how? I've been using it instead of ubuntu for quite some time now, and yes, there are bugs, but they are being fixed very quickly....

logs, output, details, steps attempted?

What you should do is call in a professional, and pay the man for a one-off service. Nobody will really walk you through everything without seeing your setup, since blind work is much harder and too...

I'm no expert on HP controllers, best guess would be to get the exactly same type of drives you already have

as for the Dell 36Gb disks... that's not much space at all, and those drives are OLD....

ok, what you do is
1. insert the new drives (should be hot-add iirc)
2. go into the raid controller utility and create a new raid array over those new drives. you can insert 3 drives, use 2 as...

I presume you have a raid-1 in there with the original two drives?

man nmap

good point, I tend to be too Linux focused :)

you might need a bios update

definitely local.

I've worked in UK/I, Russia, East Europe and Israel, and such an assumption is never even made

openVZ _is_ virtuozzo :) Open-V(irtuo)Z(zo)

just the community version :)

trying to have people work for you for free is illegal in most countries

you had iptables working, haven't you?

ITERATIONS=1000
for i in `seq $ITERATIONS`; do mkdir /dir/subdir$i ; done

no. why use windows anyway?

do you have a LAN and a wifi card in there? sounds like you either don't, or the drivers aren't installed

1st: portforward.com to set up port forwarding properly
2nd: when you access your external address from the internal network, you will hit the router, not the servers. Try using another PC connected...

no more than another VM for me :)

I presume you've never heard of google?
http://www.google.com/search?q=cisco+backup+config

not even close

with cisco things are easy - you can simply copy the running-config over the network (tftp server is the usualt solution)

what router?

Loads of books out there, but for a complete beginner, I'd go with either Fedora 11 or Ubuntu 9, and pick the "Perfect Desktop" tutorial from howtoforge.com

OpenVZ can only provide unix/linux containers, it's basically an extremely enhanced chroot jail, so if your VPS is windows based, you need something else

very easy:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816102
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Group-Policy-Deploy-Applications.html

corporate AV's have the endpoint clients delivered in .msi format

http://www.google.co.il/search?q=install+.msi+GPO

sounds like it's trying to access the printers the old way - LPT:/prn
that means you either need a printer that will connect via LPT or you need to contact the application developers and file an...

what kind of application do you use?
is it windows based?
does the application have printing capabilities?

1st of all - it is totally illegal to use thore free AV products in a corporate environment, they are for home use only
2nd: corporate AV products are available with their own network deployment...