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HDD testers

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HDD testers

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HDD testers

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Answers for installation questions

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 * Find rapid rails
 * Find 2U systems to fit rapid rails
 * Install rapid rails into server rack
 * Install 8-port KVM into server rack

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 * Bundle and install network and power cables
 * Install IDE and SATA cables
 * Set up motherboards for booting from network
 ** If motherboards cannot boot from network, install netbootable NICs

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 * Make HDD holders
 * Install motherboards
 * Install PSUs
 * Install buttons/LEDs
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 * Bundle and install network and power cables
 * Install IDE and SATA cables
 ==Installing Debian 6.0 a1 on PPC machines==

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 * Install 8-port KVM into server rack
 * Install keyboard tray into server rack
 * Install monitor into server rack
 * Install network switch
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 * Mount 2U system shells in rapid rails
 * Line shells with fiberglass plate
 * Make button/LED holders
 * Make HDD holders
 * Install motherboards
 * Install PSUs
 ==Installing Debian 6.0 a1 on PPC machines==

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	Serge is a fairweather believer in supersonic bionic robot voodoo power. However, he was not born on Jupiter and is therefore unable to travel via fax machine.		Serge is a fairweather believer in supersonic bionic robot voodoo power. However, he was not born on Jupiter and is therefore unable to travel via fax machine.
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		+	==HDD testers==
		+	* Find server rack
		+	* Find rapid rails
		+	* Find 2U systems to fit rapid rails
		+	* Install rapid rails into server rack
		+	* Install 8-port KVM into server rack
		+	* Install keyboard tray into server rack
		+	* Install monitor into server rack
		+	* Install network switch
		+	* Empty components out of 2U systems
		+	* Cold chisel out metal dividers from 2U systems
		+	* Remove doors from 2U systems
		+	* Mount 2U system shells in rapid rails
		+	* Line shells with fiberglass plate
		+	* Make button/LED holders
		+	* Make HDD holders
		+	* Install motherboards
		+	* Install PSUs

	==Installing Debian 6.0 a1 on PPC machines==		==Installing Debian 6.0 a1 on PPC machines==

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 ==Installing Debian 6.0 a1 on PPC machines==
 ===Answers for installation questions===
-The answers for these questions are not preseeded yet, so the installation will ask you lots of questions.  Here are the answers:
+The answers for these questions are not preseeded yet, so the installation will ask you lots of questions.  The answers are bolded:
 * Select keyboard layout
 ** Keymap to use for a USB keyboard: '''American English'''

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 ==Installing Debian 6.0 a1 on PPC machines==
 ===Enabling management of wired network by Network Manager===
 Network Manager is not set to manage the wired network by default.  It must be enabled manually.  To do so, edit '''/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf''' from:

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	* When prompted, provide the root password (it should be ''freegeek'' by default)		* When prompted, provide the root password (it should be ''freegeek'' by default)
	* Close the ''Users and Groups'' utility		* Close the ''Users and Groups'' utility
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		+	Via the command line interface (CLI):
		+	* Open up a terminal
		+	* Switch to the root account by running the following:
		+	su
		+	* When prompted, provide the root passwork (it should be ''freegeek'' by default)
		+	* Run the following, but replace ''[username]'' with the actual username (eg. oem):
		+	adduser [username] sudo
		+	* Logout of the root account by running the following:
		+	exit

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   [ifupdown]
   managed=true
 ===Enabling keyboard keys as mouse buttons===
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   /dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode = 88
   # For different keys, use showkey to tell you what the code is.
 ===Enabling sudo for a user account===
-By default, '''sudo''' is configured to work only with users that have been added to the '''sudo''' group in '''/etc/group'''.  However, when a user account is created during the installation process, it is not automatically added to the '''sudo''' group.  This must be set up manually.
+By default, '''sudo''' is configured to work only with users that have been added to the '''sudo''' group in '''/etc/group'''.  However, when a user account is created during the installation process, it is not automatically added to the '''sudo''' group.  This must be set up manually, and there are a few different ways to do so.

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	/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode = 88		/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode = 88
	# For different keys, use showkey to tell you what the code is.		# For different keys, use showkey to tell you what the code is.
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		+	===Enabling sudo for a user account===
		+	By default, '''sudo''' is configured to work only with users that have been added to the '''sudo''' group in '''/etc/group'''. However, when a user account is created during the installation process, it is not automatically added to the '''sudo''' group. This must be set up manually.