/stuycs-install

Installation script to expedite StuyCS lab machine installs.

This install system is pretty much in beta - use at your own risk.

StuyCS Lab Install - Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

Booting into a USB install disk

  • Dell all-in-one setups: F12
  • 307 hack-jobs: DEL, Advanced Options, Move USB to top of list

Initial Installation

  1. Keyboard: do-not-detect, normal, auto, USA, whatever that gets you through this mess.
  2. Auto IP setup via DHCP may or may not succeed - regardless, select the option to do a manual IP setup the minute you see it.
  3. Host IP is: 149.89.200.1aa, where aa depends. Ask someone in 307 about it.
  4. Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
  5. Gateway: 149.89.1.24
  6. Name Server Address: same as Gateway
  7. Hostname: hotswap-aa
  8. Domain: stuy.edu

User Creation

  1. User Name: service
  2. username: service
  3. Password: ask for this
  4. Encrypt Home Directory: NO NO NO

Almost Done

  1. Time Zone: EST
  2. Writing changes to drive: Guided, use entire disk with NO LVM
  3. Select disk to partition (there should only be one)
  4. Write changes to disk: yes
  5. proxy info / package manager: http://149.89.17.91:3142
  6. auto update: NO
  7. packages: select OpenSSH with your spacebar
  8. GRUB: YES
  9. UTC: YES
  10. Reboot
  11. Login as service
  12. run the install script