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- Boot from installation disc created above
- Select "Normal Install" (rather than "Minimal")
- Follow your nose...
- At some point, the installation script will assess the contents of your system disk. There are several choices: automatic install (empty disk or overwrite anything that is already there); install along side whatever is already there; create your own partitions. Select this last option.
Now you will see a list of all the hard drives on the computer (typically only one). Select "New Partition Table", and then manually add partitions from the table below.
Mount point Size (GB) Notes /boot 2 / 30 /home 30 swap 24 (I selected 3x RAM, but need not be this large) /opt 40 /tmp 10 /var 10 /scswork 10 /usr/vice/cache 5 /scratch all remaining Define your local account. NOTE: this should NOT be the same as your SLAC unix account userid.
- Allow the installation to proceed. (~10 min)
- Reboot, remove the installation dvd, and log in!
- One of the first items will be the OS will want to download and install a hefty number of updates. (~10 min)
- Begin the process of installing various packages (see next section)
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dragon1@comet:~$ uname -a
Linux comet 4.18.0-21-generic #22~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 16 15:07:19 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux |
Installed software
In addition to the "Normal Installation" of ubuntu, the following packages have been installed.
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curl | sudo apt install curl | file transfer command | ||||
go-chef | curl http://yum.slac.stanford.edu/go-chef | sudo /bin/sh | This integrates a freshly installed OS into the SLAC family Note: if you need to re-install the OS, then one must first "reset" chef with the following curl yum/ungo-chef | sudo /bin/sh | ||||
chrome | https://www.google.com/chrome | Follow the download instructions for the debian/ubuntu build, which should automatically trigger the "Ubuntu Software" installer | ||||
slack | Ubuntu Software (app) | Communication | ||||
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