Instructions for installing a Fedora Core 5 CONTROL server

Boot from the Fedora Core 5 install disk:

At the boot screen, type

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Choose Language Selection (English), Keyboard selection (US), and Mouse selection (generic 2 button) as appropriate.

Select "Create custom layout" and use Disk Druid to create the following partitions:

• / (root) 4-8 Gig depending on size of drive, formatted as EXT3.

• swap 1-2 Gig depending on size of system memory.

• /u with rest of available space, formatted as EXT3.

Setting up software RAID:

• NOT to be used for / (root) partition. May result in kernel and raid drivers being locked in a cyclic dependency.
• Create a partition for / on the first drive (sda)
• Create a corresponding partition on the other drive(s)
• Create a SWAP partition on each drive such that they are of EQUAL size and position
• Create the Software RAID partitions on each of the drives. Be sure that they are all of equal size and are at the same location.
• Use the RAID to create /u

Boot Loader setup:

Enable Grub, on first sector of boot partition. There is no need for additional boot parameters.

Network configuration:

This will be dependant on the machine's connection to the internet. if DHCP is available, select that option, otherwise configure a static IP address, Netmask, gateway, and nameserver. For example:

• Do not Configure using DHCP
• IP address: 192.168.1.85
• Netmask: 255.255.255.0
• Gateway: 192.168.1.1
• Nameserver: 192.168.1.1

This can be changed after installation by logging in as root and running "netconfig". Where this machine is on an internal network, you should ensure that SSH (port 22) is forwarded to it from the router to allow Creative Computing to access the machine remotely.

Hostname configuration:

This should be a shortened version of the company name for a head office server (6-12 characters, no spaces or dots), or a similarly shortened location name for a store server.

Firewall configuration:

No Firewall. The default firewall is very basic and we have a more advanced version we can install if necessary.

Language configuration:

Language support should enable English(Australia) and ensure that the default language is set appropriately.

TimeZone selection:

Select "Hardware Clock is GMT" to ensure correct operation across daylight savings changes. Select the appropriate timezone for the server location (e.g. Australia/Sydney)

User configuration:

Just set the root password. There is no need to create additional users at this point. Accept the defaults for the Authentication settings.

Package selection:

Choose "Customise Software Selection"

Packages to be installed:

Ensure only the following packages are selected...

• Administration Tools
• Editors
• Mail Server
• Network Servers
• Postgresql Database
• Printing Support
• Server Configuration Tools
• Text-based Internet
• Windows File Server
• Xwindows System

If this machine is to be used as a general desktop environment, additionally select the following... * GNOME Desktop Environment

• Graphical Internet
• Office/Productivity

Linux will now install...

This may take some time.

After installation is complete:

There will be several further prompts about hardware configuration. The defaults should be fine, but we recommend setting the display resolution for X to 1024x768.

The system will now reboot.

Further OS configuration after reboot:

Log in as root and create the following group

# groupadd -g 3232 control

Create user ccc (The Creative Computing support account)

# adduser ccc -g 3232
# passwd ccc

The default ccc password should be "support".

Create the base control directories...

# mkdir /u/cc
# mkdir /u/cc/usr
# mkdir /u/cc/lib
# chown -R ccc:control /u

Edit /etc/default/useradd such that the following variables are set and that rest can remain the same.

GROUP=3232
HOME=/u/cc/usr

Libraries:

Create an /etc/ld.so.conf.d/control.conf that contains the following line:

/u/cc/lib

Then execute:

# ldconfig

SELinux:

SELinux has been known to cause problems with various aditional services required by CONTROL. To turn it off, change /etc/selinux/config to read

SELINUX=disabled

The changes will not take effect until the machine reboots.

REBOOT.

The server should now be ready to install CONTROL programs and set up the user environment.