On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 08:22, Bards1888 wrote: > > > >Before you re-invent this particular wheel, you might want to > >check out the beta 7.x version of SME server at > >http://contribs.org/modules/phpwiki/index.php?Downloads > >which is based on Centos4. > > > > > > > Thanks for the link Les, > > I'm set on Centos, no need for me to try SME, the main reason I like > Centos is mainly do to the fact that it 'feels' like RHEL. I dont > particularly want to step further away from RHEL towards SME. What I was trying to point out was that this version of SME _is_ Centos in the same sense that yours will be, although it doesn't "feel" like much of anything since all administration is through a simplified web interface. Other than some small quirks like using qmail and tcpserver and running at runlevel 7, it is pretty much stock Centos that can update from Centos updates and have other stock Centos RPMs added. If nothing else, it might be worth looking over for the perspective of what a group that has been doing 'appliance' Linux for years did. Their install is particularly interesting - if you install on a single-drive machine it will build a 'broken' RAID1 so at any later time you can add a second drive and easily mirror the existing install. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com