09-01-2008, 12:16 PM
tisk tisk dual-core... lol
I would recommend you give linux a shot. I use Debian linux on my server and absolutely love it. Debian is a well established distribution. Stable, secure, constantly updated, and has an extremely small resource footprint. With a full 24 man TF2 server I'm only using 400MB of RAM system wide, and roughly 5% cpu usage.
Download the Debian netinst version that is compatible with your system from the following link:
http://www.debian.com/distrib/netinst
The i386 version is for older non-64 bit systems. The AMD64 is for 64 bit capable AMD systems. And finally the IA64 is for the Intel 64 bit capable systems. If you have a 64 bit capable system, make sure you download the right one. If you're unsure just download the i386 version. You burn it to a CD or DVD and boot your system from the disc. The install process is straight forward. Follow the on-screen guide and use the recommended partitioning option. When it asks you what packages you'd like to install deselect everything so you only install the core kernel files. Use the arrow keys to move between the available packages and use the space bar to uncheck them. The install process does not take long at all. It downloads some files from the net.
Once the install is complete login to the system using the username and password you created during the install. Before installing SRCDS you'll want to make sure the system is completely up to date. Type in the command "su -" and press enter. It will ask you for a password. Put in the ROOT password you created during the linux install. You'll be returned to the prompt. Type in "apt-get update". It'll make sure all it's update repository information is current. Then type in "apt-get upgrade". Linux will check online for updates to the OS. After it's done restart the system with the command "shutdown -r now". Once it's rebooted, login and now you can install SRCDS by following the tutorial on this site.
It's that simple.
I would recommend you give linux a shot. I use Debian linux on my server and absolutely love it. Debian is a well established distribution. Stable, secure, constantly updated, and has an extremely small resource footprint. With a full 24 man TF2 server I'm only using 400MB of RAM system wide, and roughly 5% cpu usage.
Download the Debian netinst version that is compatible with your system from the following link:
http://www.debian.com/distrib/netinst
The i386 version is for older non-64 bit systems. The AMD64 is for 64 bit capable AMD systems. And finally the IA64 is for the Intel 64 bit capable systems. If you have a 64 bit capable system, make sure you download the right one. If you're unsure just download the i386 version. You burn it to a CD or DVD and boot your system from the disc. The install process is straight forward. Follow the on-screen guide and use the recommended partitioning option. When it asks you what packages you'd like to install deselect everything so you only install the core kernel files. Use the arrow keys to move between the available packages and use the space bar to uncheck them. The install process does not take long at all. It downloads some files from the net.
Once the install is complete login to the system using the username and password you created during the install. Before installing SRCDS you'll want to make sure the system is completely up to date. Type in the command "su -" and press enter. It will ask you for a password. Put in the ROOT password you created during the linux install. You'll be returned to the prompt. Type in "apt-get update". It'll make sure all it's update repository information is current. Then type in "apt-get upgrade". Linux will check online for updates to the OS. After it's done restart the system with the command "shutdown -r now". Once it's rebooted, login and now you can install SRCDS by following the tutorial on this site.
It's that simple.