yet another colinux instructions

i hope this is my last post on colinux and erlang, but although i had written several time about it, i will do it once more, to sum up a little guide to setup a new colinux with the correct way to set erlang on it. i also added few words on adding the nitrogen web framework.

> is used for windows command prompt
$ is used for linux shell prompt

ubuntu 8.04 server

• direct download – http://ie.releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/ubuntu-8.04.2-server-i386.iso
• or using bittorrent – http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04.2/ubuntu-8.04.2-server-i386.iso.torrent
• put the final iso file on a new directory c:\linux\distro

qemu

• direct download – http://www.h6.dion.ne.jp/~kazuw/qemu-win/qemu-0.9.0-windows.zip
• extract qemu into a new directory c:\linux\qemu
• start windows command prompt
• make a 3gb image:

   > fsutil file createnew c:\linux\distro\qemu_ubuntu_3gb 3221257728

• make a image for a 512mb swap file:

   > fsutil file createnew c:\linux\distro\qemu_swap_512mb 536903168

• on c:\linux\qemu create the next batch file: install.bat, whith the following content:

  @ECHO OFF
  set qemu_dir=C:\linux\distro
  set hd=%qemu_dir%\qemu_ubuntu_3gb
  set swap=%qemu_dir%\qemu_swap_512mb
  set cdrom=%qemu_dir%\ubuntu-8.04.2-server-i386.iso
  set mem=384
  qemu -hda %hd% -hdb %swap% -cdrom %cdrom% -m %mem% -boot d -L .
  pause

• run the batch file you have just created: install.bat
• go through the linux installation, select manually partition when asked, and do the following:
  • create new partitionchoose /dev/sda
  • choose create as: primary partition
  • choose file system: ext3
  • create new partitionchoose /dev/sdb
  • choose create as: primary partition
  • choose file system: linux-swap
• install, and when you get to the point it asks for restart – you have finished. it takes some time, so be patient.

colinux

• direct download – http://downloads.sourceforge.net/colinux/coLinux-0.7.3.exe
• run and install on c:\colinux
• don’t use or download any of the suggested distributions on the install process
• download and install unxutils – http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/apps/unxutils/en/install/
• convert qemu ubuntu image to colinux image

   > cd c:\linux\distro
   > dd if=qemu_ubuntu_3gb of=ubuntu_3gb.img bs=512 skip=63

• you only need the file ubuntu_3gb.img the other 2 files (qemu_swap_512mb and qemu_ubuntu_3gb) can be removed
• create new swap file:

   > fsutil file createnew c:\linux\distro\swap_512mb 536870912

• create a file on c:\linux\distro named ubuntu8.04.conf, and paste the following into it:

  kernel=vmlinux
  sda1="c:\linux\distro\ubuntu-8.04.2-server-i386.ext3.3gb.img"
  sdb1="c:\linux\distro\swap_512mb"
  root=/dev/sda1 fastboot 3
  ro
  mem=384
  eth0=slirp
  eth1=tuntap

• create a shortcut for colinux-daemon.exe, right click on it and edit its properties, to add the following parameters (on the shortcut target field):
  c:\colinux\colinux-daemon.exe -t nt @c:\linux\distro\ubuntu8.04.conf
• start this new shortcut, running the colinux the first time
• edit /etc/network/interfaces and the windows tap connection, see my previous post named colinux
• install ssh and update:

  $ sudo apt-get install ssh
  $ sudo apt-get update
  $ sudo apt-get upgrade
  $ chsh -s /bin/bash user_name

• connect using putty to 192.168.37.20:22

compress and backup the colinux image

• to determine the free space in megabytes

  $ df -m

• fill image with zeros

  $ dd if=/dev/zero of=foobar bs=1M count='above result less 5'
  $ rm foobar

• logout, and compress from windows using a compression app, should get around 100MB file

install erlang from source

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
$ sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
$ sudo apt-get install m4
$ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
$ sudo apt-get install openssl
 
$ cd; mkdir workspace; cd !
$ wget http://www.erlang.org/download/otp_src_R12B-5.tar.gz
$ tar xvfz otp_src_R12B-5.tar.gz
$ cd otp_src_R12B-5
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

install some basics

$ sudo apt-get install git subversion ctags vim

setup environment

edit .bash_profile, and add the following at the bottom

export ERL_LIBS=${HOME}/erlang/lib

download and install nitrogen

$ cd; mkdir -p erlang/lib; cd !$
$ git clone git://github.com/rklophaus/nitrogen.git
$ cd nitrogen
$ make

done