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Having trouble trying to partition the hard drive on my old Mac

el chupa nibre — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:07:35 -0800

I'm trying to partition the hard drive on my old mac (model 4,1 running OS X 10.5.8) so I can dual boot Ubuntu. The problem is that when I go to Disk Utility and and select to partition the drive I get an error saying that the partition failed because there's no space left on the device, even though I have lots of space. This happens no matter how small I make the partition. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm not very computer savy and the google searches I tried before coming to mefi didn't make sense to me.

What kind of a name is ZaReason anyway?

Yesterday's camel — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:01:55 -0800

What kind of power supply (and cooling system) should I get for a tower with an 8-core processor? I'm configuring a Limbo 6220A tower from ZaReason. ZaReason allows the buyer to choose between various power supplies, and while I'm perfectly comfortable contemplating all the other hardware options, this is something I know little about. If I pick the 3.6 GHz processor and the ATI HD 6970 video card, should I opt for something beefier than the default 350 watt power supply? The other options are:

* 550 watts
* 850 watts Raidmax (I assume this doesn't apply to me since I'm not using a RAID)
* 1200 watts (which sounds like overkill to me)

It should also be noted that ZaReason offers a slightly higher-end AMD tower that comes with an optional $400 water cooling system -- though I assume / hope that isn't necessary.

In terms of other components I'll probably go with an SSD as the primary drive and a HDD as the backup; either 16 or 32 GB of RAM; and I plan on installing Debian rather than the default Ubuntu.

(Bonus warm fuzzies to be awarded to anyone who can tell me how long this particular model has been listed by ZaReason.)

Thanks!

Scanning TrueCrypted hard drives

charred husk — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:28:02 -0800

I'm looking for a good Linux distribution to run from a USB stick for virus scanning on Windows computers. Difficulty - these computers have their hard drives encrypted with TrueCrypt. Before we began encrypting laptop hard drives, I was scanning computers with a variety of rescue disks via SARDU or Trinity Rescue. Now I need to be able to decrypt the hard drive first, so whatever I boot into needs to be able to run TrueCrypt 7.

So far I've gotten Puppy Linux to work like this, but I'm not thrilled with the anti-virus options (Avast, F-Prot won't update and ClamAv plain won't work). I'd prefer to not have to go compiling source myself, so ideally a distro with a good selection of AV packages.

Additionally, feel free to challenge my assumptions here - if there's a way to run rescue disks on encrypted drives that would be awesome. (I know Trinity has TrueCrypt, buy it is only version 6 and won't decrypt our drives.) Also if I'm asking too much and will basically need to compile my own stuff, let me know that too. Or anything I obviously haven't considered.

Thanks!

Help me design a home server.

scose — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:11:08 -0800

Help me design a home server for Photoshop work. Reliable, easy to expand, and cheap are the priorities. Lots of sub-questions inside. I want to build a home server for heavy Photoshop use (1 GB+ file size).

The goals:
- A system with a few TB of storage that is easy to expand in the future
- Reliability is #1 concern - must tolerate a disk failure
- the user will re-save files at all major stopping points, so write performance must be decent
- Power consumption and noise are not important
- The server must run a CrashPlan client to sync all data to the cloud
- I would like for all the storage to appear as one large volume, even after adding new disks
- I will be the tech support, so I need remote access via the internet
- Money is short, $500-800 budget

My tentative plan... Does this sound good?
- Headless Linux box
- One Logical volume of concatenated RAID 1 mirror pairs
- 8+ drive bays, preferably 12, add new mirror pairs as needed
- mdadm software RAID - I've read it's as fast as Intel motherboard RAID

Many questions:
- How do I get lots of drives? Most motherboards seem to have about 6 SATA connectors.
- Should I go with a rack or tower case?
- Is there a way to cache network writes to the server memory, for increased apparent speed to the user?
- Are there any pitfalls to constantly running an SSH server for remote access? How do I deal with the dynamic IP?
- How do I make the server send an alert email when it detects disk failures?
- What must I do to make the server restart everything automatically if it loses power? Is a shell script enough?
- Is there a way to make the Photoshop machine's local disk look like a cache for the server, so writes go to the local disk immediately and are then moved to the server with something like rsync?

I know this is a bulky question... thanks for answers to any part!

Aligning a mic and audio buddy with Mint Linux

Shepherd — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:23:17 -0800

Great mic, nice pre-amp, sound card completely incompatible with Linux. What to do? At the moment, I've got an M-Audio Delta 44; my "studio" is an Audio Technica AT3035 in the bedroom with towels draped on the shelves around it. The cable runs through a couple of walls, into an M-Audio Audio Buddy for phantom power, and then 1/4" out to the 1/4" in on the Delta 44 breakout box.

It's a simple system, but I like it.

Honestly, I'm not using the breakout box on the Delta 44 to its full potential -- never have. The audio buddy runs into one of its inputs; two of the outputs run straight to my stereo and then to the speakers. My technical skills are minimal. I'm a goon with a nice mic for the occasional paid v/o project and self-amusement, not a hardcore gearhead.

I'm trying to make the switch to full-time Mint Linux, keeping Windows only for iTunes/iPad maintenance (and games). The only thing that Mint can't handle is my sound card; apparently getting it to work will require technical expertise far, far beyond my newbie powers.

The motherboard I'm currently using (ASUS M4A87TD) has a built-in soundcard, currently disabled in the BIOS to see if that helps Linux detect the Delta 44.

What's your recommendation here? Obviously, the ideal situation is to get the Delta 44 up and running in Linux, but it seems to be a stumper (especially for somebody of my skill level). The mobo's sound card seems to be reasonably robust, so maybe there's something to be done there, but I'm wondering if there's a simple recommendation here: a Linux-friendly sound card with 1/4" inputs, or a tiny USB mixer that can take the audio buddy output and plays nice with Linux, etc.

Why so last century?

Goofyy — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:04:24 -0800

Why are "i386" drivers supplied, and not 64-bit, for things like printer drivers? Got a new printer. They said they had Linux drivers. They do! But only i386 drivers. (Brother MFC-J6910DW). It's an expensive printer. They only reveal the issue after installing the ink and printing a test page. The scanning drivers are in 64-bit, the Windows drivers in 64-bit, but not the Linux printer drivers. My old Brother printer had what I needed. Most of it is still probably valid. Trying to search for help is yielding lots of useless reviews.

How to get my Dell Ubuntu server to boot from a different drive?

migurski — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:58:17 -0800

I have an Ubuntu server. It's a Dell PowerEdge with a PERC 6 RAID controller. I'm trying to get it to boot to a different drive, and grub doesn't seem to be cooperating - it appears to attempt to boot to the correct volume and partition and then bonks out when mounting /proc - what gives? Here's a photo of the screen when it dies.

I'm using the UUIDs of each volume in my grub configuration, and the volume I want to boot from has separate /boot and root partitions. I've been hand-editing my various grub files: devices.map, menu.lst, etc., and have what appears to be the right UUIDs in the right places: the boot partition under "uuid", and the *root* partition on the kernel options. I've also got what I think are the right entries in the fstab, and I can get into the grub shell at boot time and poke around enough to confirm that my (hd0,0) is where I think it is and that the UUIDs all appear correct. I can provide all these actual files if it would be useful.

The existing and working boot drive is a RAID5 while the new one is a single physical volume that I'd like to use temporarily while shuffling around some other drives. Once I get this working, my plan is to do it a few more times in order to shuffle all the various files onto their intended disks.

Ubuntu Users' Groups in NYC?

ferkit — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:40:43 -0800

I have been looking for an Ubuntu users group in New York, N.Y. Does anyone know of such a thing? That is - a group of users (with a few enlightened and charismatic geeks among them), for mutual support, learning, and troubleshooting. (I'm not talking about learning Linux, now - just making the best of Ubuntu!) Ubuntu is a beautiful thing, and when it 'just works', it just works. But often it...well, doesn't, and you have to find a workaround. The online Ubuntu community is great, but it would be nice to tear my hair out (and exult in my occasional success) among flesh-and-blood people.

I can't use any operating systems because of Grub. Can any computer experts help me?

EatingCereal — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:21:34 -0800

I can't use any operating systems because of Grub. Can any computer experts help me? When I got this computer, I installed Ubuntu to try it out. The operating system was excellent. Sadly, it was difficult to install programs because I have no internet access on this computer.

So I decide to try something else. I burned ReactOS to a CD, wipe my partition, and install this operating system. At the end of the installation, my computer tells me "press enter to restart computer". I comply, and when the computer goes through it's processes on the black screen, I get a message:

error: file not found.
grub rescue>

What should I do? According to Google, Grub came from Ubuntu. How can I get rid of this so I can use my computer again?

Ubuntu laptop for Grandma?

batikrose — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:25:06 -0800

Replacing my laptop, and planning to give current laptop to my 85 yr old mother so she can email and chat with me, her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren, and receive photo's. Is ubuntu a viable OS for her? Here is what I want to do:
It's a 5 year old Gateway Laptop with 1.6 ghz AMD Turion64 processor; 1gb ram, and existing 80 gb hard drive that I plan on removing and replacing with a 20gb hd from an even older laptop. Both hard drives work, and I see me needing the 80gb for backup more than she needs it for space. The CD/DVD drive does not work, and I'm not replacing it. Everything else works fine.

Mom isn't particularly bright, and is easily confused. I see Windows being more difficult for her to work with than Linux. She has never used a home computer, in fact has refused to try. I thought maybe receiving a free one might interest her, as well as the prospect of having more contact with geographically distant family. Internet connection will be DSL. I live thousands of miles away, but my son lives near her and is geeky enough to handle any problems that arise.

I would like to know if this sounds appropriate and viable, or should I re-think either the OS (or the whole idea). I welcome suggestions from anyone who has experience in setting up a computer for an elderly person and has suggestions or cautions. What release of Ubuntu (or Linux in general) should I install? Is this a crazy idea?

Thanks for any and all input.

Auto backup of files

gilsonal — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:57:11 -0800

I have two computers, one Windows, one Linux. How can I make it so they synchronize automatically with each other, as in, I update the file on one computer, and the updated file gets put onto the other? Networking? Using an external hard drive? What software might be useful? Bonus points for free software

What's a good simple and cheap media or file server setup?

wastelands — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:15:38 -0800

Advice for a server newb who needs help getting started with a simple media/backup/torrent server? I've got a 438 GB movie collection an on external 500 GB USB hard drive right now, so I need to upgrade. I was thinking of buying two 1 TB external drives and using rsync for a poor man's RAID 1 setup. But for good drives plus shipping, that's nearly $250, and I thought, why not just setup a real file server? And maybe get a Bit Torrent thingy going too, so I could turn off my main computer at night and keep transfers going? Heck, I'd probably come up with other useful things for the server to do too.

But I don't know where to start. For hardware, looking at, say, a Dell Inspiron 530 ($379), it's too powerful and too expensive for what I'd use it for.

And for the OS... Windows Home Server? Ubuntu? I don't know what'd be easiest.

Ideas? Thanks!

Re-purposing laptops: I want more than a picture frame.

alexherder — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:30:15 -0800

When it comes to re-purposing old laptops, it seems like the only option people really talk about is to turn it into a picture frame. There's got to be more that an old iBook can do... right? My girlfriend has a 5-year old iBook G4 running OS 10.3 (Panther) which has simply outlived its usefulness as an every day, primary computer. It's got 256mb RAM and a small-ish hard drive but can't handle Office, iTunes, or Firefox (let alone any 2 of those at once) without breaking out the color-wheel-of-death.

I bought her a new MacBook last month which she loves but she is refusing to get rid of her old iBook. I have a slightly newer (about 4-years old) iBook of my own that I am selling on eBay but she is not interested in parting with her "old friend." I don't understand her need to hold onto this old laptop, nor do I seek to dissuade her of the notion. I asked her if we could possibly try to figure out some way to re-purpose it rather than let it sit on a shelf gathering dust and she agreed, now the question is, what to do with it?

I've seen threads about this in a number of places (including here and on lifehacker) but it always seems to come down to file server or picture frame. Our house has a server (Ubuntu 8.04, reasonably speedy) and we have no need for a digital picture frame. I was thinking about using it as a firewall (but it only has one NIC) or as a thin client but I'm not sure where to start. I used to run Ubuntu PPC on my old iBook but kept running into issues due to the x86 vs PPC architecture. The other idea I had was as a "kitchen" computer for recipes and watching TV/streaming radio while cooking, but we already use her new MacBook to do this and that seems to work fine.

In the end, I think we've got enough computers in our house, but she wants to keep this one. So... I turn to you, dear readers. What possible use can we squeeze out of my girlfriend's "old friend"??

Help me pick a Linux distro

philosophygeek — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:41:20 -0800

I'm about to move one of my computers to Linux, but I don't know much about the various distributions. Can you recommend resources that compare the strengths and weaknesses of the various distributions, so that I can assess any relevant tradeoffs? The only distribution I know about is Ubuntu, and my knowledge there is limited to "they try to make Linux accessible to non-techies." That could well be the ideal route for me, but I'd like to be able to make that decision on a better basis than their marketing pitch.

Specific details about my computing situation: My current setup is Mac-based. The Linux-to-be computer is a desktop. Daily usage will include OpenOffice, text editing, web browsing, listening to music, email, and IM; I also semi-regularly rip DVDs or convert video files for my iPod, get digital photos from my camera, and connect to my employer's VPN.

I'm comfortable using the command line to the extent that I can follow directions, but unguided tweaking is not my forte. I have no problem with downloading drivers from the web, but I don't want to spend lots of time looking up, e.g., what kind of video card I have.

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Disk Power Management

tommasz — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:47:53 -0800

I'm having a problem with an Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server that seemed to have stumped the stars on the Ubuntu forums. It deals with disk drives and power management. I'm seeing a strange problem since I updated to 8.04 LTS that I never saw before. I have a Dell PowerEdge 1600SC server with a SCSI disk system. Although it's used primarily as an Apache and SAMBA server I do have X11/Gnome installed so I can use NX to administer from my desktop.

Every now and then it drops offline (pings still work, however) and when I go to the console I can't log in. At that point X usually crashes and I can see system messages indicating an I/O error with sd. I can never get a command prompt and have to hit the reset button. Once it comes back up there are no errors in any of the logs and it looks to me as if the disk is being spun down when there are long idle periods and not coming back up. Once rebooted it runs fine for weeks at a time.

Is there something I should be setting/unsetting or loading/unloading to deal with this? I realize having it configured more like a desktop is probably not ideal but it makes things a lot more handy for me. Still, I'm willing to do what it takes to prevent this issue from happening again.

help me chose a new computer

primer_dimer — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:18:33 -0800

Help me choose a Linux desktop computer (UK) My desktop finally died this weekend and I'm ordering a new one on Monday. It will be used for general web surfing, word processing etc. The only heavy-duty application is raw photo processing (using bibble and rawtherapee). No need for any graphics acceleration.

I plan to run Ubuntu 8.10 and my budget is very limited (close to £200). I've built all of my computers in the past, and would be happy to do so again, but I've read in various places that you can't really save money doing this any more, now that companies are turning out such huge volumes. Also, it's been so long that I really have no idea about the current generations of cpus. I have all peripherals, all I need is case+psu+motherboard+cpu+ram.

I'm looking at this ebuyer deal:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/155468/bundles

Is this a good bet? Are there any warning signs that any of the components won't get along with Linux? or can anyone suggest any alternatives?

Vista/Ubuntu wireless card?

comwiz — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:07:08 -0800

I need a wireless (at least 802.11g) card that will work with both Vista and Ubuntu. Help! My current card refuses to work in Vista due to some minor hardware incompatibilities, and its linux support isn't exactly stellar, but it works. I need a new card that will work great in both, and I would prefer to not have to use ndiswrapper. Also, I don't care if its PCI, PCI-E, or USB.

I do not want a Live CD, why can't you remember that?

tip120 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:01:55 -0800

I am having problems making a persistent installation of Ubuntu on a usb thumb drive. I am attempting to make a persistent install of ubuntu 8.0.4.1 on a usb thumb drive. I am not looking for a Live CD on a usb drive.

I have followed several different tutorials (most notably the ones here and here*). I can, seemingly, get through the whole process without a hitch. When I start the target machine (a mini-itx with no internal or external drives, only the usb key), it will boot as if it were a Live CD. It asks for Live CD boot parameters, and no changes I make (simple ones at that, themes, or desktop background) are saved. The BIOS is set to boot off the usb key.

I feel I am missing something incredibly obvious here, but have no clue what it might be. I'm comfortable, but by no means a pro, with "the Linux," and have zero idea where to start looking for a solution.

I sent an email to the pendrivelinux dudes, but doubt I will hear back anytime soon.

*I realize this second link is for xubuntu, but that doesn't matter so much to me as making the changes to stick.

Nit-picky TiddlyWiki alternative

i_am_a_Jedi — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:56:27 -0800

Yet another wiki question. I would like to migrate away from using TiddlyWiki as a personal wiki to one capable of handling a lot more data, but I need one specific function. Here is an example of what I need. What I like about this is that the answer is obscured until I click on the question. I also appreciate the ability to nest a question inside another answer in case the next question would contain information that would allow you to answer the first question (ie. no hint for answering the first question with the second question).

I take a lot of notes in the form of questions while I'm reading. When I review I go back through these notes and answer the questions in my head. If you look at the example above that's exactly how I do it on TiddlyWiki. But, of course, TiddlyWiki has a problem with large file sizes. I have multiple large (ie. slow performance) TiddlyWiki files that, unfortunately, can't interface with one another being in separate files.

My primary note-taking computer is my Asus EEE running Ubuntu. I am open to running it on LAMP or whatever. It does not need to multi-user (but that would be alright). I'm pretty familiar with the existence of most of the wiki software out there, but I haven't had any experience using most of it. I'm looking at Dokuwiki maybe, but i haven't found if I can replicate this behavior in it.
Bonus points for:
- ability to print entries
- ability to export to pdf
- tagging or some other metainformation sorting/hierarchy
- ability to password protect

Superbonus points for being able to import TiddlyWiki data/syntax.

If you have any other suggestions or alternate methods that would still allow me to review my notes in this manner I'd really appreciate hearing those also.

What Linux Distro Should i Use/Everything else you need to know about linux? Question from a Linux noob but a Pretty knowledgeable computer dood.

Javed_Ahamed — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:46:11 -0800

What Linux Should I Use?-Also need advice/help setting up drivers/random linux stuff? for my computerI'm a pretty knowledgeable guy about computers. I also want to be able to have vista on my computer, and hopefully keep my laptops extra functionalities such as fingerprint reader. Not that i had too much against windows vista but the latest service pack seemed to screw things up, so ive been thinking to moving to linux. That and being a freshman in computer engineering i think i should try more diverse operating systems anyway. I would like to use windows vista and linux at the same time, and am wondering what the best option for this would be. Should i make a dual boot windows vista and linux or should i just have ubuntu with a virtual windows running in it? Also what linux distro should i use? I dont want anything that is too simple or too hard... ubuntu seems to be the popular one for everything but honestly i dont know where to get started in linux. I have a sager2090 or a compalifl90 laptop and how would i install drivers for linux since it doesnt list them on the main page? Would i lose functionality for things such as my fingerprint reader?

Tasks i do on my computer:
1. Everything. Burning cds, movies, games, homework, programming (Computer Engineer, so i def need vista as well for windows only things)

Specs of my computer:
1. Pretty good. Should be able to run any Os. Especially after running vista with no slowdowns (Until sp1...).

Summmmmmmary:

The problem (or blessing) about linux is there are so many choices it seems when it comes to it. First there is the actual distro you use, and after that there are so many mods, even graphical interfaces you can use. I guess im just really confused about all this maybe my real question is what do you guys use/suggest i use. How can i get windows vista on my laptop as the same time as linux (emulation, or partiion and advantages/disadvantages of each method) and what beginner tips might you give.

If you all have your own linux box set up maybe you could tell me what you have/how you customized it/set it up :D thanks. Convoluted Question...

Build a Linux PC for a Dummy

DU — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:52:28 -0800

I'm building a PC for the first time and need someone to check my work. There was a recent question on this very topic and he even has basically the same requirements that I do: Linux¹, cheapish², would like 3D³. The problem is, I already have my parts all picked out and I'm way too ignorant to be able to compare the lists. He also already had a bunch of components so it isn't a complete list.

This question is really better suited for asking a knowledgeable friend of mine. And I did ask the one person I know about it, but he's so far above me I got no intelligible reply.

My hand-holding questions are these:

Will the below components all work together?
Have I made any shockingly dumb choices (i.e. twice the speed/capacity/sexiness/brandnamitude for the same price or not much more)?
Have I forgotten anything? (I have keyboard, mouse and speakers and I got a nice big digital LCD monitor for Xmas)
Since I'm obviously so frightened by (and uninterested in) this process, would I be better off just buying a Dell?

My choices. I based these picks on this list but the Newegg reviews indicated that the MB wouldn't work well, if at all, under Linux. After spending 2 days poring over incomprehensible numbers and acronyms, I swapped it for a working MB....I think.

¹I'm not at all new to Linux, but that said I don't want to have to do a bunch of crazy configuring and/or compiling to make my hardware work. Ubuntu is my most recent fave distro.

²I was originally thinking $500-$700, but my wife did our taxes last weekend and even the frugal she declared I could go higher. She didn't quite say "money is no object" but she seemed fairly upbeat...say to the tune of up to ~$300 more. This money might be best spent extending the lifetime of the performance, since I will probably have this computer for 4-5 years.

³I don't play games, but there are many non-game programs I'm barred from running because my CPU overheats trying to do the graphics, if it runs at all. Maybe I don't need hardware acceleration so much as a modern computer (my current one is from 2003)...?

NTLDR is missing! YIKES!

D Dear — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:52:59 -0800

NTLDR is missing! YIKES! Running XP2 on Toshiba Satellite A105. Can get to "C" prompt with XP disk. Can't get to safe mode via F8.

I have an external HD with USB cable so, by some miracle, I can copy from my laptop *.* to the external drive, but system won't read USB anything.

I've been searched Metafilter "safe mode" -mac and "ntldr" -mac.

Please help. Thank you so much!

I am a n00b

Caper's Ghost — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:01:34 -0800

I just got a new laptop with decent specs and I want to take this chance at starting fresh. I want a machine that runs smoothly and doesn't have a lot of extraneous crap installed on it. I need advice about getting this set up the way I want it. Right now the laptop is running Windows Vista and it came with a lot of extra (useless) applications that I will probably never use. What I'd really like to do is get rid of all that stuff and then get the computer set up to run as smoothly as possible with as little clutter as possible. Should I format the hard drive to get rid of everything non-essential, and then install a new OS?

I never used anything other than windows and I'm not a programmer. I'll be using the laptop for web browsing, writing, and playing media (mostly music). Basically I just want some advice on how to set this computer up to be best suited for those simple uses.

I'll likely use Firefox for web browsing and I think I'll try out OpenOffice for my writing/office stuff...but I don't really know which OS will be best for me. I've heard good things about some of the linux-based distributions like Ubuntu, but again I'm new to this stuff so I could use some general advice or pointers in this field.

Thanks.

Laptop motherboards that can boot from USB

DrSkrud — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:22:20 -0800

Can you name any laptop motherboards (brands, models, etc.) capable of booting from a USB flash drive? We're working on a robotics project at my university, and we're thinking that using a small linux kernel on a flash drive and a laptop motherboard would be much more sustainable (and easier) than dealing with microcontrollers.

What we need to find is a motherboard that can boot off of a USB flash drive. I know these exist, but I have no idea how to find them!

Sending E-mails with PHP

kaozity — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:57:35 -0800

How do I get PHP to send an e-mail. Is there a way to do it without recompiling PHP/Apache. If not, how do I recompile PHP/Apache on a linux system to do this? How do I get PHP to send an e-mail. Is there a way to do it without recompiling PHP/Apache. If not, how do I recompile PHP/Apache on a linux system to do this?

Ideally, I would like to find a way without recompiling my software, but if there is not other way, I can recompile the software.