Change hostname
format is hostname.domain.TLD , ex. server.domain.com
edit /etc/hostname, vi /etc/hostname , enter just the hostname
edit /etc/hosts, vi /etc/hosts , format should be
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 hostname
192.168.168.99 hostname.domain.com hostname
reboot to see changes, type in hostname to see the hostname, hostname -f for the FQDN
Install gui without extras
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop
Change to Static IP
need to edit /etc/network/interfaces
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.67.23
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.67.0
broadcast 192.168.67.255
gateway 192.168.67.1
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 4.2.2.2
dns-search domain.com
Install VMWare Tools
Mount the cdrom, sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
Copy the tools to /tmp , sudo cp /VM.... /tmp
Extract file , tar zxvf VM....
Run Installer , sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d
Install Open VM Tools
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools
Update
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
or
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
/boot is Full
uname -r to find the running kernel
cd into /boot , then rm -rf *3.16.0-41* for the different kernels not being used
apt-get -f install
apt-get autoremove
reboot
