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Timestamp:
Oct 23, 2010, 8:07:08 AM (13 years ago)
Author:
ezyang
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Merge Fedora 13 development back to trunk.
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    4 1. Create the LVS partitions that the Scripts guest will use.
     4We use Kickstart to to initial Fedora configuration.  Installing a new
     5vanilla machine is as easy as:
    56
    6 Our classic setup is 50GB for the main, root partition (/) and
    7 10GB for our swap.  You can consult what things look like
    8 by using `lvdisplay`.  Our naming convention is server-name-root
    9 and server-name-swap.
     7    xm create scripts-server machine_name=$MACHINE install=fXX && console $MACHINE
    108
    11 Creating new LVS partitions is done with `lvcreate`:
     9The only prompt (near the beginning of the install process) should be
     10for the root password, and at the end, when it asks you to reboot.
     11Say yes, and the machine will power down, and then restart without
     12the install parameter:
    1213
    13     # Example values:
    14     # SERVERNAME=whole-enchilada
    15     # HOSTNAME=jay-leno
    16     lvcreate -n $SERVERNAME-root $HOSTNAME --size 50.00G
    17     lvcreate -n $SERVERNAME-swap $HOSTNAME --size 10.00G
    18 
    19 2. Acquire the network installation media for Fedora.
    20 
    21 Normally, you would download an ISO and kick off an installation
    22 by burning it to a CD and booting off of that.  Since we would like
    23 to make as minimal a Fedora install as possible, we use a different
    24 method. [XXX: Why do we actually do it this way?  It seems kind
    25 of convoluted]
    26 
    27 First, we need to create an appropriate installation directory,
    28 which contains the necessary kernel images and bootstrapping code.
    29 Navigate to a Fedora mirrors website, and find the correct release
    30 from the linux/releases directory, then grab the contents of
    31 Fedora/x86_64/os/isolinux.  For example, getting the Fedora 13 installer
    32 from mirrors.mit.edu would be:
    33 
    34     mkdir ~/f13-install
    35     cd ~/f13-install
    36     wget -r -nd ftp://mirrors.mit.edu/fedora/linux/releases/13/Fedora/x86_64/os/isolinux/
    37 
    38 You can then spin up a Xen image for installation with:
    39 
    40     xm create scripts-server machine_name=$HOSTNAME install=f13
    41 
    42 Note that the -install suffix was dropped.  Get a console with `xm
    43 console`.
    44 
    45 3. Tell Fedora where to get the real installer.
    46 
    47 You will now be in a curses installer interface.  Since you are doing
    48 a network install, you will need to configure your network and specify
    49 the URL to install.  Find the static hostname that you are planning
    50 to install to and get its information with:
    51 
    52     stella $HOSTNAME
    53 
    54 Manually configure its IP, disabling IPv6 for now [XXX I don't know how
    55 to configure that].  The network mask is 16, and you can check
    56 '/etc/resolv.conf' if you don't remember what MIT's DNS servers are.
    57 
    58 It will then ask you for an installation image.  Continuing with our
    59 F13 mirrors.mit.edu, the URL will look something like:
    60 
    61     ftp://mirrors.mit.edu/fedora/linux/releases/13/Fedora/x86_64/os
    62 
    63 4. Use VNC
    64 
    65 At this point, Fedora will ask you whether or not you want to use VNC
    66 to continue the installation.  Because Scripts has an unusual disk
    67 image setup, you will want to answer yes. [XXX: Unfortunately, this puts
    68 the VNC session on MITnet, so make sure you use a good password, and
    69 we should figure out to make it not do that].  Grab your favorite
    70 VNC client and login to $HOSTNAME:1
    71 
    72 5. Installation in VNC
    73 
    74 5.1. Disks to use
    75 
    76 We don't have any exotic devices (we did that at the host level,
    77 recall), so you can use normal configuration.  The scripts-server Xen
    78 configuration will have automatically selected the LVS partitions you
    79 created in Step 1, and you want both of them.
    80 
    81 5.2. Host
    82 
    83 The default hostname is all caps: we use lower-case, so lower-case the
    84 name before proceeding.
    85 
    86 5.3. Timezone
    87 
    88 Self explanatory
    89 
    90 5.4. Root password
    91 
    92 Use Scripts root password for a real install, and fake password
    93 otherwise. [XXX: Insecure over VNC? Argh!]
    94 
    95 5.5 Formatting the disks
    96 
    97 You can find out what our existing setup looks like by consulting
    98 '/etc/fstab'.
    99 
    100 Select Custom, and select both disks for formatting.  Setup the larger
    101 disk as the boot partition.  Configure the partitions as follows:
    102 
    103     50GB
    104         Standard Partition
    105         Mount Point: /
    106         File System Type: ext3 (the default as of F13 is ext4, which
    107             cannot be mounted by the hosts and thus should not be used!)
    108         Additional Size Options: Fill to maximum allowable size (the
    109             Size parameter will not do anything in that case)
    110         Force to be primary partition
    111     10GB
    112         Standard Partition
    113         File System Type: swap
    114         Additional Size Options: Fill to maximum allowable size
    115 
    116 5.6 Bootloader
    117 
    118 Defaults are fine.
    119 
    120 5.7 Installation
    121 
    122 Do a minimal install (we will proceed to install the packages we care
    123 about), and add the normal F13 repository (testing and updates will be
    124 added when we bring in our /etc configuration).  Similarly, we will
    125 install the software we want later, so there is no need to do that now.
    126 
    127 5.8 Reboot
    128 
    129 When the install finishes, it will ask you to reboot.  This is fine, but
    130 since we created the VM image with install, upon reboot it will ask us
    131 to install again.  Let it reboot, then destroy the virtual machine.
    132 
    133     xm destroy $SERVERNAME
    134 
    135 6. New World Order
    136 
    137 Start up the VM without the install flag:
    138 
    139     xm create scripts-server machine_name=$SERVERNAME
    140 
    141 Use xm console to get a terminal, and proceed with the official install
    142 instructions.
    143 
    144     xm console $SERVERNAME
     14    xm create scripts-server machine_name=$MACHINE && console $MACHINE
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