--- /dev/null
+title = arch linux install blog
+date = 2012-01-02
+tags = arch linux windows installation tutorial
+--
+
+
+Behold, a blog to document the process of installing [archlinux](http://www.archlinux.org/). Arch will be sharing the drive with Windows 7, so for the sake of completion, I'll make a note of how to set up a dual boot with the GRUB bootloader. I'll be installing both OS's from scratch, starting with Windows.
+
+<br />
+## System Setup
+
+- AMD X2 dual-core processor, running at 2.8 ghz
+- ASUS ATX motherboard
+- 2 gigs of ram
+- 100gb drive
+- nvidia gtx 550 ti graphics card
+- linksys wmp54g wireless pci network card
+- 550w power supply
+
+
+<br />
+## Installing Windows
+I installed Windows 7 from a USB stick using Microsoft's [Windows 7 USB/DVD tool](http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool). You'll need a computer running Windows 7 already to do this. I booted with the USB drive, and installed Windows on the entire 100GB drive with a single partition. Once installed, via Start Menu > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Manamagent, select 'Shrink Partition' on the main Windows parition to create another partition for Arch. The default value for the shrink is 50%, so for my setup the value for the new disk size was ~50GB, and that's fine.
+
+Note about this install. I have an old Linksys (Cysco) WMP54G Wireless PCI Card. Strangely, all the drivers from Linksys/Cysco's website didn't work, but following this [blog post](http://www.phishthis.com/2009/01/16/how-to-install-wmp54g-drivers-on-windows-7-beta-64-bit-or-vista-64-bit/), the generic RALink drivers worked great.
+
+
+<br />
+## Installing Archlinux
+
+I downloading the Core Image via [torrent](http://www.archlinux.org/iso/2011.08.19/archlinux-2011.08.19-core-dual.iso.torrent) from [http://www.archlinux.org/download/](http://www.archlinux.org/download/).
+This ISO includes all core packages so the system doesn't need to be online to install.
+
+Once downloaded, I followed my [notes](http://quilime.com/code/bootable_iso/) on how to create a bootable ISO onto another USB drive with yet another machine. There are also numerous free tools available to make a bootable ISO on Windows. After booting into Arch with the USB stick, boot into Arch, and type:
+
+<pre>/arch/setup</pre>
+
+The [installation](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide) article on the archwiki is an excellent resource.
+
+You'll be prompted to chose your editor. If you don't know vi, then stick with nano. You can skip this, because you'll be asked again when it's needed.
+
+
+<br />
+## Disk Partitions
+
+It's pretty straight forward until the drive partitions. My 100GB drive can only support 4 logical partitions, so the rest have to be Logical. Note: The numbers are out of order, because I used Logical partitions for everything except for the Windows partitions and /home. Logical partitions end up being counted last in the partition table, but I made my /home folder LAST so I could use the up the remaining space on the drive. You'll also need to set the /boot partition's 'bootable' flag to `true`.
+
+<pre>
+• sda1
+ Windows 7 System Reserved
+• sda2
+ Windows 7
+• sda5
+ /boot - 100MB is enough
+• sda6
+ / - about 25GB is appropriate
+• sda7
+ swap - between 1024MB and 4096MB
+• sda4
+ /home - use rest of hard drive
+</pre>
+
+Some of these, namely **boot**, **swap**, and **home**, are *optional*.
+
+
+<br />
+## Select Packages
+
+At minimum, you'll need the core packages that are already selected. I also included certain key packages such as OpenSSH. Basically, include any packages you need for internet connectivity, as everything else will be updated from the net. I use GRUB as the bootloader.
+
+
+<br />
+## Configure System
+
+Configure system does multiple things, including setting the root password, network settings, and some other configuration tools. Here's a reference of where Arch installs all the base config files for the system.
+
+<pre class="prettyprint">
+/etc/rc.conf system config
+/etc/fstab filesystem mountpoints
+/etc/mkinitcpio.conf initramfs config
+/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf kernel modules
+/etc/resolv.conf dns servers
+/etc/hosts network hosts
+/etc/locale.get glibc locals
+/etc/pacman.conf pacman.confg
+/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist pacman mirror list
+</pre>
+
+You should edit any of these files that are specific to your system. At minimum I enabled my network card in `rc.conf`.
+
+You'll also need to enable at least one mirror in pacman.d/mirrorlist if you plan to update the system or download new packages.
+
+
+<br />
+## Bootloader
+
+Install Bootloader will install and help you configure the bootloader you selected in the Select Packages stage (GRUB, in my case). After double-checking your bootloader configuration, you'll be prompted for a disk to install the loader to. You should install GRUB to the MBR of the installation disk, in this case `sda1`.
+
+
+<br />
+## Finalizing Installation
+
+Once installed, exit the installer, remove the USB, type `reboot` in the command line, and the system will reboot. If all went well, you should be dropped into a login screen where you can log in with root and the password you chose during install.
+
+You can create [new users](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Users_and_Groups) interactively with `adduser`.
+
+You can install/update packages with Arch's package manager, [pacman](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman).
+
+Before installing any packages, sync the package list with:
+
+<pre class="prettyprint">pacman --sync --refresh</pre>
+
+To add a new package (vim, in this case), type:
+
+<pre class="prettyprint">pacman -S vim</pre>
+
+
+next: getting node and a webserver installed.
--- /dev/null
+title = Terminal Emulator on Windows via Cygwin
+date = august 11 2011
+--
+The default Cygwin install emulates a terminal in a command window similar to the DOS prompt with a limited feature set.
+
+For a full featured x-term, you can install Cygwin-X along with Cygwin:
+
+1. **Install <a href="http://cygwin.com">Cygwin</a> from <a href="http://cygwin.com/setup.exe">setup.exe</a>**
+
+2. **Install the following packages:**
+
+ - xorg-server (required, the Cygwin X Server)
+ - xinit (required, scripts for starting the X server: xinit, startx, startwin (and a shortcut on the Start Menu to run it), startxdmcp.bat )
+ - xorg-docs (optional, man pages)
+ - X-start-menu-icons (optional, adds shortcuts to X Clients and Server to the Start menu)
+ - mintty (windows-feel terminal)
+ <br />
+
+3. **Optional Packages**
+ - openssh
+ - git, svn
+ - wget, curl
+ - rsync
+ - vim, emacs
+ - any additional fonts
+
+ <br />
+
+3. **~/.XDefaults**
+dark theme:
+<pre class="prettyprint">
+! terminal colors ------------------------------------------------------------
+! tangoesque scheme
+*background: #111111
+*foreground: #babdb6
+! Black (not tango) + DarkGrey
+*color0: #000000
+*color8: #555753
+! DarkRed + Red
+*color1: #ff6565
+*color9: #ff8d8d
+! DarkGreen + Green
+*color2: #93d44f
+*color10: #c8e7a8
+! DarkYellow + Yellow
+*color3: #eab93d
+*color11: #ffc123
+! DarkBlue + Blue
+*color4: #204a87
+*color12: #3465a4
+! DarkMangenta + Mangenta
+*color5: #ce5c00
+*color13: #f57900
+!DarkCyan + Cyan (both not tango)
+*color6: #89b6e2
+*color14: #46a4ff
+! LightGrey + White
+*color7: #cccccc
+*color15: #ffffff
+</pre>
+Some more themes on the <a href="https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=653473">Arch forums</a>.
+<br />
+
+4. **~/.bashrc**
+To enable color `ls` and human readable size format, add:
+<pre class="prettyprint">
+alias ls='ls -h --color=tty'
+</pre>
+By default, the .bashrc in CygwinX has many options you can uncomment.
+<br />
+
+5. **~/.emacs**
+Disable emacs temp (~) file pooping
+<pre class="prettyprint">
+(setq make-backup-files nil)
+</pre>
+<br />
+
+Result:
+<img src="http://media.quilime.com/files/img/cygwin.PNG" />
+
+
+Other emulators for Windows:
+- <a href="http://software.jessies.org/terminator/">Terminator/</a>
+
-body { margin: 20px 100px 50px 30px }
+body {
+ margin: 20px 100px 50px 30px;
+ background:#eee;
+}
html,
body,
table {
- font-family: georgia, serif;
- font-size: 14px;
- line-height: 1.4em;
- color: #44d;
+ font-family: sans-serif;
+ color: #22f;
+ line-height:1.3em;
}
::-moz-selection,
::selection {
h6 {
font-family: 'Droid Serif';
font-size: 1em;
+
+color:#004;
}
h1 a,
h2 a,
h5 a,
h6 a { }
h1 { margin: 0 0 3em 0 }
-h2 { margin: 0 0 0.5em 0 }
+h2 { margin: 0 0 0.5em 0; }
h3 { margin: 0 0 0 0 }
h4 { margin-top: 0 }
ul, li { }
line-height: 1.45em;
max-width: 600px;
}
-code { line-height: 2em !important; }
+code { }
#content {
- padding-left: 160px;
+ padding-left: 100px;
min-width: 500px;
padding-bottom: 200px;
z-index: 10;
+
}
#content p:first-child { margin-top: 0 }
-p { max-width: 720px }
+p { }
.nav {
- position: fixed;
top: 20px;
left: 20px;
+ position:absolute;
}
.nav a {
text-decoration: none;
text-decoration: underline;
font-weight: normal;
}
-.entry { margin-bottom: 100px }
-.entry h2 {
- padding-bottom: 4px;
- font-size: 1.3em;
+.entry, table .column {
+margin-bottom: 50px;
+background:#fff;
+padding:30px;
+border-radius:30px;
+max-width:720px;
+box-shadow:inset 1px 1px 1px #ddd;
}
.entry .metadata {
+ margin-top:3em;
font-style: italic;
- color: #bbb;
+ color: #999;
+ font-size:12px;
}
.entry .metadata a { color: #999 }
.entry .metadata a:hover { color: #000 }
+.tags {
+margin:0;
+padding:0;
+}
.entry .metadata .tags li {
display: inline-block;
margin-right: 0.3em;
border: 0;
}
table .column {
- padding-right: 100px;
min-width: 120px;
max-width: 400px;
}
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($feed);
return $xml;
*/
- $ch = curl_init();
- curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
- curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
+ $ch = curl_init($url);
+ //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
+ //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
- curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 30);
- curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 5);
- curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
- curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+ curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
+ //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 30);
+ //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 5);
+ //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_ANY);
+ //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
$data = curl_exec($ch);
+ //echo $data;
+ //echo "sf";
+ //exit;
curl_close($ch);
return new SimpleXMLElement($data);
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