If you use Debian or Ubuntu you should consider using our fast (gigabit + nginx) mirror.
Here are some example sources.lists:
debian squeeze:
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://mirror.peer1.net/debian/ squeeze main deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/debian/ squeeze main deb http://mirror.peer1.net/debian/ squeeze-updates main deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/debian/ squeeze-updates main deb http://mirror.peer1.net/debian-security/ squeeze/updates main deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/debian-security/ squeeze/updates main
debian lenny:
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://mirror.peer1.net/debian/ lenny main deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/debian/ lenny main deb http://mirror.peer1.net/debian-security/ lenny/updates main deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/debian-security/ lenny/updates main deb http://mirror.peer1.net/debian-volatile/ lenny/volatile main deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/debian-volatile/ lenny/volatile main
ubuntu natty – 11.04:
root@media:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ natty main restricted deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ natty main restricted deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ natty-updates main restricted deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ natty universe deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ natty universe deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ natty-updates universe deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ natty-updates universe deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ natty multiverse deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ natty multiverse deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ natty-updates multiverse deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ natty-updates multiverse deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu natty-security main restricted deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu natty-security main restricted deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu natty-security universe deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu natty-security universe deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu natty-security multiverse deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu natty-security multiverse deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu natty main
ubuntu lucid – 10.04:
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid universe deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid universe deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid-security main restricted deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid-security main restricted deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid-security universe deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid-security universe deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid-security multiverse deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ lucid-security multiverse deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
ubuntu maverick – 10.10:
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick main restricted deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main restricted deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main restricted deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick universe deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick universe deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick-updates universe deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick-updates universe deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick multiverse deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick multiverse deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick-updates multiverse deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick-updates multiverse deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick-security main restricted deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick-security main restricted deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick-security universe deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick-security universe deb http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick-security multiverse deb-src http://mirror.peer1.net/ubuntu/ maverick-security multiverse deb http://archive.canonical.com/ maverick partner
I’ve always had an issue with Debian Lenny and connecting via ssh or local console (xm console --role udev to the end of your xen-create-image command, and then add extra = ‘xencons=tty1 console=tty1′ to the newly created cfg file in /etc/xen.
# xen-create-image --size 10G --ip 1.2.3.4 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 1.2.3.1 --hostname newvm --lvm vg --role udev
# echo "extra = 'xencons=tty1 console=tty1'" >> /etc/xen/newvm.cfg
More info can be found at http://wiki.debian.org/Xen under “Additional note for domU on lenny using xen-tools”. Note: I do not follow their guide exactly – this is just what has worked for me.
This is useful when commenting out (or in) blocks of code/text in a file.
Move the cursor to the first line you wish to comment out.
Press shift - v to begin block selection mode. The bottom of the screen will say:
-- VISUAL LINE --
Press down arrow to select the text you wish to comment out. When finished, press : (colon)
The bottom of the screen will change to:
:'<,'>
Append the search and replace statement (replace the beginning of the line – nothing – with a # symbol):
:'<,'>s/^/#
To comment in – or uncomment blocks use this statement (replace the # symbol at the beginning with nothing):
:'<,'>s/^#//
Installing vmware tools on your vmware guests is a good idea, gives the ability to shut them from the vmware client, you get better disk/network performance, etc.
Install the packages required for the modules build as root:
# aptitude install autoconf automake binutils cpp gcc linux-headers-$(uname -r) make psmisc
In the vSphere client, right click on the guest VM. Go to ‘Guest -> Install/Upgrade VMware Tools’
This will insert a virtual cd to /dev/cdrom, which you then mount:
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
Copy the files to /root, umount the virtual CD and extract:
# cp /mnt/VMwareTools-4.0.0-208167.tar.gz /root # umount /mnt # cd /root # tar xvf VMwareTools-4.0.0-208167.tar.gz
Enter the vmware-tools-distrib folder and run the installer script:
# cd vmware-tools-distrib/ # ./vmware-install.pl
The default values are adequate for most cases. For the first question I like to use /usr/local/bin for the binary path, to separate vmware and system binaries. It will automatically set the prefixes for the other paths it uses to /usr/local.
