CS 241 Assignment #8

Most students completed this guided exercise in class
   on March 22, 2007 (class #7)

   this assignment must be done in class!

Notices:
   when you are working with VMware Player and
    click X to close it,
     you will find it actually spends a minute
      to save your current virtual machine
       so it can be resumed where you left off.
        Don't interrupt this save process.

There are 2 ways to exit from the VMware player
   If the click X in the upper right,
    it will save your status so you can resume from where you left off
     next time.
   

step: copy your vm (virtual machine) directory
   Your dir should be named CS241-xxx
     where xxx is your 3 char login
      the backup dir should be called: Copy of cs241-xxx

    Note: VMware makes it very easy to backup
     and do disaster recovery.
      
step: start your VMware player
   and select the Other.vmx from cs241-xxx dir
    NOT from the copy of the dir

step: set your IP, mask, gateway, etc.
   refer to the sheet for your station!!!
    set the correct system name (per the sheet)

    dbl check that you have set the correct DNS servers.
     The ones on the sheet are wrong.
     Here are the correct ones:
        10.195.1.4
        10.195.1.5
  
step: set timezone to pacific
   turn off UTC

step: root password
   each station is different!
    enter the one for your station from your sheet !!!

step: choose your packages
   Don't click "Fedora Extras" as this causes a fatal error.
   [ ] office and productivity
   [ ] sw devel
   [X] web server

   [ ] fedora extras  (NO CHECKMARK!)

   [X] customize now

step: 
   desktop environments
         select both gnome and kde
   applications
      select ONLY the following:
         editors
         games (all 4) 
         graphical internet
   development
      select none of them
   servers
      select all EXCEPT
         news server
         network servers
         postgreSQL
      under legacy network server
         turn on telnet
      base system
         leave the defaults except
             turn off dial up networking
             turn off java
      languages
         leave all off
 
start installing from redhat fedora CD #1
 which we connected last week via editing the vmplayer config file.

   screen will go black
    move the mouse so you can see what is happening
     as files are installed.

Once it asks for CD #2,
 click the X in the upper right and let it save the vm status.
  use notepad to edit Other.vmx in your cs241-xxx directory
   find this line
ide1:0.fileName = "u:\Moritsugu_Steven\fc6-1.iso"
   change it to the 2nd cd like this:
ide1:0.fileName = "u:\Moritsugu_Steven\fc6-2.iso"
    save and exit from notepad.

restart vmware player
 it should restore the last screen
  click inside the screen somewhere
   so now you are interacting with vmware player
    then click OK to tell linux the 2nd cd is ready to read.
     let it install packages from the 2nd cd.

when it asks for CD #3,
 raise your hand to signal the instructor
  I will mark your credit on my gradesheet.
    click the X in the upper right
     to save your current state
      so you can resume next time.