[TYPO3-linux] Compaq proliant server & RedHat & XAMPP & TYPO3 = Big HeadAche

[Søren Vedel]

Hi everybody,

I have been so 'lucky' to get a customer who wants an intranet, and it 
has to run on their own server, which is a Compaq Proliant Server with 
two 36 GB drives - maybe 5 years old, and the motherboard has been 
changed recently because it was defect.

They want it to run on Linux RedHat because they feel that it will be 
easier to get support. Until now I have succeeded to get RedHat 8 up 
running without problems. RH ver. 9 and 10 didn't find the harddisks!

But... it seems very complicated to me, because everytime I try to do 
something I get messages like: Missing this and missing that...

I have installed XAMPP and this was really easy, because I am not used 
to setup a webserver, so I chose the easy solution.

I have installed TYPO3 3.8.1 from a zip-file and the Install Tool works 
out of the box. Finds the database and makes 29 tables as usual. When I 
try to hit the BE with default password, I'm not recognized! And of 
course I have tried to create an admin from the Install Tool option, but 
with no result.

Another problem is that I can't see the images in the backend nor in the 
Install Tool?

Any advice, ideas, input is appreciated

I consider to ask them to buy another server - what do you think?

Best Wishes
Søren Vedel