How to build a rocksolid Warp Server
By Timo Maier
Use only high quality hardware
I have positive experience with
- Asus mainboards
- Infineon RAM
- AMD Athlon CPU
- Verax CPU Cooler (PCSilent)http://www.pcsilent.de/
- Intel NIC
- Adaptec SCSI controller
- HP DDS Streamer
- Matrox graphic card (driver 2.54) http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/drivers/video/os2_254.zip
- APC UPS (Powerchute Software) http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/power/os2v423.zip
Take care of a good cooling.
Installation
- Install Warp Server (Advanced)
- Install HPFS386
- Install Fixpack 43
- Install Netscape 4.04 (not 2.02 and not 4.61)
- Install the Feature Installer
- Install Java 1.1.8
- Install the latest Java update
- Install TCP/IP 4.1 (slow link, use shift click to download)
- Install MTPS fix 8610
- Install MTPS fix 8620
- Install TCP/IP fix 2001
- Install Warp Server Fix 8532
Post Installation - Optimize your config.sys
- remove everything you don't need (like MMOS2, APM, WinOS/2 and DOS)
- set protectonly=yes
- set use_hosts_first=1
- adapt the set TZ according to you timezone (use TIME868 to get you TZ string)
Useful stable software
- FileCommander text mode file manager. The best!
- FTE textmode editor.
- ADUNET/2 satisfies the admins daily needs
- RSched to schedule cron jobs
- GTAK and GTAR for backup with the streamer
Useful server software
- use built in (D)DNS and DHCP
- Squid proxy server
- Apache web server and PHPscripting language
- MySQL/2 database server
- Weasel email server by Peter Moylan
- FtpServer by Peter Moylan
- TIME868 time client and server (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/internet/time/time868f.zip)
Useful client software
- Win NT, 2000, XP Logon Client (use shift click to download)
Things I wouldn't do
- Don't touch it if you don't have to.
- Don't test any new software.
- Use only software which has proven to be stable.
- Don't use Netscape or any other browser on you server.
- Don't use your primary Warp Server as a printserver. It's not stable enough.
Links
- Thanks to Olli Rick and his great WarpUpdates website (http://web.archive.org/web/20051215174318/http://www.warpupdates.mynetcologne.de/)