This project is for HPC fundamentals and is anticipated to be completed by the end of the tutor session which is about 3 hours. Thomas Hakes is helping me with this project

For this project I wanted to learn how to set up a BSD desktop

In order to successfully accomplish/perform this project, the listed resources/experiences need to be consulted/achieved:

• for this project we needed a computer desktop, keyboard, mouse, internet connection

For this project I am going to learn how to install a desktop for linux, this will enable to have a base computer to complete more projects with this machine

This project is pretty straight forward and hope to just accomplish the knowledge of setting up a linux desktop

I just would like to know all of the features that go along with setting up a desktop for linux and hope to have this be a base for future projects

These were the steps taken to complete this project

the computer that was used was an Dell Optiplex GX620 duel adapter for the video the specs: 1 gig ram 160GB sata HD harddrive Intel Pentium D processor used a duel adapter for the video

Steps: install linux using PXE network boot go into the system bios using f2 at startup move cursor to the onboard devices and select it/ then integrated NIC/ then make sure you enable boot with PXE press Ctrl/alt/delete to reboot the system hit f12 upon startup to go into the boot menu (make sure you are connected to the network) then choose onboard network controller

In the lair boot menu first make sure you know the kind of processor that you are using then choose either 64 bit AMD or 32 bit 1386 (we chose 32 bit 1386) then click Debian/1386 netboot then install squeeze/stable then select desired language, country and keymap then configure the network then install the grub boot loader the choose continue choose a hostname and domain name of your choice then select debian mirror country- scroll to the top and choose enter info manually enter host name- mirrorand hit enter mirror debian archive/ debian then hit enter on select proxy screen leave blank and hit enter enter root password iinfo and user account info of your choosing then enter desired time zone select partition- fat 32(windows) then select use guided- use entire disk then select the harddrive to partition next select the partitioning scheme- All files in one partition select finish partitioning and click yes to save changes to disk once the harddrive is completely partitioned, choose to take survey or not then select software to install then hit continue and you are done!!! Matt you were just schooled on installation and thankyou for coming to the show HAHAHAHA!!!!!

Upon completion of the project, if there is an applicable collection of created code, place a copy of your finished code within <code> </code> blocks here.

/*
 * hello.c - A sample "Hello, World!" program
 * 
 * written by NAME for COURSE on DATE
 *
 * compile with:
 *   gcc -o hello hello.c
 *
 * execute with:
 *   ./hello
 */
 
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main()
{
    printf("Hello, World!\n");    // Output message to STDOUT
    return(0);
}

Again, if there is associated code with the project, and you haven't already indicated how to run it, provide a sample run of your code:

lab46:~/src/cprog$ ./hello
Hello, World!
lab46:~/src/cprog$ 

This was pretty straight forward and I enjoyed learing how to install a linux machine!

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