Linux setup steps/Install Debian Etch 4.0

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  • Boot from Debian 4.0r0 i386 Netinst CD
  • Enter (default installation)
  • Lang: English [default]
  • Country: Australia
  • Keymap: American English [default]
  • Primary network interface: Eth0 [default]
  • "Go back" after network autodetection
  • Configure network manually
  • 192.168.0.100 as IP address, and then take the defaults for netmask, gateway, and DNS.
  • Hostname: netserver
  • Domain name: YourHostName.com
  • Partitioning method: Guided - yes entire disk [default]
  • Disk to partition: "SCSI3 (1,0,0) (sda) - 18.2 Gb MegaRAID LD 0 RAID1 17G" [default, only choice]
  • Partitioning scheme: All files in one partition [default]
  • Finish partitioning, and write changes to disk [default]
  • Yes, write changes to disk. [default]
  • City: Sydney [default]
  • Root password: standard
  • Extra Username: nickj
  • Extra Username Password: standard
  • Use a network mirror: Yes [default]
  • Australian mirror [default]
  • use: ftp.au.debian.org [default]
  • Proxy: leave blank [default]
  • Participate in package user survey: No [default]
  • Choose software to install: Web server + File server + Mail server + SQL database + Standard system
  • Continue installing libc-client without maildir support: Yes [default]
  • Workgroup name: WORKGROUP
  • Modify smb.conf to use WINS settings for DHCP: Yes
  • Install the GRUB boot loader to the master boot record: Yes [default]
  • remove CD
  • Continue [default]
  • Machine reboots
  • Check boots okay, login as root, check networking okay, check SSH running.
  • SSH into the box, and can now do remaining stuff below remotely via SSH.
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