Instructions for Installing an Admin PC.
NB. November 2004
These instructions are for use with John's installation image cds and are
about to become obsolete when the new managed desktop goes into production.
Partition the Disk
USB mouse: when using the drive image and partition magic programs move
the mouse very slowly, or it'll go mad.
You will need 4 floppies and 4 cds -- Partition Magic and Drive Image.
To start boot from partition magic (2 disks - you'll be prompted for the
second) and create the following partitions:
47Mb hidden FAT
14998.6Mb active FAT32 (as close as you can get to 15Gb with these
sector sizes)
anything else you want - some data drive perhaps?
Label them DELLUTILITY, SYSTEM and DATA (and on some
machines OTHER) if you want consistency.
Then boot from drive image floppies and insert the dellutility cd. This
has boot information and some very useful diag tools.
Chose to restore an image - the only one on the cd - to the 47Mb hidden
drive
Then the same for the first one of the main system (cd labelled Admin
1/3), you'll be prompted for the cds in order.
N.B. these dos based programs aren't perfect - you sometimes just have
to retry (about 1 in 10 or so - so you can live with it).
If you want to change something after you have installed the image,
Right Click on My Computer -> Manage -> Disk Management
In Tools -> Folder Management, you can hide/unhide folders.
reboot!
Configuration
Choose a name. Cobra, Adder, Viper, Asp, Anaconda, Python, Rattle, Boa,
Garter, Copperhead, Diamondback and Lyre.
These need to be done as Administrator.
Networking.
At KB
Allocate an IP Address on wire U. There needs to be an entry in dns/inf and
dns/dcs. The dns/dcs entry needs the long name version with a . at the end.
This is important.
At AT
Allocate an IP Address.
Wait until the host command returns the IP Address.
Create a lcfg file. Use cobra as a template.
The ether address can be found
by Network Connections -> Properties -> LAN -> Status -> Support -> Details.
Or in the run window type "cmd.exe" to get a window and then run
"ipconfig /all"
Change the name on the pc. Control Panel -> System
TCP/IP Network Connections -> Properties -> TCP/IP Properties choose automatic
for IP and DNS.
Update Drivers on GX270s.
The image is getting a bit long in the tooth and needs some video drivers upgraded
in the new 270s.
Run Windows Update.
Printers.
A list of available printers can be found by using the
printers command.
All printers need to be manually added.
Add New -> local printer -> LPR port
Server names are:-
printjcmb.inf.ed.ac.uk
printjcmb2.inf.ed.ac.uk
printat.inf.ed.ac.uk
printfh.inf.ed.ac.uk
printbp.inf.ed.ac.uk
On each printer the paper size needs to be A4.
Virus Software.
Configure using Programs -> Utilities -> Network Associates -> VirusScan Console
Set AutoUpgrade to run using instructions from
EUCS.
Set the time schedule to be weekly at 1800 on Thursdays.
Java Update
In order to use EBIS. Download available
here.
Install Acrobat v6.
These need to be done as User.
Create Access to Dice and the Database.
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Create shortcut for Exceed in startup programs.
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Create a shortcut on the desktop for Putty.
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On eejit as root run "smbpasswd -a user" to add password.
Mount homedir. \\smb.inf.ed.ac.uk\homes
There are various other shared areas.
Mount ito shared area \\smb.inf.ed.ac.uk\itoadmin
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Set up browser and mail. Make sure profiles are saved to home directory.
HTML publishing using v7 Netscape.
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Edit Preferences -> Composer
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Tick - Retain original source program.
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Tick - Always Show.
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Untick - Save Images.
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File -> Edit Page ->
Publishing address http://publish.informatics.ed.ac.uk
For Information.
For admin staff who access Wizard.
They will need to use IE as Netscape 7 and Mozilla are not supported by MIS
and don't work.
