Notes Linux Install

Notes Linux Install

Partitions
Update / Packages
Setup Network (see NotesNetworking)
Bug Fixing
Initial Runlevel setting



Partitions
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/boot    100MB    Force to be primary partition
/swap    2xRam or between 190MB and 2GB
/
/home
/usr
/var
/tmp
/opt


Update / Packages
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use
   up2date; or
   yum
To check packages from initial installation, see:
   /root/anaconda-ks.cfg
Sites:
   http://redhat.download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/core/5/i386/os/
   ftp.software.umn.edu/pub/linux/fedora/core/5/i386/os/
   ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/redhat/fedora/4/i386/os/Fedora/  
List of many sites from Fedora webpage
   http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-5
List of Repo stuff
  fedora-core
  fedora-development.repo
  fedora-extras.repo
  fedora-updates.repo
  fedora-extras-development.repo
  fedora-legacy.repo
  fedora-updates-testing.repo
Setup Yum configuration
  Type proxy in yum.conf or in yum.repos.d/fedora*.repo files:
       proxy=http://proxy.chem.usyd.edu.au:8080
  Edit the baseurl to get stuff from in yum.repos.d/fedora*.repo, add:
       baseurl=http://
       baseurl=ftp://
   ... DO NOT SPECIFY more than 1 baseurl
  Edit the mirrorlist (which contain a list of baseurl) in
  yum.repos.d/fedora*.repo. This  can be  used  instead of the baseurl option.
       mirrorlist=http://
       mirrorlist=ftp://
       eg.mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc$releasever
       eg.http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-5
  Success::working by
  - using default baseurl;
  - commenting out mirrorlist;
  - using proxy
Alternative
       -Rsync fedora download site onto local directory,
          then configure yum to look
        
at local directory for repositories
     
        


Checklist
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Network config:
   ping, ssh  
Firewall


Bug Fixing
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VESA(0): No matching modes

Initial Runlevel setting
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Modify the file /etc/inittab
- change value to 5 to start X11 login automatically
- change value to 3 to start command line login automatically
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