Installing SuSe Linux on node1 of loihi

This page is development of Neil's page on installing SuSe linux.

Steps for installing SuSe

BIOS

The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) initialises the screen and keyboard and test the main memory. Up until this point the boot process is the same on all computers regardless of the installed system.

1. Turn machine off and on, and press "F1" and "Delete" key to bring up the BIOS
   1. -> Boot -> First Boot Device: CDROM option
   (N.B. Will need to make sure the first boot option is HDD (Hard disk) after SuSe has been installed from the CDs).
2. -> Exit, ->Y

The Master Boot Record (the 1st 512 bytes of data sector) is written and determine the sequence of commands.

Core installation settings

1. Insert CD 1 (or DVD 1)
2. -> I Agree
3. -> Installation
4. -> I Agree
5. -> English (UK), -> Accept
6. -> New Installation, -> OK

Installation settings

1. -> Partitioning
   1. -> Create custom partition setup, -> Next
   2. -> Custom partitioning - for experts, -> Next
   3. (This time we stayed with the existing partition and formatted /dev/hda but not /dev/hdb).The partitions are
      1. /dev/hda, Primary, /root, 2GB
      2. /dev/hda, Primary, swap, 6GB
      3. /dev/hda, Primary, /var, 4GB
      4. /dev/hda, Extended
         1. /dev/hda, /usr, 8GB
         2. /dev/hda, /tmp, 6GB
         3. /dev/hda, /export/loihi/disk1/ (rest of /dev/hda, 11.2GB)
         4. /dev/hdb, /export/loihi/disk2/ (all of /dev/hdb, 111.7GB)
   4. -> Finish
2. -> Software
1. -> Standard system with GNOME
2. -> Detailed selection..., add
   1. Multimedea
   2. Network/Server
   3. C/C++ Compiler and Tools
   4. -> Selections -> Search, and use search to add
      1. rsh-server
      2. telnet-server
      3. xpp
      4. netdate
      5. xorg-x11-devel (according to Sheila, so I hope I've put in the right place)
      6. pdksh (it's seems to be on DVD, but not CD)
3. -> Accept, -> Continue
3. -> Accept, -> I Agree, -> Install
4. -> Installation

Loading CDs and entering password

1. Insert the other 4 CDs in order (you'll be asked for them when they're needed)
2. Enter password for machine

Network Configuration

1. -> Firewall is enabled (click so that it reads Firewall is disabled)
2. -> Network Interfaces -> Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller (eth-id-00:30:48:42:9f:8e), -> Configure
   1. Static Address Setup: 134.225.10[0-3].*** (for loihi *** is 112)
   2. Subnet Mask: 255.255.252.0 (CIDR is /22)
   3. -> Host Name and Name Server
      1. Host Name: loihi (obviously different for another machine)
      2. Domain Name: reading.ac.uk
      3. uncheck box for `Change Host Name via DHCP'
      4. Name Server 1: 134.225.32.11 (vids1.rdg.ac.uk)
      5. Name Server 2: 134.225.32.12 (vids2.rdg.ac.uk)
      6. uncheck box for `Update Name Servers and Search List via DHCP'
      7. -> OK
   4. Routing -> Default Gateway:134.225.100.254 (gw-100.dist-lnk.rdg.ac.uk), -> OK
   5. -> Next
3. -> Finish
4. -> No, Skip This Test, -> Next
5. Authentification method: NIS, -> Next
1. NIS domain: ypmet
2. Address for NIS servers: 134.225.100.218 (methome.rdg.ac.uk)
3. -> Next
4. -> Start Automounter
6. -> Next (Release notes)
7. -> Next (Hardware configuration - use following configuration)
8. -> Finish (installation completed)

YaST stuff

1. Login in as root
2. -> Desktop -> YaST -> Network Services
   1. -> NIS Client -> Start Automounter, -> Finish
   2. -> NFS Server -> Start NFS Server -> Next
      1. -> Finish
      (for other machines you'll probably need to share some disks and set Hosts wildcard as @met_all and options as rw).
   3. -> Network Services -> xinetd, Check the enable box, then enable the following;
      1. exec
      2. login
      3. shell
      telnet (in.telnetd version)
      -> Finish
   4. Security and Users ->Firewall
      1. Booting : Select start firewall Manually
      2. -> Stop Firewall Now.
3. Logout
4. Turn machine off and on and make sure you press "F1" and "Delete" to bring up BIOS before machine tries to boot of CD again (we've already done that).
   1. -> Boot -> First Boot Device: HDD

Installing the Korn-Shell

1. Login in
2. ->Applications -> Internet -> Web Browser -> Firefox -> http://rpm.pbone.net/ and find ftp site for SuSe 9.X 32-bit version of pdksh (Korn Shell), or go to ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/9.3/suse/i586/pdksh-5.2.14-786.i586.rpm.
1. pftp to site and get pdksh file
3. Install the korn-shell:

   demo$ rpm -i pdksh...
     

Metadmin stuff

1. Create link in /opt to the metadmin stuff:

   demo$ ln -s /home/opt-user/metadmin /opt
     

2. Run the script that sorts out stuff, i.e. I don't know what it does:

   demo$ /opt/metadmin/scripts/config/manual_sync
     

3. Turn xntp (time thing) on, and start it:

   demo$ chkconfig xntpd on
   demo$ /etc/init.d/xntpd start
     

   (I'm not convinced this is working - andro still has the wrong time)
4. For SuSe 9.2 (and 9.3) our version of emacs held in /opt needs a newer libXaw3d.so, which means it doesn't work. to fix, just link the one in /usr/X11R6/lib to the new name:

   demo$ cd /usr/X11R6/lib
   demo$ ln -s libXaw3d.so.8 libXaw3d.so.7