The new equipment has arrived! Tuesday, February 19 was Config Day, but there's lots left to do. If you have some available time, please help set things up.
Machine names, IPs, and Status
Please update this information as you work on the machines' configuration.
| Hostname | Type | Location | IP | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| spain | Mac mini | T1045E - cubicle A | - | needs libraries |
| china | PC | T1045E - cubicle B | 142.204.133.121 | F8 + Vista installed |
| tba | PC | T1045E - cubicle C | - | optical drive not working, no s/w installed, network jack providing local access only |
| newzealand | PC | T1045E - cubicle D | - | F8 installed, network jack not working |
| tba | Mac mini | T1045H - cubicle E | - | needs XCode and libraries installed |
| ireland | PC | T1045H - cubicle F | 142.204.133.101 | F8 installed, peterevanoff did debug build in 3:50! |
Equipment
- Four PCs - quad-core, 4GB RAM, 500GB disk, dual 22" displays on each
- Two Mac Minis - dual-core, 2GB RAM, 120GB disk + external drive, 24" displays
Goals
PC Partitioning
Drives are ~500 GB:
- Partition 1: 150 GB NTFS containing XP SP2
- Partition 2: 100 GB NTFS containing Vista
- Partition 3: 100 MB Linux boot partition
- Partition 4: Extended partition
- Partitions 5-9: 50 GB Linux LVM PVs (last one will be smaller)
Linux LVM PV layout:
- 50 GB / filesystem (ext3)
- 80 GB /home filesystem (ext3)
- 50 GB /var filesystem
Software to be installed
(Remember, other tools can be added later!)
Security
- Please disable remote root/admin login on all operating systems.
Accounts
- Please create an account for yourself and use it for all development work on these machines.
Resources
- Reinstalling GRUB (needed to restore access to Linux when Windows is installed after Linux): http://dailypackage.fedorabook.com/index.php?/archives/161-System-Recovery-Week-Dealing-with-Disk-Images.html
