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Remove CDROM and reboot. | Remove CDROM and reboot. | ||
== Add extra repository == | |||
Add the repository for webmin, see http://www.webmin.com/ | |||
== Install updates == | == Install updates == | ||
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apt-get upgrade | apt-get upgrade | ||
apt-get dist-upgrade | apt-get dist-upgrade | ||
== Install extra packages == | == Install extra packages == | ||
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* privoxy ''web advertising blocker'' | * privoxy ''web advertising blocker'' | ||
* postfix ''mail handler; added but you will need to reconfigure'' | * postfix ''mail handler; added but you will need to reconfigure'' | ||
== Copy everything to the EVMS volume == | |||
I've done this while the system is running but it's better to do it with a rescue cd so that files are not changing while copying takes place. | |||
# Boot from System Rescue CDROM | |||
# Mount partitions | |||
# Perform copy; cp -a | |||
# Edit grub configuration to point at /dev/hda2 | |||
# Edit /etc/fstab to point at /dev/evms/root and /dev/evms/swap | |||
# Reboot | |||
Revision as of 05:00, 25 July 2007
Connect hard drive to desktop system
In my case, the system is 8track. I use a ribbon cable and a 44pin laptop to 40 pin desktop IDE adapter. The drive is one of the 30 GB Toshiba 2.5" 4200rpm drives that came in the system when I got it.
Set up virtual machine
I create a VMware workstation virtual machine using the hard drive on /dev/hda and the cdrom connected to an ISO rescue image called "System Rescue CD".
Boot from the System Rescue CD
Use evmns to partition the hard drive and create filesystems. Create two volumes, the first is swap (500MB) the second is /root (3GB).
Putting swap first means that the second partition can easily be expanded to fill all available space. Make a reiser filesystem on /dev/evms/root and a swap filesystem on /dev/evms/swap.
Install Ubuntu
Boot from the Ubuntu Server install cd, use the "manual" option for partitioning, tell it to install Ubuntu into the third partition. Tell it to install LAMP (Apache + MySQL + PHP)
Remove CDROM and reboot.
Add extra repository
Add the repository for webmin, see http://www.webmin.com/
Install updates
apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade
Install extra packages
- evms evmsn evmsgui evms-bootdebug support for RAID
- emacs-nox
- webmin web-based system management utility
- oclock to test X11 connections, and for fun, run with "oclock -transparent &"
- synaptic X11 GUI package manager
- xauth to allow connecting to X11 applications such as synaptic
- mgetty mgetty-fax added to support incoming calls on modem line and faxing
- shorewall to manage the firewall; shorewall is supported in webmin
- nfs-kernel-server so I can share files with other Linux boxes
- cupsys-client added to allow webmin to do printer management
- privoxy web advertising blocker
- postfix mail handler; added but you will need to reconfigure
Copy everything to the EVMS volume
I've done this while the system is running but it's better to do it with a rescue cd so that files are not changing while copying takes place.
- Boot from System Rescue CDROM
- Mount partitions
- Perform copy; cp -a
- Edit grub configuration to point at /dev/hda2
- Edit /etc/fstab to point at /dev/evms/root and /dev/evms/swap
- Reboot
