LINUX Server Installation
Tutorial
GEFSOC Soil Carbon Modeling System
Mark Easter, Ting Feng, and Keith Paustian
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499
Introduction
This tutorial was put together to provide step-by-step instructions for installing
the GEFSOC LINUX computational
server.
The tutorial was assembled by photographing screen shots from an actual
LINUX Fedora installation. The quality of the photographs varies but the images
should be clear enough to read and understand the steps necessary to complete
the installation.
The user may find that there some differences due to the hardware configuration
of the system they are installing. If they do run into differences, they are
encouraged to consult their documentation and users manuals and proceed
cautiously.
Installation CDs
One potential issue you will have to resolve is to make the installation CDs.
The CDs that you received for the Fedora Installation actually contain the image
files (.ico files) for the actual
CDs that are needed. That means that you will have to use the .ico files on the
CDs to create the installation CDs needed.
Consult your CD burning software for details on how to do this. Most if not all
CD burning software has this capability.
Booting from CD
After you create your installation CDs, you will need to reboot the LINUX server
from CD #1. If the computer is not currently configured to boot from CD, then
you will need to change the BIOS settings so that it will boot from CD.
After it is configured to boot from CD, simply put CD #1 into the CD drive, and
then reboot your computer. The first screen that you should see is on the next
page.
Click
Here
To Test
Your CD
media
Click
Here
Click
Here
Click
Here and
Test all
4 CDs
Click
Here
Select
Your Language
(suggest English)
And Click Here
Click
Here
Select this
Option, then
Click
Here
Select this
Option, then
Click
Here
Select
‘Automatically
partition’ then
Click
Here
Select these
Options
Click
Here
Click
Here
Click
Here
Select this
Option
Click
Here
Click
Here
Check “Activite on Boot”
Uncheck “Configure using DHCP”
This IP address is
incorrect!
Enter 10.10.11.101
The Netmask is OK.
Then
Click
Here
Enter
“gefsoc”
here
It’s okayClick here
It’s okayClick here
Click “enable firewall”
Click all of these
Select “eth0”
Select all
Languages
That you would
Like to have
available
Click here
Select
Your
Time
Zone
Click here
Use the word
cosfeg
(all lower case!)
as the root
password
Click here
On the next page, you will have to go through
and select specific packages to install in six
categories of software:
- Desktops
- Applications
- Servers
- Development
- System
- Miscellaneous
Make SURE you don’t click on “next” until you
have gone through and selected all of the software
needed in all of the five server packages
Select these
two options
here
Then scroll
through and
select ALL
Applications
Scroll
through and
select ALL
Applications
For Servers, select
- Server Configuration Tools
- Windows File Server
- FTP Server
- SQL Database Server
- Network Server
For Development, select
- Development Tools
- Kernel Development
For System, select
- Administrative Tools
- System Tools
- Printing Support
For System, select
- Administrative Tools
- System Tools
- Printing Support
For Miscellaneous,
Don’t select anything
Click here
Click here
Click here
Click here
Click here
Click here
Click here
Select the correct
Date and Time, but
don’t select the “Enable
Network Time Protocol”
Option
Click here
Click here
Enter the following:
Username=gefsoc
Full Name=gefsoc
Password=gefsoc
Click here
Click here
Click here
Click here
Enter the Username
here (gefsoc)
and then the password
(gefsoc) to log in to
the system and begin
using LINUX.
Finish
Akidi
Terminado
Khalast
Obrigado!