Changes between Version 33 and Version 34 of install_debian
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- May 25, 2010, 10:35:48 AM (11 years ago)
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v33 v34 2 2 = Installing Debian = 3 3 4 Ideally - you should boot using a Debian installer that uses the serial console. If you can't - just install the normal way. 5 6 == Prepare your laptop - Screen == 7 8 * Install screen on your debian laptop: 9 {{{ 10 sudo aptitude install screen 11 }}} 12 * Connect your serial cable (or USB - serial cable) from your laptop to the server. You may want to check dmesg after plugging in the cable to see which device is being used. You should have a line along the lines of: 13 {{{ 14 usb 3-1: PL-2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 15 }}} 16 * Start screen with: 17 {{{ 18 mkdir screen-log 19 cd screen-log 20 screen -L /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 21 }}} 22 == Install Linux == 4 Come with a bootable USB stick with Debian Squeeze installed (as of 2010-05-25, all physical servers are being installed with squeeze and will be creating KVM virtual servers). 23 5 24 6 === Initial steps === 25 7 26 * Put in Daniel's Serial Console debian installer and boot (note - if you don't have a serial installer, use a normal installer and a keyboard and monitor attached to the server) 8 * Plug in monitor and keyboard 9 * Boot machine while USB stick is inserted 10 * Enter Bios/Setup. Specify that Bios should output to serial console 11 * Ensure that server skips errors like no keyboard attached 12 * Reboot and select Boot Options and choose to boot to USB stick 27 13 * [Skipping easy steps] 28 * For DNS servers, enter (in this order) [wiki:marcos.mayfirst.org], loiret, a HE server, and a verizon dns server:14 * For DNS servers, use: 29 15 {{{ 30 209.51.163.29 209.51.169.83 65.19.176.2 151.202.0.85 16 Telehouse: 209.51.163.29 209.51.169.83 17 XO: 209.234.253.168 31 18 }}} 32 19 * Manually partition the drive … … 52 39 * Choose "Congifure LVM" (selecting the device encrypted in the previous step) 53 40 * Create a volume group called `vg_`''nameofserver''`0` 54 * Create logical volumes in this volume group based on your needs. A `dom0` will only need a 1GB root partition. A "normal" server might need a 1 GB root, 3GB `/usr`, 5 GB `/var` and 512 MB swap.41 * Create logical volumes in this volume group based on your needs. Suggestions: 3GB for /, 1GB swap. 55 42 * After returning to the main disk config menu, click on each logical volume that you create and specify how it should be formatted and mounted. 56 43 * Enter root password in resource db or give to Jamie!