Compact3 (HostingInstallHowto)

Compact 3.0 Server Install HOWTO

burn given ISO image on CD-R, and boot from it. press F3, select english press F4, select native from main menu select 'install' using arrow-keys or numpad. press enter. wait while installer is booting.

on a green screen choose your language. on a license agreement click continue. on the next screen, additional languages, just click next. leave default keymap (US English). wait until disk partitioning tool shows up.

create primary partition /boot, approx. 60-70mb. create partition / as primary, approx. 2Gb. create 2Gb swap as extended (choose filesystem -- SWAPFS, and in advanced dialog choose type linux swap). leave the rest of disk space untouched. click next. wait. wait. wait. install bootloader on MBR (/dev/hda itself). click next. installer will setup base ALT Linux system automatically, this can take up to 30 minutes. so wait. wait. wait. after basic install a green screen Enter new passsword for system administrator shows up. enter password, press next. add user u_admin with some password. press next. wait. on packages installation screen, just press next again (openssh already installed). configure interface: enter ip address, press apply. press next, enter default route, primary and secondary everydns. skip printers :) select timezone, turn OFF synchronize with time server. click next. on display properties: don't touch anything, turn off start x11 on system booting. press next. screen would blink until you'll see green window with button yes. click it. press finish.

when you'll see graphical logon screen, login as root. in xterm do: chkconfig dm off chkconfig xfs off vim /etc/openssh/sshd_config, and change: PasswordAuthentication yes, PermitRootLogin yes reboot. remove installation CD. in boot menu, press F2 and choose english, select default boot record (ALT Linux), type in boot options: 3 splash=verbose (or splash=native). press enter.

login as root. check network settings with ip addr sh; verify network connectivity, ping some host. check that openssh is running with service sshd status if possible, check from other host that root can log in over ssh. give us u_admin and root passwords.

... а затем взять здесь правильный список пакетов и путем

rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}\n" | sort -n > alt.current
apt-get remove `diff -Naur alt.clean alt.current | grep '^+' | grep -v '^+++' | cut -c 2- | grep -v kernel-image | xargs `
apt-get install man postfix util-vserver util-vserver-build kernel-image-vs26-smp

...привести систему в нормальный вид