The beta2 release of the Debian Installer (Netinst) was downloaded as
an ISO image from https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/.
The actual image might be found at
https://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
Boot from the CD-ROM. For the Debian install choose English
(Australian). There is no DHCP on the local network so a static
network was configured. The disk was partitioned with 19GB for / and
1GB for swap. Reboot.
Configure the time zone as Australia/ACT. Add Root and User accounts.
For apt choose CDROM. Don't do any task selection for now. No
specific exim4 options need be selected - set up as a local system.
Note that to reconfigure, run the base-config program.
The /etc/resolv.conf didn't include my usual search line so
it was added:
Install ssh
and then copy a master sources.list
file, followed by apt-get update (the CD is no longer
required) and then apt-get install wajig to get things
going:
# mv /etc/apt-get/sources.list /etc/apt-get/sources.list.orig
# scp athens:/etc/apt-get/sources.list /etc/apt-get/sources.list
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install wajig
$ wajig update
$ wajig dist-upgrade
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Now the setup begins. Install emacs21
less
most
zile.
Set up, for the user account, ssh for access to remote accounts if you
like, to avoid repeatedly typing a password:
$ mkdir .ssh
$ scp athens:.ssh/id_dsa .ssh/
$ scp athens:.ssh/authorized_keys2 .ssh/authorized_keys
$ ssh-agent bash
$ ssh-add
Enter passphrase for /home/kayon/.ssh/id_dsa:
Identity added: /home/kayon/.ssh/id_dsa (/home/kayon/.ssh/id_dsa)
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Now copy setup files from remote hosts:
$ scp athens:{.bashrc,.bash_profile} .
$ scp athens:{.emacs,.emacs-custom,.emacs-kayon} .
$ scp athens:{.xsession,.Xresources} .
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Copy the same files for root.
Use visudo to set up wajig
usage for a user.
Install grub:
$ wajig install grub
$ sudo grub-install /dev/hda
$ sudo update-grub
$ wajig remove lilo
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The configuration should be fine (finding /dev/hda3 as the
Linux boot). For convenience, add the following to
/etc/kernel-img.conf:
postinst_hook = /sbin/update-grub
postrm_hook = /sbin/update-grub
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Install kernel-image-2.4.25-1-686.
Install ntpdate
to set the system clock accurately from a
reliable server (e.g., ntp.togaware.com).
Get X Windows working with the Rage card by installing
x-window-system
gnome
gdm
gdm-themes
cinepaint
xine-ui.
I've chosen a 1280x1024 resolution for display on a Dell flat panel.
Install openoffice.org
xmms
apache
Run tasksel to install groups of packages.
Install vrms! And any other packages as appropriate.
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