Installation Log

• megonln01
  1. Install Fedora Core 1 in normal way.
  2. Network setting
     • Add network setting with redhat-config-network-druid
     • Edit /etc/modules.conf (3com501 → sk98lin)
     • Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
       DHCP_HOSTNAME=megonln01.psi.ch
     • Disable iptable
  3. Video driver
     • Change video driver to ATI Radeon 9200
  4. Install some applications.
     • apt, cernlib, ROOT, MySQL, gv, w3m
  5. Environment variables

     CERN /cern
     CERN_LEVEL pro
     ROOTSYS /cern/root
     MIDAS_EXPT_NAME online
     MIDAS_SERVER_HOST localhost
     MIDAS_SRC_DIR ~/midas
     CERNLIB_PACK /cern/2003/lib/libpacklib.a
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${ROOTSYS}/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/local/lib:/var/lib:/lib
     set path=($path $ROOTSYS/bin /usr/X11R6/bin/ $MIDAS_SRC_DIR/linux/bin/ ~/bin)
     CVS_RSH ssh
     

  6. Kernel
     • Download the kernel source 2.4.26 from www.kernel.org.
     • Extract it at /usr/src
     • mv linux-2.4.26 linux-2.4.26.bigphys
     • ln -s linux-2.4.26.bigphys linux-2.4
     • ln -s linux-2.4 linux
     • Apply bigphysarea patch
       • Download patch from here and extract it.
       • cd linux-2.4.26.bigphys
       • patch -p1 < [somewhere]/bigphyspathc.diff
       • Edit Makefile

         EXTRAVERSION = -bigphys

     • make menuconfig (configulation)
     • make dep;make clean;make bzImage;make modules;make modules_install;make install
     • Edit /etc/grub.conf

       default=saved
       timeout=10
       splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
       title Fedora Core (2.4.26-bigphys)
       savedefault
       root (hd0,0)
       kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.26-bigphys ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi acpi=on apm=off rhgb bigphysarea=1024
       initrd /initrd-2.4.26-bigphys.img
       

     • Edit /etc/modules.conf

       alias sound-slot-0 off
       alias sound-card-0 off
       alias sound-service-0-0 off
       alias sound-service-0-1 off
       alias sound-service-0-3 off
       alias sound-service-0-8 off
       alias sound-service-0-12 off
       alias char-major-116 off
       alias char-major-14 off
       alias char-major-188 off
       alias char-major-10-134 off

  7. NTP
     • Edit /etc/ntp.conf

       server pstime1.psi.ch
       server pstime2.psi.ch
       server pstime3.psi.ch
       fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
       

  8. MIDAS
     • Download source via CVS.
     • Extract it
     • Add following lines into mana.c,mlogger.c

       #ifndef min
       #define min(a,b) (((a) < (b)) ? (a) : (b))
       #endif

       This bug was fixed. So, it is not necessary to do this again.
     • Edit Makefile

       OSFLAGS = -DOS_LINUX -fPIC -Wno-unused-function -DHAVE_CAMAC -DINCLUDE_FTPLIB

     • make;make install;
     • mserver set up
       • Edit /etc/services

         midas 1175/tcp # Midas server

       • Make new file /etc/xinetd.d/midas
       • Edit /etc/ld.so.conf.

         /usr/lib/mysql
         /usr/local/lib

       • ldconfig as root.
       • Make new file /etc/exptab

         #
         # Midas experiment list
         online /home/muegamma/online muegamma
         magnet2 /home/muegamma/magnet2 muegamma
         

       • Write boot scripts /etc/init.d/{mserver,mhttpd}
       • Make symbolic links of mserver to /etc/rc1.d/K99mserver, /etc/rc2.d/K99mserver, /etc/rc3.d/S99mserver, /etc/rc4.d/K99mserver, /etc/rc5.d/S99mserver, /etc/rc1.d/K99mserver.
       • Make symbolic links of mhttpd.
  9. Printer
     
     • /etc/cups/client.conf
       ServerName cups.psi.ch
       
     • /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
       BrowsePoll cups.psi.ch:631
       
  10. AFS
      
      • Download rpm files from here.
      • rpm -Uvh openafs-1.2.11-fc1.0.1.i386.rpm openafs-kernel-1.2.11-fc1.0.1.i386.rpm openafs-kernel-source-1.2.11-fc1.0.1.i386.rpm openafs-compat-1.2.11-fc1.0.1.i386.rpm openafs-client-1.2.11-fc1.0.1.i386.rpm
      • cd /ussr/src/openafs-kernel-1.2.11/src
      • ./configure; make;
      • mv /usr/vice/etc /usr/vice/etc.org
      • Copy directory /usr/vice/etc from llc.
      • cp /usr/src/openafs-kernel-1.2.11/src/MODLOAD-2.4.26-bigphys-MP/libafs-2.4.26-bigphys.mp.o /usr/vice/etc/modload/
      • cp /usr/src/openafs-kernel-1.2.11/src/MODLOAD-2.4.26-bigphys-SP/libafs-2.4.26-bigphys.o /usr/vice/etc/modload/
      • cd /usr/vice/etc/modload/
      • ../afsmodname -f SymTable -g libafs-2.4.26-bigphys.o
      • ../afsmodname -f SymTable -g libafs-2.4.26-bigphys.mp.o
      • Copy /etc/pam.d/{gdm,kde,kscreensaver,login,ssh,sshd,su,xdm,xlock,xscreensaver} from llc.
      • Backup /etc/{passwd,group},/usr/vice/etc/CellServDB
      • /etc/init.d/afs start
      • /afs/psi.ch/sys/common/update_cells.pl
      • /afs/psi.ch/sys/common/update_cellservdb.pl
      • /afs/psi.ch/sys/common/update_user.pl
      • Edit cp /afs/psi.ch/sys/common/CellServDB /usr/vice/etc/CellServDB
      • Copy /etc/krb5.conf from llc.
      • Edit /etc/ssh/sshd.conf UsePrivilegeSeparation no.
  11. VME driver for BT617
      • Download source from here (software 1003).
      • mkdir /home/muegamma/online/src/frontend/SBS;, and go there.
      • mkdir 1003; cd 1003
      • tar xvzf 1003.tar.gz
      • Change some files (diff).
      • mkdir /lib/modules/2.4.26-bigphys/modules.daq
      • Edit sys/makefile
        MOD_BASE=/lib/modules/2.4.26-bigphys/modules.daq/
      • Edit sys/mkbtp
        MOD_BASE=/lib/modules/2.4.26-bigphys/modules.daq/
      • cd sys; make; cd ../src; make dumpmem;
      • Copy sis4100.c to sis4100lp.c, bt617.c to bt617lp.c from midas/driver/bus
      • add lines to sis4100lp.c/bt617lp.c
        

        #ifdef _MSC_VER
        #define BT_NTDRIVER
        #define BT_WINNT
        #define BT973
        #include "btapi.h"
        #elif defined(OS_LINUX)
        #define BT1003
        #include "btapi.h"
        #endif

      • Make boot script /etc/init.d/btp
      • make symbolic links at /etc/rc[1-6].d/
  12. CAMAC
      • Download source from here.
      • Extract it to /home/muegamma/online/src/frontend/
      • cd camdrv/Linux2.4_CC77pci/
      • Change USE_MODVERSIONS in Makefile from 1 to 0. (It was neccesary when I compiled)
      • make
      • make install
      • ls -l /dev |grep camdrv then you see device major number.
      • Edit /etc/modules.conf
        options camdrv camdrv_major=253
        number(253) is the device major number.
      • cp camdrv.o to /lib/modules/2.4.26-bigphys/modules.daq
      • Add following line to /lib/modules/2.2.26-bigphys/modules.dep
        /lib/modules/2.4.26-bigphys/modules.daq/camdrv.o:
      • Write boot script /erc/rc.d/init.d/camdrv
      • Link it to /etc/rc[1-6].d
  13. Kernel remake in Mar/2005
  Existing kernel was configured with DMA for ATI chip off. We re-maked kernel.
  • New configuration by Shuei.
  • Edit Makefile of kernel to change EXTRAVERSION = -bigphys2
  • make dep
  • make clean
  • make bzImage
  • make modules
  • make modules_install
  • /sbin/install kernel 2.4.26-bigphys2 arch/i386/boot/bzImage Systemp.map
  • Re-make and install AFS,camdrive,btp kernel modules.
  14. Kernel remake in Mar/2005
  Newly install kernel(2.4.26-bigphys2) caused kernel panics. I changed it to newer version of kernel(2.4.29)
  • Download linux-2.4.29.tar.bz2 from www.kernel.org.
  • Compile and install. (configuration)
  • Edit dd/bt_param.c
  #define USE_BIGPHYSAREA 0
  • Recompile and install AFS,camdrive,btp
• megonln02
  
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• megsc01
  1. Install Windows Xp.
  2. Windows Update.
  3. change prallel port mode to bi-direction in BIOS.
  4. Install McAfee virusscan, LabView 7 Express, Cygwin, Cernlib, ROOT, Visual C++
  5. MIDAS
     • Download Midas-1.9.3.zip
     • Extract it and move it to C:\
     • cvs update
     • compile
     • Set environment variables

       Path C:\midas\nt\bin
       MIDAS_EXPT_NAME meglp
       MIDAS_SERVERHOST megonln01
       CVS_RSH ssh
       

     • copy Directio to C:\windows\system32\driver
     • copy midas.dll and mscb.dll to C:\windows\system32
     • Device manager → Show hidden items → derect IO → driver → start → type BOOT
• setup of development environment for MSCB related software
  you can find setup memo here.