x2gen017v1.TIB NOTES

• Location: \\asimov.cscf.uwaterloo.ca\IMAGES\core (being created)
• Created March 2012
• Using Acronis Disk Backup and Recovery 10, NOT version 11 and NOT ghost
• 64-bit Windows 7 Enterprise (IST) / 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
• Passwords: Fall 2011

System Requirements

• must have 64-bit support in the CPU, including PAE (Physical Address Extension)
• RAM: 1GB+ (2 or more recommended)
• recommended dual-core +

Partitioning Scheme, Main hard drive (based on 600gig hd)

• 100meg MS system Partition
• C Drive: 250gig, NTFS
• D drive: 50gig, NTFS
• sda5: 250gig, ext4
• sda6: 16gig, swap (2 x ram)

Partitioning Scheme, Second hard drive

• not formatted

Boot Loader

• MS boot loader to choose Win7 or Ubuntu
• If you choose Ubuntu, GRUB 2 is initiated, GRUB2 is installed on linux main partition.

Windows Driver Search redirection (magore)

• Create a driver directory called c:\drivers and put all your drivers there
• Modify the registry key

• Create sub folders under c:\drivers for the different supported motherboards: M3A78, M4A89GTD, M5A88-VEVO, M5A97

Installed Windows 7 Apps

• MS boot loader
• EasyBCD 2.1.2
• Office 10 (IST)x64
• Open Office 3.3.0
• Symantec Antivirus (IST)
• MS Home Security Essentials
• Thunderbird 10.02
• Firefox 10.02
• SSH (UW LICENSE FILE)
• XMING 7.5.0.34
• 7-Zip x64bit 9.2
• Ghostgum/ghostscript x64bit 9.05/5.0
• Adobe Reader X, Flash, Shockwave
• Leno Thinkvantage system update
• Sun Java
• MS Live
• VLC v2.0.0
• GIMP v2.6.12
• Smartmontools 5.42-1
• Matlab x64 2010A
• Areca 7.2.5 x32
• Printers setup using cups
• Remote Desktop enabled on master image

Installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

• GRUB 2 installed on /, not in MBR. Use manual partition creation to redirect GRUB installation to /
• host name fully qualified in /etc/hosts & /etc/hostname files
• domain search fix

/etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf

must contain the line

option domain-search code 119 = string;

The line should be adjacent to the other option specifications in the file.

• apps as per https://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/view/CF/UbuntuImageCreation via Mike Gore's script found on asimov/images/ubuntu-scripts

Problems found

• MG - problems with Intel drivers - Mike to fill in details
• PB - noticed that there is a guest account activated - needs to be de-activated
  • DB - To de- activate add "allow-guest=false" to the end of /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
• DB - Gordon noticed that there is no option for a user not listed to login (maybe that is what we want, makes deployment of AD machines difficult though)
  • Add the following line to /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

greeter-show-manual-login=true

• DB - GRUB Update breaks boot
  • During GRUB's update process a debconf wizard appears, answer as follows: Select "show differences side by side -> Forward -> Forward -> Check the box (Continue without installing) -> Forward
  • After GRUB updates the following command may need to be run: sudo grub-install -f /dev/sda5 (currently I do not know of a way of telling if it actually does, If you are feeling adventurous try not running it, if not I would advise running it anyway (just to be safe)) NOTE: Make sure that / is on /dev/sda5 (try df to check) if not, change accordingly
  • If already rebooted, run the following at the GRUB boot prompt ( grub> )

root=(hd0,4)
kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic root=/dev/sda5
initrd=/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic
boot

• • Then run sudo grub-install -f /dev/sda5 and reboot
• DB - Hostname is not fully qualified in /etc/hostname (only the machine name is there) same with /etc/hosts

Requests for additions / changes

• Backup feature still needs to be added (Lucky Backup? Areca?)
• SNMP query for both OSes?
• default to include Menus in Unity
• MikTeX, Matlab?, Maple?
• Asus Zenbook Drivers (Located in \\asimov.uwaterloo.ca\images\core\asus_zenbook-drivers) I believe they are all there - dkbellin