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Expecting it to be No Big Thing, Drew decided to a> triple the storage, b> double the memory, and c> completely re-format the webserver using Red Hat 7.2 instead of Linux-Mandrake during the weekend of April 6, 2002 (while Wendy was away on a riding trip). I expected to be back up and running in no time.

Well, most of it happened! The hardware and memory installation went fine, and after a few false starts, so did the installation of Red Hat 7.2. However, I ran into a glitch when attempting to restore my webserver from the backup ZIP disk, so I had to rely on my backup CD that was made April 3. It took a LONG time to get that piece of software off the CD, but thanks to troff on IRC, it got done.

The reinstallation of that critical piece went well, and now we’re back up and running.

In addition to switching the server over (which is most likely transparent to users), I upgraded the Forums to version 2.00.

PHEW!

I have just installed version 5.01 of PHP-Nuke. This version fixes some small bugs, and speeds up the sending of pages.

Additionally, I have enabled output compression (using GZIP/zlib) on the server side, which should eek a little more speed out of transfers as well, especially on repeated page-views.

Please let me know of any problems that you encounter while using this system.

Thanks!

I’m back from vacation! Expect some more development on this site, and perhaps even something new (think ‘new site’), now that my Linux box is online at home.

Special thanks to Civilme from Mandrake and Garrett from Pengiun Computing for their help on getting the Linux box online.

This news site has been created using the exceptional PHP-Nuke news database system. Check it out — there are a lot of great features in this software. Stay tuned as we develop more and more content!

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