Linux Installation Procedure
Get RHEL4 CDs from Paul Letta.
Connect terminal, keyboard and mouse.
Boot from CD1. Follow instructions. When asked, choose following options:
- Choose 'Manually partition with Disk Druid', set /boot to 100MB, then /, then swap to double memory size.
- Network: choose manually, type clonpc2.jlab.org; click 'EDIT', deactivate 'Configure using DHCP',
type IP address and netmask (255.255.255.0), click Ok. Type Gateway (for example 129.57.167.99) and 3 DNS servers (129.57.167.5,129.57.167.14,129.57.32.100).
- Choose 'No firewall'
- Choose 'Customize software packages to be installed', click 'Everything'.
You will be asked to install CD2, CD3 and CD4, then CD1 again. Then you will be asked to click 'Reboot'. First remove CD, then click 'Reboot'. You will be asked few more questions. When asked to activate service, choose 'Tell me why I need to register ..' and click 'Next'. Choose 'I can not complete registration ..' and click 'Next'. You will see 'System user' screen, click 'Use network login..'. Choose 'Enable NIS support' and click 'Configure NIS'. Type NIS Domain: 'CCCHP' and NIS Server: clon00.jlab.org. Finish installation process.
From now on you can use remote 'ssh' connection.
- Ask Paul Letta to subscribe to RedHat sattelite service. After it is done, standard Linux is installed. Paul will normally run 'up2date' to get recent RHEL4 but you can repeat it
as 'root' to make sure and then reboot machine.
- Proceed with Linux Customization on CLON Cluster if applicable.