Setting up TCS3 Computer Systems: WinXP & RedHat (fedora F0.94 beta)
Date: 2003/06

1. General Info

   Setup our 3 TCS computer:

   Partitions:

      /dev/hda1 - WinXP    10 GB
      /dev/hda5 - swap      1 GB
      /dev/hda6 - /        10 GB  - default boot partition (ext3)
      /dev/hda7 - /r1      10 GB  - aux boot partition (ext3)
      /dev/hda8 - /aux    ~50 GB  - Rest of disk. (ext3)

   IP:
      128.171.168.252   t1
      128.171.168.253   t2
      128.171.168.254   t1hilo

2. Install WinXP

   Install XP on 10 GB partition.
   Admin Stuff: User accounts(tcs3), Network config,
   Apply all windows updates, and drivers installs.
   Install SSH, make samba work.
   Install mcafee virus scanner & scan.

3. Install the RetHat

   Use CD slackware to create/set partitions for Linux.

   Tried installing RedHat 9, but did not recondize the
   ethernet or work with the video card. Downloaded and installed
   severn F0.94 (redhat beta). This works.

   Ethernet still did not work. IRQ 0 was being assigned to
   some devices. Set bios to assume non-PNP OS to get IRQ assigned.
    BIOS -> BOOT -> Plug&Play OS -> NO

4. general admin setup/fixed:

   /etc/passwd - make accounts: to, tcs3
   /etc/resolv.conf - fix. Add domain
   /etc/ntp.conf - fix. Setup to slave of duke. For T1 use irtfgps1. (redhat-config-services)
   Use device name rather that labels -> /etc/fstab, /etc/boot/menu.lst

   Enable NIS and limit tables to hosts, netgroups. (redhat-config-authentication)

   mounting points for /duke, /htdocs, irtf.backup
   /home/tcs3 should link to /duke/home/project/tcs3.

5. Updates:
    - since we are using a beta release - no update mechanism is in place.


6. Need to add POSIX messages queues (mqueue) to the kernel:
   Reference link: http://www.mat.uni.torun.pl/~wrona/posix_ipc/index.htm

   6.1 Apply mqueue patch:

   Patches downloaded to /home/tcs3/src/stuff/mqueues.
   Used mqueues-3.52.tgz -> It was for 2.4.21, but worked for this version
   of the redhat kernel (2.4.22).

   # cd mqueues-3.52/kernel
   # patch -p1 -d /usr/src/linux-2.4.22 < mqueue-2.4.21.patch

    <The 2.4.21 patch worked for the redhat 2.4.22 kernel.
     Needed to edit wq_add() in ipc/mqueue.c. task->nice
     changed to task->static_prio. RedHat doesn't uses modified
     2.4.22 kernel, but this seem fix makes the patched kernel work.
     Compaired 2.4.xx to 2.6.xx patch to see .nice changed to .static_prio.  >


   6.2 Compile and run new kernel.

   make clean
   make mrproper
   make oldconfig -> to generate a config based on the running kernel
   make dep
   make bzImage
   make modules
   make modules_install
   make install

   6.3 Installed user portion of mqueue per INSTALL.

      Also mounting of mqueue fs to fstab.

7. Software & Misc setup for TCS3

   compile and install slalib: 
      cd src/slalib
      make realclean; make; make install
   compile and install eslalib: 
      cd src/libesla/current
      make realclean; make; make install

   Accounts:
      to - home on local disk. (future TO account).
      tcs3 - tcs development account.

   XDMCP is temporary enabled (for hilo use only). run gdmsetup
   
   Modified /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm to get backspace key to work in xterms:
      Delete line 151:  <Key>Delete:    string(0x1b) string("[3~")  \n\