CLOSED: Fedora 21 / Amahi 8 newbie installation questions

[miksnake]

I installed Fedora 21 last night, no problems Then, ran the commands to install Amahi 8 with my install code, no problems I just followed along these basic instructions with the minimal install (https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Amahi_8_Install). Although these instructions said to just follow the Fedora installation instructions, without much detail.

So, during the Fedora install I created a root password, but I didn't create a user. I just assumed that the root user was more or less the admin and I didn't need an extra user. Was I supposed to create a new user as well?

After the Amahi 8 completed and rebooted, I got back to the Fedora prompt on the server. So, all seemed good.

I went to my Windows machine and to http://hda and it took me to a login page with a username field, a password field and a password confirmation field, along with a create button. I didn't know what I was supposed to enter on this page!!

I also tried going to the IP address of the server from the Windows machine: 192.168.1.10, but that just returned a page not found.

I logged into Amahi.org and under status in my control panel it still says "waiting install".

I'm guessing, from what I've read, that perhaps there is a network configuration issue. I checked the ipconfig on my windows machine and the network gateway is correct. I have not turned off DHCP yet because the Amahi instructions have stated to wait until the network is configured correctly before making that switch. I have NOT gone through the network troubleshooting page (https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Networ ... leshooting) yet because I ran out of time last night. And, the interactive Amahi network troubleshooter link seems to be broken. But, I will try the steps in the troubleshooting page tonight.

However, the first line says, "Your HDA should be capable of browsing all the major sites and http://www.amahi.org before doing anything else." Does that mean that from the Fedora command prompt on my server computer I should be able to get to this webpage? I didn't think I'd be able to browse webpages from a headless Fedora install.

Lastly, as I work through step 1 of the network troubleshooting, those will all be done on the Fedora server machine, correct? And, if they don't work and I get to "If the above does not work, try and fix it by double checking the settings." Does this refer to the network settings on the Amahi server? Or the settings inside of my router? If on the Amahi server, what is the command to do that?

Thanks so much. Looking forward to hopefully having it up and running tonight.

Cheers.

[bigfoot65]

I went to my Windows machine and to http://hda and it took me to a login page with a username field, a password field and a password confirmation field, along with a create button. I didn't know what I was supposed to enter on this page!! Was I supposed to create a new user as well?

Your first mistake was not following the instructions. It states "You must create the initial user and password." This is normal behavior, so you will need to start over.

I would encourage you to follow the detailed instructions since you say you are a newbie. Does not pass the logic test to follow basic instructions when you are inexperienced.

However, the first line says, "Your HDA should be capable of browsing all the major sites and http://www.amahi.org before doing anything else." Does that mean that from the Fedora command prompt on my server computer I should be able to get to this webpage? I didn't think I'd be able to browse webpages from a headless Fedora install.

No this means when you have the HDA working as DHCP and DNS server, they should be able to access the internet.

Lastly, as I work through step 1 of the network troubleshooting, those will all be done on the Fedora server machine, correct? And, if they don't work and I get to "If the above does not work, try and fix it by double checking the settings." Does this refer to the network settings on the Amahi server? Or the settings inside of my router? If on the Amahi server, what is the command to do that?

Could be settings on the router or the HDA. Depends on the issue.

There is a bit of a learning curve here for you it appears. Running a home server does require some understanding of networking. Would recommend if you continue to have issues, consider jumping in the Amahi IRC channel for LIVE help.

[pucciclaudio]

Hi,
I am having an issue with Fedora 21 minimal install. I am following the "Fedora 21 Minimal Install" from the Amahi wiki. When going to "installation destination", in the manual partitioning section, I get the error "not enough free space on selected disks". Which makes sense since total space is about 300GB but available space is 3MB. There are 3 partitions on the disk (a Windows7 system), 2 ntfs (about 140GB) and one unknown type (about 10GB).

Tha Amahi wiki does not comment on how to format the disk in this case, please help.

Thanks!

[bigfoot65]

Did you select I will configure partitioning?

The next screen will show the plus (+) and minus (-) where you can remove previous partitions.

Current data should be displayed above those options. You will need to expand the data to select and remove each one.

Refer to Manual Partitioning on the Fedora web site for a screen shot.

Maybe we need to add that bit to the wiki.

[pucciclaudio]

thanks, I clicked minus button to remove previous partitions.

probably adding that screen shot to the wiki would be good

Best,

[bigfoot65]

I have added removing existing disk drive partitions to all the installation guidance pages for Fedora 21.

Thanks for pointing this out as others will benefit.