[plug] Headless server installation at workshop

[Ryan]

On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 10:50 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> There are people on this list that know much more about this than I do, 
> but my suggestion for the "headless server" (sounds like a headless 
> horseman, roaming about on full moonlit nights), if you  want it as just
> a firewall, is to use Smoothwall, which runs on Debian Woody, and which 
> is accessed remotely using a web browser on another computer. If my 
> memory is correct, you just install a Smoothwall CD (or something like 
> that), and the underlying OS is included in the installation. It has a 
> small footprint, and no need for X-Windows, if my memory is correct.
> 
> I suggest that you look for a response to my posting, with someone more 
> knowledgeable about Smoothwall, filling in some of the gaps, and 
> correcting any errors that I have made here.

Being the one that got him into this mess, I'll tender that he sticks
with Debian, as he wants to learn about Linux.  Smoothwall is great for
solving a problem, but it doesn't adequately feed a hungry brain.

As for the original question, you only really need the first woody CD.
Almost all the packages you'll need are on it and if they are not, you
can easily download them when the time comes.

Regards,

Ryan
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