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Commit 13da360c authored by Bob Mottram's avatar Bob Mottram
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Mention partition resizing

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sudo dd bs=1M if=freedombone-amd64.img of=/dev/sdX conv=fdatasync,sync,noerror
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<p class="doctext"><b>6.</b> Remove the USB drive or SSD and plug it into the laptop which will be your server</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>6.</b> You may want to make sure that you use the whole of the available disk space on the USB drive or SSD, using a tool such as <b>gparted</b> to resize the partition</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>7.</b> Plug your laptop into one of the ethernet sockets on your internet router using a USB patch cable (cat5 or cat6)</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>7.</b> Remove the USB drive or SSD and plug it into the laptop which will be your server</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>8.</b> Power on the laptop and boot from the USB drive or SSD. You may need to change the BIOS settings so that it boots from this drive by default</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>8.</b> Plug your server laptop into one of the ethernet sockets on your internet router using a USB patch cable (cat5 or cat6). Also make sure that the server laptop has a mains power supply</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>9.</b> Ensure that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-configuration_networking">mDNS/zeroconf</a> is enabled on your internet router</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>9.</b> Power on the laptop and boot from the USB drive or SSD. You may need to change the BIOS settings so that it boots from this drive by default</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>10.</b> If <i>avahi</i> is not available on your laptop (not the Freedombone server) then make sure you install it</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>10.</b> Ensure that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-configuration_networking">mDNS/zeroconf</a> is enabled on your internet router</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>11.</b> Browse the local network with</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>11.</b> If <i>avahi</i> is not available on your laptop (not the Freedombone server) then make sure you install it</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>12.</b> Browse the local network with</p>
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avahi-browse -at
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<p class="doctext">If eveything is working you should notice that a system called <i>freedombone</i> appears in the list, with a <i>http</i> service</p>
<p class="doctext"><b>12.</b> Open a web browser which is <b>not</b> a Tor browser and navigate to <b>http://freedombone/admin</b>, or if that doesn't work then try <b>http://freedombone.local/admin</b></p>
<p class="doctext"><b>13.</b> Open a web browser which is <b>not</b> a Tor browser and navigate to <b>http://freedombone/admin</b>, or if that doesn't work then try <b>http://freedombone.local/admin</b></p>
<p class="doctext">Congratulations! You are now ready to begin setting up the server and installing apps. You will need to have purchased a domain name, and have a dynamic DNS account or equivalent arrangement so that the server domain name is resolvable from the wider internet.</p>
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