Ubuntu Live Demo and Installer CD

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I've recently made (November 2009) a Rivendell Live Cd / Installer for Rivendell.

It was created using Ubuntu Customization Kit 2.0.10! from http://uck.sourceforge.net

and also Alban's Blog (Quick start for Rivendell on debian/ubuntu) http://blog.tryphon.org/alban/archives/2009/04/19/quick-start-for-rivendell-on-debianubuntu/

An online version of this document is available from... http://www.countryradionetwork.com/ubuntu

Simply place CD in CD/dvd drive and reboot computer. Note it will wipe out your entire system if you choose to "Install", be certain to back up your files.


When running the live CD you will need to open a terminal and type the following commands...

(Note it can be hard to tell the difference between some the characters in some of these commands eg capital i and small L)

I recommend (right click) copy from this document and (right click) paste to the terminal 

 sudo adduser ubuntu rivendell

Then... 

 sudo adduser ubuntu audio

Next

Click on menu at top of screen... Applications > Sound & Video >> rdadmin

You will be prompted for the username and password. The username/login is... root Password.... rivendell

- a few seconds will pass and you'll get the message "new database created" - click "ok"

Now rdadmin will fire up and the username is .... admin with no password.

Generate a tone for the rdlibrary... In a Terminal type 

 sudo rdgen -t 10 -l 16 /var/snd/999999_000.wav

You can now launch rdairplay (Applications > Sound & Video > rdairplay)

Click the ADD button in the bottom left corner and add the tone to your playlist and click the "ok" button.

Then click on playlist where it says "Where" on a yellow button. Now click the Green "Start" button. (You should hear the tone)

To Install Ubuntu with Rivendell

click install. (This takes about 30 minutes)

1 of 7 Welcome Select Language 

  - click forward

2 of 7 Where are you 

  - click location on map
  - click forward

3 of 7 Keyboard Layout 

  - choose your keyboard layout, or keep suggested US
  - click forward

4 of 7 Prepare disk space 

  - click use entire disk (WARNING: will delete entire existing Hard drive contents)
  - or choose partitions manually (advanced) Beginners DON'T choose this.
  - click forward

Note there are other options at this step, but I recommend, just erasing whole disk, rather than keeping windows ie dual boot (for simpicity)

5 of 7 Type your name 

  - type your username (note it will be lowercase)
  - password x2
  - name of computer (your station name with no gaps)
  - optional log in auto (otherwise leave requiring password)
  - forward

6 of 7 No such page on installer (oops)


7 of 7 Click install

While installing you can surf the net if you wish, just click firefox icon.

30 mins approx.... (depends on hardware specs)

Installation complete Restart Now Remove CD Hit enter when it pops out


Once installed setup is similar to the live cd except you need to open a terminal again and type slightly different commands.

(Note sudo commands like below will ask for your password. If your not familiar with a terminal, your typing will be invisible as you type your password) 

 sudo adduser username rivendell

(replace username with the account name you created)

then 

 sudo adduser username audio

(replace username with the account name you created)

You have to edit the desktop file called rd.conf to reflect the correct username for the audioowner. Replace the name "username" in rd.conf with your user name.

Click file > save to save.

copy to the correct place by typing in a terminal 

 sudo cp Desktop/rd.conf /etc/rd.conf

overwite existing rd.conf if prompted.

Generate tone again 

 sudo rdgen -t 10 -l 16 /var/snd/999999_000.wav

Reboot Machine (Red power icon Top Right corner)

Run rdadmin same as you did with the live cd


The username/login is... root Password.... rivendell

- a few seconds will pass and you'll get the message "new database created" - click "ok"

Now rdadmin will fire up and the username is .... admin with no password.

You can now launch rdairplay (Applications > Sound & Video > rdairplay)

Click the ADD button in the bottom left corner and add the tone to your playlist and click the "ok" button.


Then click on playlist where it says "Where" on a yellow button. Now click the Green "Start" button. (You should hear the tone)


Adding your first track(s) to the RD Library

Now start rdlibrary (Applications > Sound & Video > rdlibrary)


Start rdlibrary and rip a track off a cd if you prefer music :)


Place a music cd in your cdrom. Rip CD button at bottom. Give it a minute to read the track titles from the online cd database.


Single Track

Click once on a track and then "Set Cut" click "Add New Cut" click "OK" then Click "Ok" then "Rip Disc"


Complete CD

"Set All New Cuts" to rip entire CD Select a "music group" click "Ok" then "Rip Disc"


Visit the Rivendell website and download the Rivendell Operations Guide from the Docs section on page. Print out for more advanced configuration. http://www.rivendellaudio.org/rivendell/download.shtml


I hope you find this live cd useful.


Also subscribe to the Rivendell email List http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev


md5sum rivendell-livecd-ubuntu-1.5.iso 8d013522bf9327a37583b325e0d16f42 rivendell-livecd-ubuntu-1.5.iso


1st Dec 2009

The Geoff's iso file (retrieved from New Zealand this morning) is now available via this torrent : http://rivendell.tryphon.org/livecd/rivendell-livecd-ubuntu-1.5.iso.torrent


PS : If you never used bittorrent, try this command : btdownloadcurses http://rivendell.tryphon.org/livecd/rivendell-livecd-ubuntu-1.5.iso.torrent


To Do

Need to add ntp (Network Time Package) to live cd installer 

sudo apt-get install ntp

This will help with time synchronization across networks.

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