mobile and gis dev notes

1. For production servers, you need to install CentOS4.4 minimal.
- Create partitions as follow:
/boot – 100
swap – 2x as the memory, if the memory is 2GB, then your swap should be 4096MB
/ – assign the rest for root
/data – if needs be
- Choose GRUB as boot loader.
- Disable SELINUX
- Enable httpd, sshd
- Choose minimal

2. Get connected to your network. Modify your network as needed. Network configuration scripts are found in

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/


You should see at least the ff, depending on how many ethernet interfaces you have:

ifcfg-eth0
ifcfg-lo


Edit ifcfg-eth0:

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
HWADDR=00:16:96:10:F3:2B
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
IPADDR=192.168.1.105
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1


3. Edit your hostname:

#vi /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=rupert-linux


4. Edit your hosts:

# vi /etc/hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1 rupert-linux localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.1.10 appserver
192.168.1.11 dbserver1
192.168.1.12 svnserver


Providing ip addreses on your hosts can make network access faster, depending on the routes.

5. Edit your path to reflect the ff:

#vi /etc/skel/.bash_profile
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin
export HTDOCS=/usr/local/apache2/htdocs
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib

cp -Rf /etc/skel/.bash_profile /home/rupert/
cp -Rf /etc/skel/.bash_profile /home/tan/
cp -Rf /etc/skel/.bash_profile /root/
6. Copy the centos packages into your harddisk, so you don’t need the CD’s later on. Reboot.

7. Install the ff rpms:

#install gcc
echo "installing gcc"
rpm -ivh cpp-3.4.6-3.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh glibc-kernheaders-2.4-9.1.98.EL.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.25.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh glibc-devel-2.3.4-2.25.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh gcc-3.4.6-3.i386.rpm

echo “installing gcc++”
rpm -ivh compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3
rpm -ivh compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2
rpm -ivh libstdc++-3.4.6-3
rpm -ivh gcc-c++-3.4.6-3

#installing other utilies
rpm -ivh apr-0.9.4-24.5.c4.2.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh apr-util-0.9.4-21.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh neon-0.24.7-4.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh perl-URI-1.30-4.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh umb-scheme-3.2-36.EL4.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh guile-1.6.4-14.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh swig-1.3.21-6.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh subversion-1.1.4-2.ent.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh perl-DBI-1.40-8.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh nmap-3.70-1.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh vim-common-6.3.046-0.40E.7.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh vim-enhanced-6.3.046-0.40E.7.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh binutils-2.15.92.0.2-21.i386.rpm
8. Disable unneeded services.

chkconfig bluetooth off
chkconfig cups off
chkconfig irda off
chkconfig isdn off
chkconfig netdump off
chkconfig netfs off
chkconfig nfs off
chkconfig nfslock off
chkconfig nscd off
chkconfig openibd off
chkconfig pand off
chkconfig pcmcia off
chkconfig portmap off
chkconfig rhnsd off
chkconfig rpcgssd off
chkconfig rpcidmapd off
chkconfig rpcsvcgssd off
chkconfig sendmail off
chkconfig syslog off
chkconfig xfs off
chkconfig xinetd off
chkconfig ypbind off
chkconfig yum off


I recently bought a Presario V3009T for Y6800=$871=P42,717. Specs are below:
- Core Duo T2050 1.60GHz
- 60 GB Hard Disk
- 512 MB PC4000 (I think) 533 MHz (tried installing a 400 MHZ 512 MB.. got a dreaded double beep.. means..it didnt worked obviously)
- Video: Intel 945GM Express Chipset
- Network:
LAN: Intel PRO/100 VE Network Connection
WIRELESS: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

1. Chinese Windows XP Home was installed so I have to reinstall an English Version.

2. On Boot, press F10, Disable SATA Support.

3. Install Windows XP SlipStream. Leave at least 10GB partition for Linux. No need for QuickPlay, don’t create a 1 GB partition. Updated the drivers, update the chipset first, HDD, Network, etc.. Enable SATA Support. Install other drivers as needed.

4. To patch WGA, use WPatcherP5575987.zip. Follow steps on http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/12/03/permanent-method-to-crack-wga-and-patch-windows-xp-inc-mce-or-2003-as-genuine

5. Create a restore point just in case any mishap happens. I named the restore point “FULLY FUNCTIONAL” on Jan 13, 2007.

6. Install CentOS4.4. Create three partitions /boot, swap, /.

7. Reboot. CentOS was installed successfully, however, audio was not detected. You would only get “Initializing hardware… network storage.. ” then system hangs..

8. Reboot and insert the CentOS4.4 Installer. Run “linux rescue” from the prompt.

9. Edit /etc/rc.d/sysinit to comment out AUDIO. Disable kudzu from startup “/etc/init.d/”.
#chkconfig kudzu off

10. Reboot.

I still need to get the adsl, wireless and usb-optical mouse working on CentOS. If this causes too much pain, might as well install FC5.