Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Using devil linux for a general purpose server

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Martin Kong wrote:
> I'm thinking of converting all our linux servers to using devil linux.  They are mainly some web servers, mail servers and FTP servers.  I like what I see about Devil linux so far, lean, small and text based :)  I have a few questions:
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> 1) I will need to use harddrive for installing additional software (e.g. qmail, apache, mysql, etc).  Can LVM support more LVs other than the ones listed in the document.

The next DL release (1.2) already has apache & mysql servers included.

> 2) If I want to use a software that's not included in Devil Linux, should I just install it on harddrive or make a customized version of Devil Linux?  What's the pros and cons?  Is it easy to customize Devil Linux?
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> 3) Sorry for an off topic question: any other good Live CD out there that will let me do what I want?  I looked at Knoppix and it seems to have too many stuff (for e.g. I don't need X) and Knoppix seems to only support a harddrive /home volume.
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> Thanks and Regards,

Heiko