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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!news.abs.net!news.bconnex.net!news.ac.net!news.serv.net!not-for-mail From: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD as news-server?? Date: 8 Oct 1996 23:06:22 -0700 Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA Lines: 18 Message-ID: <53ffcu$ktm@itchy.serv.net> References: <537ddl$3cc@amd40.wecs.org> <3258CCD5.ABD322C@FreeBSD.org> <53brfc$sbe@twwells.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: itchy.serv.net My recommendations after futzing with news under freebsd for about the last 9 months (after giving up on NEXTSTEP for the purpose after ~ 4): - keep overview on a separate disk - keep history on a separate disk - you probably want to keep alt on a separate disk - consider at least 128M. If you have insufficient memory, consider getting a dedicated swap disk. - disable the extended news log (the one generated from the server, not through syslog) or put it on a separate disk. -- Sean T. Lamont, President / Chief NetNerd, Abstract Software, Inc. (ServNet) - Internet access * WWW hosting * TCP/IP * UNIX * NEXTSTEP * WWW Development - email: lamont@abstractsoft.com WWW: http://www.serv.net "...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson