Nightmare ..

That is the day when i think i really need to use windows . hahahaha .. Why ? We have a power failure in our data centre and suddenly when my Freebsd boot up , it say "drive is not mounted cleanly " .. after a whole day i'm waiting , it still fail . I read through internet how to build the server back . but it seem not to help . Most people posting as an expert so i cant get their guides .
Take a shortcut , i build my DNS server to a separate server using Windows 2000. Since my freebsd only use pentium 3 with 256 ram . If I install windows 2000 to this server , everything looks like in flashback mode ( slow movement and action). It tooks me only 2 days to build the server . since i've learn how to manage DNS from MCSE training class ..
Eventhough the problem has been solve after building the dns server , but to me , we are now 100% happy Windows family . I read through internet about dns vulnerability and many of it tells about windows . Oh man , i'm too lazy to do all the patches . I decide to fully patch my windows dns server and sleep tightly :) .
In the same time , i still want to build back my Freebsd server . I read through internet how to build Freebsd server . During that time is 5.1 . After 2 weeks struggle finally i succeed to build the server . That is my first success in Opensource . Let me tell the truth , I feels so happy . But still nothing . I can only see login text and password . During installation , I select to install GUI . But unluckily after complete the installation , when i run startx , it says that my Display configuration is problem . So still cannot use GUI to manage my server . (Still using original server pentium 3).
I ignore to configure the GUI but concentrate to configure named service . Looking all the needed file such as named.conf , dns table file , how to configure SOA and how to manage the service . Yeaahhhh .. after a month facing the text mode , finally i got the reply from internet DNS test (www.checkdns.net) your dns configured properly .. Oh mannn. That is 2nd success and now i can admit that i've truly success building back my Freebsd server (Master DNS). I shutdown the Windows dns server since it does not satisfied me . The more challenge i get , the more excited the success .. I build back 2nd dns server and it tooks only 3 day since i've learn from the first server . Now everything looks easier . Learn from mistake . But , both dns works in master master . I still cannot make it as master slave . But i leave the server since i have involve with network and security projects ..

My first Opensource Server

I start learning Opensource seriously around year 2004 . During that time , i need to maintain 2 Freebsd server (Version 4.7) which used for external DNS . It was so pain since I'm a Windows lover that fall in love with 'mouse' .. Always need mouse and GUI to meet my server .
Unfortunately , the Freebsd server does not come with gui . I try to install Xwindows . But i'm too far to do that . Finally i decide to learn just DNS part . I start using easy editor to edit file . Since everything is in terminal , I lost all the GUI beauty and start digging in pain the DNS configuration from the server . From time to time I start to understand about named, dns table , and most importand is basic how DNS work in internet .
When my Office publish a new public server , i need to update the dns table . during that time , i thought i need to restart machine everytime i change the table .. hehehe . Finally i know i just need to restart named service ..
We have 2 dns server and act as Master slave . So i just need to update to master only . That's only my experience using Opensource about a year ...