Re: Newbie questions

I have 2 or 3 years of Xenix experience, but that was 12 years ago, so, I'm
aaproaching this with a considerable amount of caution.

Thank you for your thoughtful responses.  Your input is most helpful.

Rich Bowman


"Marcel Gsteiger" <marcel.gsteiger@milprog.ch> wrote in message
news:3B29ECF7.5DA2EBA7@milprog.ch...
> Hi Rich,
>
> I'm a CNE-5 and now work with *nix systems for about a year. Here are some
tips:
>
> I use PostgreSQL 7.1.2 now on two systems:
> - a compaq proliant 330 (pentium III/733) with plenty of RAM and a disk
array,
> running RH linux 6.2
> - a hp netserver E30 (pentium I/166) with 80 MB of RAM and a 9gig SCSI
disk,
> running FreeBSD 4.3
> both work very well (even the small one, I installed this just to see if
it
> works).
> For both platforms, I downloaded the tarballs and built everything on that
> machine. This worked without any problems. However, be prepared to spend
some
> time getting acquainted with installations. Usually you will need to
> download/make/make install several packages to get a system that meets
your
> needs without containing unnecessary components. First of all, leave out X
> windows and all GUIs.
>
> For my personal experience, I installed webmin (www.webmin.com) just after
the
> base install of the OS. This way, I could browse the file system and
administer
> everything without having to learn all the *nix commands in the first
place.
>
> Also, the site www.greatbridge.org was very helpful for my productivity.
> Especially phppgadmin and pgadmin are really nice products. For the ODBC
> drivers, try to find the .msi versions (these are particularly easy to
install).
>
> HTH
> --Marcel
>
> Rich Bowman schrieb:
>
> > I'm considering replacing my NetWare server running Pervasive SQL with a
> > server running PostgreSQL.
> >
> > 1. Most people seem to run on some flavor of Unix / Linux. Is one flavor
of
> > Unix / Linux more PostgreSQL "friendly" than another?
> >
> > 2. My user apps run on NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition with Citrix
MetaFrame
> > 1.8. Anybody had any experience using the PostgreSQL ODBC driver in this
> > environment?
> >
> > 3. If I download PostgreSQL and the ODBC driver must I compile it for
the
> > flavor of Unix / Linux I choose or are there pre-compiled versions?
> >
> > If I've posted this to the wrong place, please forgive me and set me
> > straight. I've read some about PostgreSQL and I'm impressed with what I
see.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > --
> > Rich Bowman
> > Bennett Supply Company
> > richb@bennettsupply.com
>