Deploying Debian 5 GNU/Linux with Insight Control for Linux Version 6.0 and 6.1

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Deploying Debian 5 GNU/Linux with Insight Control for

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HP Insight Control for Linux Version 6.0 (and higher)

Contents

The Debian GNU/LINUX distribution ................................................................................................. 2

Debian mirrors ............................................................................................................................... 2

Debian distribution .......................................................................................................................... 3

Debian installation media ................................................................................................................. 3

Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................. 4

Modifying installation packages .................................................................................................... 4

Root login .................................................................................................................................. 5

Providing PSP-like support ............................................................................................................. 5

Using the HP SIM --- Insight Control for Linux plug-in to install Debian ....................................................... 5

Step 1: Add a Debian 5.0 source to your repository ......................................................................... 6

Step 2: Copy or move the Debian ISO images into the directory ......................................................... 6

Step 3: Create directories and copy ISO images .............................................................................. 6

Step 4: Download the Debian installer ............................................................................................ 7

Step 5: Download any .udeb packages needed for hardware support.................................................. 7

Step 6: Create an init script to perform pre-installation tasks ............................................................... 8

Step 7: Create auxiliary RAM disk for the kernel ............................................................................. 11

Step 8: Create a default custom OS configuration file ...................................................................... 11

Step 9: Create agentless installation association configuration script .................................................. 14

Step 10: Installing Debian5-i386 on a target system ........................................................................ 16

For more information ..................................................................................................................... 18

Summary of content (18 pages)

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Deploying Debian 5 GNU/Linux with Insight Control for Linux HP Insight Control for Linux Version 6.0 (and higher) Contents Contents The Debian GNU/LINUX distribution ................................................................................................. 2 Debian mirrors ............................................................................................................................... 2 Debian distribution.................................................................................
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The Debian GNU/LINUX distribution Debian® GNU/Linux is a collection of GNU applications compiled and distributed with the Linux® kernel. Together they are called a dist, or distribution, of the Linux operating system. Debian GNU/Linux is unique. It is among the most complex of the Linux distributions because of its flexibility in providing distributions for other hardware architectures and operating system kernels.
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Debian distribution Initially, Debian did not have an installer. You needed to use another operating system to partition and format a hard disk, copy files to it, install a boot loader, and reboot. As of version 3.0, Debian has a new installer, d-i for Debian Installer. It comes in several forms, but is essentially a kernel, an initial RAM disk image, and a program named Anna.
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total. If you cannot afford the time to download the media, purchasing physical media online is a valid alternative, which you can update using a Jigsaw download session. Another approach is to download only the ISO media images you need to get started — generally only the first ISO image for installation and then discover which ISO images are required for additional packages by using the Debian online search engine.
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Root login By default, the Gnome desktop does not allow the root user to login from the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) console. You must login as the user student with password student, then proceed to elevate your privilege level to root using the su or sudo command. If you want to enable a root login from the GDM console, choose Desktop (from the upper taskbar)→ Administration→Login Window→ Security tab. Check the box labeled Allow local system administrator login, then close the window.
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Step 1: Add a Debian 5.0 source to your repository Use the following procedure to add a Debian 5.0 source to your repository. 1. If the /opt/repository/custom directory is mounted from an NFS share, unmount it. 2. Use either BitTorrent or Jigdo to collect the three DVD ISO images for Debian 5.0. 3. Start HP SIM. 4. Select the HP SIM Options →IC-Linux→Manage Repository... menu item. 5. Select New. 6. Select Custom OS for the Item type menu item, then select Next>. 7.
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4. Copy the contents of the DVD into the DVD1 directory: # cp -ar cdrom/* DVD1 5. Unmount the first DVD: # umount cdrom 6. Mount the second DVD: # mount -o loop debian-503-i386-DVD-2.iso cdrom 7. Copy the contents of the DVD into the DVD2 directory: # cp -ar cdrom/* DVD2 8. Unmount the second DVD: # umount cdrom 9. Mount the third DVD: # mount -o loop debian-503-i386-DVD-3.iso cdrom 10. Copy the contents of the DVD into the DVD2 directory: # cp -ar cdrom/* DVD3 11.
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Directory acpi ata base block cdrom char hid ide ieee1394 input leds misc mmc net parport pcmcia scsi serial ssb thermal usb video virtio CD/DVD yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes NETBOOT yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes You must download any extra .udeb packages from the following web address: http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-i386-2.
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chapter titled “Configuring network parameters for virtual media” in the HP Insight Control for Linux User Guide. c) To install any additional .udeb packages that are absent in the netboot initrd and might be needed to support the hardware, such as SATA and CD-ROM drivers, for example. The init script, called init_script, will be contained in a special auxiliary RAM disk named iram1.gz. The procedure is: 1. Change to the Debian5-i386Boot directory: # cd /opt/repository/boot/Debian5-i386Boot 2.
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echo "d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select us" >> preseed.cfg ######################################################################### # network ######################################################################### echo "d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string" >> preseed.cfg # set the interface to use echo "d-i netcfg/choose_interface select $eth" >> preseed.cfg # fetch network preseed cfg echo "d-i preseed/url string $url" >> preseed.
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8. The Broadcomm firmware files are not included in Debian 5. Download them from the following web address: http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-nonfree_0.21.tar.gz 9. Extract the Broadcomm firmware files from the tar file. The example below assumes that you downloaded the tar file to the /root directory. This example only extracts the Broadcom firmware (for example, bnx2 and bnx2x).
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# mirror ########################################### d-i mirror/country string enter information manually d-i mirror/http/hostname string ${cms_http_ip}:${cms_http_port} d-i mirror/http/directory string /custom/${os}/DVD1/debian d-i mirror/protocol string http d-i mirror/http/proxy string d-i mirror/suite string stable # partition ########################################### d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/cciss/c0d0 #d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition selec
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#tasksel #tasksel #tasksel #tasksel tasksel/first tasksel/first tasksel/first tasksel/first multiselect multiselect multiselect multiselect standard, standard, standard, standard, file-server mail-server sql-database laptop # pkgs ########################################### d-i pkgsel/include string snmpd # xorg ########################################### xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor boolean true xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/autodetect_video_card boolean false xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/con
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KERNEL_PARAMS="append initrd=${ramdisk} nokill DEBCONF_PRIORITY=critical preseed=${config_url} xdevice=${mac} init=/init_script vga=788 --" fi echo "${KERNEL_PARAMS}" > ${kernel_params_file} 3. Save the install_config file and exit the text editor. 4. Extend executable permission to the install_config file: # chmod +x install_config 5. You might experience hangs during the installation because of bugs in the Debian network installer.
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########################################### # # Debian - remove snmpd bind to loopback only # sed -i 's/ 127.0.0.1//' /etc/default/snmpd ########################################### # # Debian - add 5 second delay to snmpd start # network isn't ready when snmpd fires # coldstart trap # sed -i '/ start)/ a\sleep 5' /etc/init.
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cat < /etc/snmp/HostGUID.sh #!/bin/sh echo .1.3.6.1.4.1.232.11.2.10.3.0 echo string echo "$HostGUID" EOF5 cat < /etc/snmp/OsName.sh #!/bin/sh echo .1.3.6.1.4.1.232.11.2.2.1.0.15 echo string echo "$osname" EOF6 chmod +x /etc/snmp/CntlrAgentLocation.sh chmod +x /etc/snmp/ProductName.sh chmod +x /etc/snmp/MibStatusArray.sh chmod +x /etc/snmp/HostGUID.sh chmod +x /etc/snmp/OsName.
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• The (numeric) IP address of the Ethernet port of the HP SIM server. Note: Sometimes the system does not obtain a valid DHCP address the first time the system is booted. In this case, reboot the system to obtain a valid DHCP address. • The MAC address of the target managed system. You can obtain the MAC address for the NIC selected for PXE boot in the BIOS screen through the iLO console, or you can get a list of possible MAC addresses from the main iLO web page.
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