Bare bones server distro?

I want to have the most bare bones system possible, hopefully being able to have it on a usbkey => I want to have apache 2.x, php 5.x, mysql 4.x, phpMyAdmin, [some sort of cpanel like program?], and a simple gui. I want to have the smallest overhead possible. Whats the best way to accomplish this?

1. Is there a good cpanel alternative which is freeware?
2. If I built myself a bare system with a decent mobo, cpu, ram - would I have a decent server? Or would self-serving be really crappy in terms of uptime, speed, etc.

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Backing up a bare-bone install questions

So I've set up a bare-bone install (no Desktop Environment, absolute minimum packages) which I thought about backing it up by using a LiveCD distro called Parted Magic. From the terminal I copied all the files from / to an "arch" folder:
cp -a /media/sdb1/* /media/sdb3/arch
Now if I fuck something up or just want a clean slate I could, theoretically, just copy everything back by running "cp -a /media/sdb3/arch/* /media/sdb1" and start from scratch, right ? Is there any downside to this ? Also, is it me or does the bare-bone install take up under 200 MB ?
Thanks.
Last edited by DSpider (2010-05-02 14:11:42)

Relying on what should work in theory wrt backups is bad juju. Try it out. Try to install it on another computer. I'm not sure it will work, your fstab may need the UUIDs changed.

Brand new hard drive. Can I re-install, bare-bones, from my USB Passport drive?

My CD drive doesn't seem to work to reistall OSX and restore from there. Is it possible to restore, bare-bones, from my passport drive?

Hi:
Sure you should be able to do that.
Why not save your money and install W7 on the existing hard drive?
Use the advanced options on the W7 install screen to delete all partitions, create and format a new partition.
Here is the link to the W7 Home Premium 64 bit SP1 ISO file...
Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 U (media refresh)
latest and greatest
X17-58997.iso
Then you can either burn the ISO file to a DVD using the burn ISO file menu option on your DVD burning program. Burn at the slowest speed you can or...
Use the Microsoft Windows USB/DVD Download Tool to transfer the ISO file to a 4 GB USB Flash drive or DVD.
The tool will also make the media bootable.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool
Then go to your PC's support page to download the drivers and available software you need.

Keychain - bare bones set up - what should it look like

Hello
Sorry for asking such a boring question but:
WHAT DOES A BARE-BONES Keychain SETUP LOOK LIKE?
I am the single user of the machine and thus its administrator. I understand that a login keychain is set up on login, but I also have a keychain called my username. Do I need this? All I want is the absolute basic setup - number of keychains, locked - yes or no? etc etc
I want to store a single password - my internet mail access password. Should this be stored in my login keychain or another one (eg: my username keychain).
Long time Mac user, but never had to deal with this stuff until 10.4.9 came to town...
Cheers
PowerBook G4 17 Mac OS X (10.4.9) 1Gb RAM + Lacie External Firewire HD

Glad to help clarify for you. The 10.4.9 update isn't at fault for keychain problems. If users have keychain problems they need to look elsewhere than a system update.
Everyone who posts on these forums has a problem, but that doesn't mean the problem is widespread, universal, or due to some update (although that is possible in some cases.) The other side of the story are the thousands of users who have no problems and don't post on these forums for that reason.
I've been using Mac OS since 1986 and Mac OS X since it's original beta release. So far I've never had a keychain problem of any kind on any Mac I've used. If you maintain your system you shouldn't have any problems either.
Passwords and keychains have been a part of OS X always. You can't create a user account without them. The keychain, however, is a relatively transparent component with which the user rarely if ever has to deal.
And, although I've never used Windows all that much, I know it well enough to know that it, too, uses passwords and wallets (their word for keychains.) They are a fact of life on any multi-user operating system.
Kappy's Personal Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
For disk repairs use Disk Utility. For situations DU cannot handle the best third-party utilities are: Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.0 is now Intel Mac compatible. TechTool Pro provides additional repair options including file repair and recovery, system diagnostics, and disk defragmentation. TechTool Pro 4.5.2 is Intel Mac compatible; Drive Genius is similar to TechTool Pro in terms of the various repair services provided. The current version, 1.5.1, is Intel Mac compatible.
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep.
OS X automatically defrags files less than 20 MBs in size, so unless you have a disk full of very large files there's little need for defragmenting the hard drive. As for virus protection there are few if any such animals affecting OS X. You can protect the computer easily using the freeware Open Source virus protection software ClamXAV. Personally I would avoid most commercial anti-virus software because of their potential for causing problems.
I would also recommend downloading the shareware utility TinkerTool System that you can use for periodic maintenance such as removing old logfiles and archives, clearing caches, etc.
For emergency repairs install the freeware utility Applejack. If you cannot start up in OS X, you may be able to start in single-user mode from which you can run Applejack to do a whole set of repair and maintenance routines from the commandline.
When you install any new system software or updates be sure to repair the hard drive and permissions beforehand. I also recommend booting into safe mode before doing system software updates.
Get an external Firewire drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Retrospect Desktop (Commercial - not yet universal binary)
2. Synchronize! Pro X (Commercial)
3. Synk (Backup, Standard, or Pro)
4. Deja Vu (Shareware)
5. PsynchX 2.1.1 and RsyncX 2.1 (Freeware)
6. Carbon Copy Cloner (Freeware - 3.0 is a Universal Binary)
The following utilities can also be used for backup, but cannot create bootable clones:
1. Backup (requires a .Mac account with Apple both to get the software and to use it.)
2. Toast
3. Impression
4. arRSync
Apple's Backup is a full backup tool capable of also backing up across multiple media such as CD/DVD. However, it cannot create bootable backups. It is primarily an "archiving" utility as are the other two.
Impression and Toast are disk image based backups, only. Particularly useful if you need to backup to CD/DVD across multiple media.
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQs on maintenance, optimization, virus protection, and backup and restore.
Additional suggestions will be found in Mac Maintenance Quick Assist.
Referenced software can be found at www.versiontracker.com and www.macupdate.com.
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ISM-SRE-300-K9= bare bones loading Cisco Unity Express

Hello,
I am wondering if anyone knows whether or not I can load Cisco Unity Express on to a Bare Bones ISM-SRE-300-K9=. Does one need to buy it pre-configured from Factory, or does the Non Rehostable 2-Port License automatically install with the download from cisco.com
These are the conditions of the scenario:
1) ISM-SRE-300-K9= is bare bones from distribution
2) The unit has a Service Contract (SAU) purchased and attached
3) I will be installing the 5-Pack Mailbox License
4) I will be installing CUE 8.6 on to the unit from cisco.com download
Thanks,
Jordan

Hi Swati,
Even if there are other posts, you may check this link:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/access/interfaces/software/feature/guide/ism-sm-sre.html
Also CUE is not supprted on the Embedded Service Module, so you have to install de CUE module on ISM 0/0 or 0/1
-HTH-
Jorge...
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Bare bones to host virtualbox

can i just install x or do i also need gnome/kde to support VB? i only need the bare minimum to get gui. i haven't used Arch since ~.4/.5 many many years ago.... i did try the search function for 'virtualbox' to no avail. suggestions on size partitions, especially with regard to swap?

Really just need X, display manager and Qt to run virtualbox gui. I think a bare bones installation with just X, something small like openbox/fluxbox dm and Qt is under ~1Gb, maybe 700mb or so last time I installed fresh.
Last edited by Wittfella (2011-09-14 07:22:34)

Kit requirements for bare bones HDCAM edit

I asked about upgrading my system a few weeks back and everyone was very helpful, but having gone away and done some research I simply can't afford a lot of the kit that was suggested. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for the editor on a serious budget. I'm used to working with HDV and frankly this is all a bit scary ..
I've got a short film shot on HDCAM that I need to edit. I don't need to be able to grade it myself so I'm hoping this means I can make do with my existing 19 inch monitor and not worry about buying video cards, 23 inch cinema displays and matrox mxo's etc.
If I use prores to capture the HDCAM footage how much visual quality would I lose? and would it mean I could buy something like the Caldigit S2VR Duo to work from rather than a massive raid drive that would set me back thousands of pounds?
I'm presuming id need to buy a pci card as well and i'll rent an hd deck for the capture itself.
Have I missed anything out? And does this actually sound like a workable idea?
Any help would be really appreciated.
Thanks.

I don't really think you can have a bare bones system and still be able to work with HDCAM. One thing you might want to consider is having footage captured for you at a post facility and placed onto a portable drive. Perhaps the CalDigit S2VR as Shane suggested, or a G-RAID. If you are in LA there are several facilities that can do this including West Post Digital in Santa Monica and Alpha Dogs in Burbank.
When you are done editing, go back to the post facility and have them do your layoffs for you. Working with HDCAM is a bit more complicated than working with HDV. And a bit more expensive as well.

PowerPC server distro

I have an old G4 PowerMac. I'm thinking of turning it into a headless server/ backup control. Though I'd like to be able to use it as a desktop in a pinch. I'm looking for a fast, stable Linux distro. It should have a full complement of server software as well as good support for USB hard drives (though I think that's probably baked into the kernel now). I've been thinking about Yellow Dog Linux since that's the only one I know of that is geared towards PowerPC and I would prefer that to one of the general purpose linux distros. Any ideas would be helpful,
Basu

Misfit138 wrote:Interesting. For all the years of RPM-hating that I have heard, I never really ran into any issues with it when I used PCLos. (Which uses apt as an RPM wrapper.)
These days, it seems like RPM is not much more than a package format; a compressed image of a fake root, with all software and metadata contained within.
The wrappers like apt, yum, urpmi, smart, yast, zypper, whatever, all seem to do the dependency tracking and resolution. Am I wrong in saying this? What am I missing?
As for the OP, I was going to say Debian, but that Slackintosh thingy really caught me eye..........
The thing is, manually tracking down packages as rpms for dependencies is sometimes a real nightmare. It didn't use to be a problem to do it manually, but sometime along the way dependencies on various versions of things have started making it so that doing a upgrades of major components of software in your system manually through rpm packages takes quite a bit of work and black magic. In some cases so much that rather than making major system upgrades every now and then it generally takes less time to re-install the system again than getting everything working again after upgrading... which means that in some environments it just isn't worth bothering with most major upgrades.

Best server distro?

Hi,
I am seriously considering abandoning my Ubuntu server. The reason why I set up my server with ubuntu is a historical one. Once upon a time, I used this distro, so it seemed natural to run my server with it. However these days Arch is my system of choice. I want to ditch ubuntu as a server, mainly because I have how it's built to be complex. I'd like to more to a more KISS like system, like Arch. However, Arch is a rolling release, and I want a stable server I won't have to update often. I was wondering what are good choices in your opinions? I was thinking about Debian, but I'm afraid it's too ubuntu - like. Slackware also attracted my eye but I have no experience with it. What do you use for servers? Which distros do you recommend? The server's just a simple media / file server I made out of an old box I have.

Misfit138 wrote:OpenBSD is the cleanest, most stable, simple and secure server in my experience. .
Before I say anything I would like to let it known that I love OpenBSD.
However, with the end of the -STABLE branch of ports, if you use any packages, I find it not to be simple to maintain. If you stay with the -STABLE branch of the operating system, new packages are not made and you can't follow the -CURRENT ports tree. So you're left with unupdated packages, which acquire security holes, which are a pain to have to try and deal with. Recently there has been a push by one developer to start backporting security fixes to the -STABLE ports tree, but I'm not sure the extent of this and whether or not the new packages are pushed to the pkg server, or if you have to compile them through ports.
The other choice is to follow -CURRENT, or rather the snapshots. The problem here is that acquiring packages is incredibly hit or miss since they are compiled on one version of the snapshot. So if I have a different snapshot version, the packages will not work or install. So you have to build everything yourself from the -CURRENT ports tree, and when you update to a different snapshot, you then have to rebuild your whole ports tree... You can see the hassle.
If everything you need is included in the base OS that openbsd distributes, then yes it is the stable, simple, and secure server experience (for mail servers, firewalls, routers, wireless APs, very very basic desktops (no graphical browser), etc.)
For more complicated systems, FreeBSD seems to be the way to go. You can track the release versions which only have security and stability fixes backported either through binaries with freebsd_update or through source by csup'ing your source tree and compiling in the fixes. Likewise for ports, there is only one ports tree, that has the most up to date packages. But you can always download packages from the ftp server that keeps them up to date. Likewise, you can compile your own. The nice thing is freebsd has a port called portaudit that will show you any ports installed that have security problems. You can selectively update only these ports, keeping hassle down to a minimum and peace of mind high since a security team tracks all the vulnerabilities and you can instantly figure out if you're vulnerable. Gentoo also has a very similar approach with glsa-check instead of portaudit if you'd like to stick with linux.
Cheers,
Alphalutra1

I have a new ipad. It is connected to wifi (virgin media) and shows 3 bars but server won't respond

I have a new ipad which worked well with wifi until we moved house. We now have virgin media and although the wifi shows 3 bars on my ipad I can't connect to the internet or access the app store. Any suggestion?

Despite the three bars you may not really be connected to your WiFi network.
Your router may not have given your iPad a valid IP address. Go to Settings > Wifi > your network name and touch the ">" to the right to see the network details. If the IP address starts with 169 or is blank then your router didn't provide an IP address and you won't be able to access the Internet.
Sometimes the fix can be as simple as restarting your router (remove power for 30 seconds and restart). Next, reset network settings on your iPad (Settings > General > Reset > Reset network settings) and then attempt to connect. In other cases it might be necessary to update the router's firmware with the latest from the manufacturer's support web pages.
If you need more help please give more details on your network, i.e., your router make, model and version, the wifi security being used (WEP, WPA, WPA2), etc.

Keynote crash on bare bones Mac Mini. Help anyone?

Hi there,
I'm using a new Mac Mini 2011 (2.3 Ghz, 2GB RAM, i5, Lion) to drive a public facing 55" 1080p HD TV in a retail venue. Obviously, we want a stable system that doesn't crash. I've only installed one piece of software on the Mini--Keynote. I built a small (but transition complex) Keynote presentation and it runs 24/7. On the third day of running, it "quit unexpectedly". lol. That's supposed to sound so much better than "crashed", right? Anyway, it's obviously a public embarassment to have your promotional display fail.
I cannot understand WHY a stock mini with only Keynote installed should crash even IF the entire system and slideshow is running 24/7. And I have NO idea how to troubleshoot this. The only plausible explanation I can think of is a memory leak in Keynote.
Does anyone have some suggestions on how to troubleshoot this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. It pains me to have a public display showing a Mac crash. I expect this with Windows, but not with a Mac.
Thanks!

More memory may help. I installed 8 GB ($44 from Amazon). It also bumps up the shared video memory to 512 MB.

Minimum Files needed for bare bones XP Install?`

Hello
I'm new here having recently bought my first MBP. Does anyone know the minimum files needed for a custom (lite) XP Pro install using BootCamp?
All I want to run is DV-Rack plus maybe 1 or 2 other programs but I don't want to waste space on my 200gb HD. I do't even want to install MS Office because I like iWorks better.
Thanks
Allen

My recommendation is nothing short of 12GB. For your purposes, that you indicated in your post, 12GB should be fine. Please also consider any future uses that you may have for Windows XP. I have seen several times, on this forum, where a user sets the partition too low and then wishes to increase the size and it cannot be done unless Boot Camp and Windows is re-installed from scratch.
If you can afford the disk space then I would even recommend 32GB and that would allow you to have some space left for future programs if any.
Axel F.

How to bare bones tiger 10.4.8

I put system 10.4.8 on my old Imac all I want to run is
some games and educational stuff for the grandchildren. Can you help me with list of stuff to delete so I can create more room? For instance how do I delete all those languages that were automatically installed?
thanks over and over
blackvelvet
mac mini Mac OS X (10.4.8) old imac

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
See my user tip on freeing space:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=122973&tstart=20
And also you can use backup software to backup your data to external media and only keep that which you presently need on your internal hard drive, as my FAQ explains:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html

Bare bones dvd issues

For the first time I am trying to create a dvd that will just stat playing as soon as you insert it in the dvd player. I tried using dvdsp but I'm getting weird resolution lines toward the end of the video.I followed the instructions on keystones.com web site. Is there another way maybe through idvd to create this dvd? it will be played at a wedding reception so it just has to start playing as soon as they put it in. How can I do this? I'm using dvdsp 4

Import your video and audio into a new project. Add your video to a track. Select and delete the menu that is added by default (it's easy to do this with the graphical view). Right click the track and select "First Play". Now, the disc will automatically play whenever it's put into a player.
If you're using Compressor 3.5.x, you can burn a disc directly from there by using a Job Action. More information about that can be found here:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/compressor_3.5stone.html
http://documentation.apple.com/en/compressor/usermanual/index.html#chapter=25%26 section=3%26tasks=true

Necessary SL files - bare bones install

Alright, so this is somewhat complicated...
I am attempting a minimal install of Snow Leopard. Here is what I have done so far:
- Activated ownership on a second hard drive.
- Installed the BaseSystem.pkg, Essentials.pkg, and BootCamp.pkg onto that hard drive.
- Copied Setup Assistant from a pre-existing install to my new install (which is needed to setup the computer on the first boot.
- Copied the pkg receipts from a pre-existing install to the new install.
- Used the bless command to create the boot.efi file and specify the /System/Library/CoreServices folder as the boot root.
- Fixed the file permissions.
- Reboot
The kernel boots successfully, but once it loads the GUI I get a grey screen with the beach ball of doom. So obviously I am missing something.
Any ideas?

The kernel boots successfully, but once it loads the GUI I get a grey screen with the beach ball of doom.
If you are saying that you never get past the grey screen then it is safe to assume the GUI has not loaded.
As was suggested both here & in your other topic, it is much, much easier to do a normal install & then carefully prune away the unneeded stuff to get a minimal install. In fact, just by installing the Essentials.pkg, you have already installed a lot of items that are not essential to the purpose you explained (more or less) in your other topic.
Tip: to see the items a .pkg file contains, you can double-click on it to launch Installer.app. Then go to the File menu & select "Show Files." Do that with Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/Essentials.pkg & you will see that it contains what Apple considers the essential OS X applications, like Dictionary, Photo Booth, Preview, Image Capture, & many others, plus the support files for them.
By doing a normal install, you will avoid permissions problems, insure that everything is properly linked & installed in the correct order (which matters!), get an accurate receipts database, & so on. You even get a few options to avoid installing many of the .pkg's like the large number of printer ones, some of the language ones. You can then use the suggestions I made in your other topic to prune much more.
Your current method is a bit like trying to build all the floors of an office building at once instead of floor by floor.

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