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Debian quick installation tips

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lsb_release -a

Network configuration files

One can config the network interfaces by editing the file /etc/network/interfaces. here's a sample file:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo eth1 eth2 eth1:0
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth1
iface eth1 inet static
		address 1.2.3.4
		netmask 255.255.255.0
		network 1.2.3.0
		broadcast 1.2.3.255
		gateway 1.2.3.254
		dns-nameservers 1.2.3.1
		dns-search mydomain.com
		up route add -net 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 1.2.3.253
				down route del -net 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 1.2.3.253

iface eth1:0
		address  1.2.3.5
		netmask 255.255.248.0
iface eth2 inet static
		address 192.168.33.137
		netmask 255.255.248.0

After editing the file, bring up the interface with the standard command ifup -a

hostname

edit /etc/hostname

NIC bonding

aptitude install ifenslave

Next, add these to /etc/modules.d/alias

alias bond0 bonding
options bonding mode=6 miimon=100

Then configure the interface via /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo bond0 eth0 eth1

# bonded interface
iface bond0 inet static
		   slaves eth0 eth1
		pre-up modprobe bond0
		address 192.168.18.13
		netmask 255.255.255.0
		network 192.168.18.0
		broadcast 192.168.18.255
		gateway 192.168.18.1
		dns-nameservers 1.2.3.4
		dns-search domain.tld
		up ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1
		down ifenslave -d bond0 eth0 eth1

iface bond0:0 inet static
		address 192.168.18.11
		netmask 255.255.255.255

# these prevents networkmanager from messing with you		
iface eth0 inet manual
iface eth1 inet manual

Network updates

On can update the Debian packages using apt-get. Before using it, one must first supply the server to retrieve updates. Edit the file /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://smarden.org/pape/Debian/ sarge unofficial
deb-src http://smarden.org/pape/Debian/ sarge unofficial

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free

To get a closer mirror, find one from http://www.debian.org/mirror/mirrors_full

Then run

     aptitude update

     aptitude dist-upgrade

Then you can use apt-get as usual. For example, apt-get install openssh-server

Debian dist upgrade

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html

	 # apt-get upgrade
	 # apt-get dist-upgrade
	 # apt-get update
	 # apt-get -t stable upgrade
	 # apt-get -t stable dist-upgrade

Debian rc update

update-rc.d -f gdm remove
update-rc.d atftpd defaults
invoke-rc.d dhcp3-server restart

Debian and hpacucli

aptitude install libstdc++6-dev libstdc++2.10-dev

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