[VoIP] OT: Need help w/Linux

[John Novack]

You may find the 10 gig HD a little on the tight side.
Since I am not really a Linux guru, I tell the install to install 
everything, then turn off services not needed once it is up and running. 
In the past when I didn't do that, somewhere along the way, SOMETHING 
would complain about some missing file or other, then I would have to go 
searching around for what was missing, try and install it and hope it 
got into the right place in the directory structure.
CentOS 3 with asterisk and add ons has plenty of left over space for 
logs and such on a 20 Gig HD, and from what I have seen so does CentOS 
4. Cant say about CentOS 5 though. No experience with that ( yet )
Used 20-40 Gig hard drives are available on eBay for 20-30 bucks

John Novack


Nathaniel D. Watson wrote:
> My machine is a Compaq Deskpro EXm; P3 @ 733 MHz, 128 MB RAM (but I have
> old/spare RAM I can add if needed), 10 GB HD. Last night I downloaded CentOS
> 5, so I have that to install if I need to switch to it.
>
> Nathan
>
>
> on 7/1/07 5:46 PM, John Novack at jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org wrote:
>
>   
>> Great
>> While you are waiting, you may want to consider doing a new install with
>> CentOS 3,4, or even 5. RH 9 is OK, but very limited.
>> You also haven't yet mentioned the CPU speed and memory.
>> Another issue which MAY come up is the type of USB hardware. I seem to
>> remember that, if you don't have at least one FXO or FXS card, you will
>> need to compile Asterisk with ztdummy enabled, which requires a small
>> edit to the make file, that gives you a timing source needed for certain
>> applications within Asterisk.
>>
>> John Novack
>>
>>
>> Nathaniel D. Watson wrote:
>>     
>>> Here's an update on my situation:
>>>
>>> The machine I was using was a Gateway, which whom I had known to be rather
>>> proprietary in their designs. I found that there were no BIOS settings to
>>> make it ignore the presence of a keyboard, and I confirmed this to be true by
>>> speaking with the shop where I bought the machine (a local place selling used
>>> machines & parts). The guy did let me swap/exchange for a comparably
>>> equipped Compaq, and I got it to work the way I want just fine.
>>>
>>> Thanks for everyone's responses & suggestions! My next step is to install
>>> and dive into Asterisk. I'm also awaiting the delivery of a Cisco 3810 --
>>> the one which I asked about a few days ago.
>>>
>>> (John N.: I did follow your advice, and the guy accepted my best-offer
>>> price.)
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Nathan 
>>>
>>>
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