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Mounting a Windows Share

# The following are place values that need to be replaced # //192.168.1.100/WindowsShareName # //PutIpNameHere/WindowsShareName # /mnt/dirToMountAt # /home/putUsernameHere # uid=xxxx - I used my user name here (not the id number) # gid=xxxx - I used my group name here (not the id number) # add something like ONE of the following lines this in /etc/fstab //192.168.1.100/WindowsShareName /mnt/dirToMountAt smbfs credentials=/home/putUsernameHere/.smbpasswd,uid=xxxx,gid=xxxx 0 0 //PutIpNameHere/WindowsShareName /mnt/dirToMountAt smbfs credentials=/home/putUsernameHere/.smbpasswd,uid=xxxx,gid=xxxx 0 0 # make a .smbpasswd file in your home dir that contains 2 lines like the following (but substitute the real values) username password

Mounting via Command Line

mount -t smbfs -o username=USERNAME_FOR_MOUNTS,password=PASS_FOR_USERNAME,uid=1001,gid=1001 //ipaddrOfPcToGetShareFrom/ShareName /mnt/mntpointDir/

Setting up a static IP address

See: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-networking-configuration-using-command-line.html

Console mode boot info

Boot to console by default

Boot to console by default

Set resolution

  1. do the following as root
  2. edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
  3. find the line starting with "# defoptions", yes it looks like a comment
  4. change it to something like one of these
    # defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
    # defoptions=quiet splash vga=792
  5. see the table below for resolutions
  6. commit the chage update-grub
Resolutionsetting
640x480vga=785
800x600vga=788
1024x768vga=791
or
vga=792
1280x1024vga=794

Making a script run at startup

# copy the script to /etc/init.c/. # tell it to run update-rc.d {script_name} defaults # for more info man update-rc.d

Boot to console by default

update-rc.d -f gdm remove

Installing ssh

# all together apt-get install openssh-server openssh-client # server apt-get install openssh-server #client apt-get install openssh-client #or maybe this one does both apt-get ssh

ntfsprogs

# see if apt knows about it apt-cache search ntfsprogs #or if lazy apt-cache search ntfs #show details about what it is apt-cache show ntfsprogs #show info about installing it (like do I have it, is it main or universe or...) apt-cache policy ntfsprogs #get and install it apt-get install ntfsprogs

Finding a Package

# Searches for the string in the list of known packages apt-cache search {string}

Packages

Reference https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGetHowto