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**** Dynamically expanding storage | **** Dynamically expanding storage | ||
**** Location: /data/virtualbox/Centos.vdi | **** Location: /data/virtualbox/Centos.vdi | ||
**** Size: | **** Size: 40.0 GB | ||
* Further settings | * Further settings | ||
** Video: Enable 3D acceleration | ** Video: Enable 3D acceleration | ||
** CD/DVD-ROM: Mount [http://ftp.swin.edu.au/centos/5.3/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso Centos 5.3 DVD iso] | ** CD/DVD-ROM: Mount [http://ftp.swin.edu.au/centos/5.3/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso Centos 5.3 DVD iso] | ||
== Installing Centos == | |||
* Start VM | * Start VM | ||
* Press Enter at Centos installation screen | * Press Enter at Centos installation screen | ||
* | * Skip media check | ||
* Ignore colour mode message | |||
* Centos Installation screen (GUI) | |||
** Language: English | |||
** US English | |||
** Click OK to erase all data on device hda | |||
*** Hard disk | |||
** Create custom layout | |||
** hda 40955MB VBOX HARDDISK | |||
** Partitioning | |||
*** /boot, ext3, 100MB, Fixed size, Force to be a primary partition | |||
*** /, ext3, 18000MB, Fixed size, Force to be a primary partition | |||
*** /usr, ext3, 18000MB, Fixed size, Force to be a primary partition | |||
*** swap, 2048MB, Fixed size | |||
*** /data, ext3, Fill to maximum allowable size | |||
** The Grub boot loader will be installed on /dev/hda | |||
*** Default: CentOS /dev/hda2 | |||
** Network | |||
*** Active on boot, eth0, DHCP, Auto | |||
** Hostname: | |||
*** Automatically via DHCP | |||
** Time | |||
*** Australia/Brisbane time | |||
*** System clock uses UTC | |||
** Root password | |||
*** <code><standard workstation password></code> | |||
Revision as of 06:28, 22 April 2009
How to make a Centos Workstation (VM/Real Machine)
Building the VM (Virtual Machine)
- Inside VirtualBox server, add users to vboxgroup (/etc/group), run
VirtualBox
, register product, create new virtual machine- Centos 5.3 Workstation
- Linux, Red Hat 64-bit
- 1.5GB RAM
- Boot hard disk (Primary master)
- Create new hard disk
- Dynamically expanding storage
- Location: /data/virtualbox/Centos.vdi
- Size: 40.0 GB
- Create new hard disk
- Further settings
- Video: Enable 3D acceleration
- CD/DVD-ROM: Mount Centos 5.3 DVD iso
Installing Centos
- Start VM
- Press Enter at Centos installation screen
- Skip media check
- Ignore colour mode message
- Centos Installation screen (GUI)
- Language: English
- US English
- Click OK to erase all data on device hda
- Hard disk
- Create custom layout
- hda 40955MB VBOX HARDDISK
- Partitioning
- /boot, ext3, 100MB, Fixed size, Force to be a primary partition
- /, ext3, 18000MB, Fixed size, Force to be a primary partition
- /usr, ext3, 18000MB, Fixed size, Force to be a primary partition
- swap, 2048MB, Fixed size
- /data, ext3, Fill to maximum allowable size
- The Grub boot loader will be installed on /dev/hda
- Default: CentOS /dev/hda2
- Network
- Active on boot, eth0, DHCP, Auto
- Hostname:
- Automatically via DHCP
- Time
- Australia/Brisbane time
- System clock uses UTC
- Root password
<standard workstation password>
- Centos 5.3 installation
Software
- pymol (Dirty hack). yum install pymol. As the one from sorbonne repository gives the python shared object in 32-bit, we need to rebuild it. This involves running, inside the pymol source, python setup.py build. Then, copying the libpymol.so built to /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pymol/_cmd.so.