Installing+Linux

=Installing Linux=

The [|HowToForge] has an excellent walk-through on how to Install Ubuntu 6.06 but there are some minor tweaks and simplification we can go through to speed up the process. So I will be using some of their steps and some of my own to meet our needs.

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 * 1) Insert your Ubuntu install CD into your system and boot from it. Select "//Install a LAMP Server//." A LAMP installation will install Linux, Apache (web), MySQL and PHP which are the basic components we need for Moodle.
 * 1) The installation starts, and first you have to choose your language.
 * 1) Then select your location.
 * 1) Choose a keyboard layout.
 * 1) The installer checks the installation CD, your hardware, and configures the network with DHCP if there is a DHCP server in the network. For the purposes of your network however, you may want to, at that time, choose a static IP address for your server. Consult with your network administrator for an IP address.
 * 1) Enter the hostname. In this example, the system is called //server1.example.com//, so they entered //server1.// My system is called //moodle.d128.k12.il.us//, so I entered //moodle//.
 * 1) Now you have to partition your hard disk. I will create one big partition (with the mount point /) and a little swap partition so I select //Erase entire disk//. If you choose to use [|LVM] (Logical Volume Management), it is outside the scope of this training. User beware. Read the link on LVM before deciding if you will use it. I have never used LVM before.
 * 1) Configure your system's clock.
 * 1) Create a user, for example the user //Administrator// with the user name //admin//. I always setup a default user of //admin//, never using my real name.
 * 1) Now the base system will be installed.
 * 1) Once the installation is complete, you will need to remove the CD and restart the computer.
 * 1) And if this is not enough information, you can find [|everything you needed to know about Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (A.K.A. Dapper Drake) here.]

We are now ready to move onto Updating and Configuring Linux.