20 May 2019
6/14/2019 - the 'old' comet (rhel6-64) is replaced with a fresh install of ubuntu 18.04.2
These instructions assume one is running on an existing rhel6-64 machine.
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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 |
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/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.
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 |
In addition to the "Normal Installation" of ubuntu, the following packages have been installed.
Package | Date Installed | Procedure | Description | |
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curl | 6/14/2019 | sudo apt install curl | file transfer command | |
go-chef | 6/14/2019 | 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 | 6/14/2019 | https://www.google.com/chrome | Follow the download instructions for the debian/ubuntu build, which should automatically trigger the "Ubuntu Software" installer | |
slack | 6/14/2019 | Ubuntu Software (app) | Communication | |
gtop | 6/14/2019 | Ubuntu Software (app) | System monitor | |
gir* | 6/14/2019 | sudo apt-get install gir1.2-gtop-2.0 gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 gir1.2-clutter-1.0 | Dependency for 'system-monitor' shell extension (puts system performance plots in top bar) | |
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Adjustment | Purpose |
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$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay 3600 | Increase screen blanking to 1 hour |
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