NOTE: Press TAB key to move between fields during setup (not ENTER)
1. Boot from floppy
2. At boot: prompt, press ENTER
3. Language:
- Make sure English is selected, then
select OK
4. Keyboard:
- Make sure us is highlighted, then
select OK
5. Installation Method:
- Make sure NFS image is selected,
then select OK
6. Configure TCP/IP:
- Press TAB to move cursor to IP address
field
- Enter one of the IP addresses supplied
to you (eg. 142.103.235.233)
- Netmask: 255.255.255.0
- Default gateway: 142.103.235.254
- Primary nameserver: 142.103.236.1
(note: 236, not 235)
7. NFS Setup:
- NFS server name: linx3.physics.ubc.ca
- RedHat directory: /mnt/cdrom
8. When welcome screen appears, press OK to continue.
9. Installation Type:
- select Install Custom System
10. Disk Setup:
- select Disk Druid
- if there are any partitions currently
defined, delete them.
Select Add:
- Mount point:
/root
- Size (Megs):
16
- Grow to
fill disk: [ ] (not selected, no astrix)
- Type: Linux
native
- Allowable
drives: [*] hda
Select Add:
- Mount point:
(empty)
- Size (Megs):
128
- Grow to
fill disk: [ ] (not selected, no astrix)
- Type: Linux
swap
- Allowable
drives: [*] hda
Select Add:
- Mount point:
/
- Size (Megs):
1
- Grow to
fill disk: [*]
- Type: Linux
native
- Allowable
drives: [*] hda
Your current disk partitions should
look similar to the following. It may not be identical since different
computers have different hard disks.
Mount Point Device
Requested Actual Type
/
hda1 1M
1074M Linux native
hda5 128M 129M
Linux swap
/root
hda6 16M
17M Linux native
Select OK when you are ready to proceed.
Answer YES to saving changes to partition
table.
If you get a message about turning
on swap space immediately, select YES.
13. Choose partitions to format:
- make sure all the partitions are
selected and also select the Check for bad blocks during format option.
14. LILO configuration:
- make sure Use linear mode is selected,
then select OK
- install the boot loader to the Master
Boot Record (MBR)
- select OK when asked about other
partitions to boot
15. Hostname Configuration:
- enter the host name supplied to
you that corresponds to the IP address you used earlier (eg. p120-31.physics.ubc.ca)
16. Make the appropriate mouse selection. Usually the correct one will be pre-selected for you. If you select a 2-button mouse, make sure the Emulate 3 buttons is selected.
17. Time zone selection:
- Hardware clock set to GMT should
not be selected.
- scroll to US/Pacific then select
OK
18. Root Password:
- use phyZ.Xterm
19. Add user:
- do not enter anything here, just
select OK
20. Authentication Configuration:
[*] Use Shadow Passwords
[*] Enable MD5 Passwords
[ ] Enable NIS (not enabled)
21. Package Group Selection:
- select only the components listed
below, any others should be de-selected
[*] X Window System
[*] Networked Workstation
[*] Utilities
22. X Probe Results:
- if all goes well, a video card should
be found.
- make a note of the video card found
and the X server used then continue.
23. Installation will now proceed. First filesystems will
be formatted and then package
installation will begin. This is probably
a good time to get a coffee.
24. Bootdisk
- do not create a boot disk.
25. Monitor Setup:
- select your monitor from the list
(eg. NEC MultiSync 3FGe)
26. Probing Video Card:
- after the probing is finished, you
will be presented a default video mode to use. Select Use Default.
27. Starting X:
- Xconfigurator will start X to test
your configuration. Click YES when you are asked if you can see the image.
Click YES to automatically start X upon booting.
28. The main installation is now complete. Press OK to reboot after removing the disk from the floppy drive.
29. After system reboots, login as root.
30. Mount the Xterminals-RedHat filesystem from linx3:
- open an Xterm by clicking the left
mouse button on the desktop.
You may expand this window by dragging on one of the corners.
- create a mount directory, type mkdir
/Xterminals
- to mount the filesystem, type the
command:
mount linx3.physics.ubc.ca:/Xterminals
/Xterminals
- if the mount was successful, you
should just see the command line prompt reappear
31. Run the postinstall script:
- type the following commands:
cd /Xterminals
./postinstall
32. After the postinstall script finishes, reboot the
computer and enter the BIOS setup.
- make sure the boot sequence is set
to boot the hard drive first.
- make sure the BIOS Setup password
is set to "lxterm" (without the quotes).
32. After the postinstall script finishes, reboot the
computer and do a final check.
NOTES:
- the run level is set in /etc/inittab
- to boot in single user mode, at the boot: prompt type
linux -s
- network configuration (ip address, etc) are in /etc/sysconfig/network
and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
- /etc/rc.d/rc[2,3,4,5].d directories are modified so
that only the services which are absolutely necessary are started.
- installed new files:
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/hosts.[allow,deny]
- installed mathematica fonts (X, AFM) into /usr/lib/X11/fonts
and then installed new /etc/X11/fs/config which includes the new font paths.
- /etc/X11/XF86Config is modified to uncomment the lines
which disable the
<Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort
sequence and the
<Crtl><Alt><KP_+><KP_->
mode switching sequences
- Installed a new /etc/X11/prefdm file which contains
the line
exec X -quiet -query physics
so that a physics xdm login window
comes up by default.
- /etc/lilo.conf is changed to add restricted and password
lines to prevent a single user reboot without a password.
- installed openSSL (v0.9.5-1) and openSSH (v1.2.3-1)
- removed a lot of packages that aren't needed.
- "XDM: too many retransmissions". How can I resolve this
problem?
Comment out the line "DisplayManager".requestPort:
0" from file /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config, then reboot
Go to /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf and make
sure [XDMCP] is enabled (Enable=1).
last modified 11/29/2001
rap@physics.ubc.ca