working on an old compaq server ..configured a double raid array and loaded ubuntu server ( duh did not know it was command line only.) Then I installed the gnome gui over it and then to Kde (kubuntu) I dont remember how i accomplished all this since I am a newbies newby.. ha... anyways I have a few questions...

1. did not use a swap partition. is this Ok???

2. Screen resolution is only 640 x 400 .... cant change it .. does could this be the

graphics card or possibly a driver problem


3. and lastly ...I thought my second array would show as a second hard drive , however

I can not see where it shows up ... I dont believe the system recognizes it

It depends on whether you plan on doing anything that might take more RAM than you actually have (a server may get lots of traffic.)
It may be. What graphics card do you have. You may also upload your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Not really experiented with RAID, though you may want to post the output of `df`.

1. Depends on what you're doing with the machine. I have 2GB of Ram and the machine never swaps. You can create a swapfile if you think you need some swap. Typically I make a swap file 2x the amount of RAM up to a maximum swap size of 512MB.

2. sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg -- If you don't know what graphics card you have, try using the VESA driver.

3. No idea, haven't played much with RAID.