Here's the install procedure for setting up a Minerva RHEL4 server in W91 colo:

 Requirements:

• server (order with redundant power; consult DOST about whether to get a rack kit, though as of 22jan07 the Dell rack kits are unloved)
• colo agreement (http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/backup/colocation.html)
• hostname (DOST will set this up with colo, or have it transferred from elsewhere)
• Kerberos host keytab (from accounts; see http://web.mit.edu/accounts/www/srvtabform.html)
• RHEL4 media (often with servers in W91 machine room)
• N.B.: Dell 2950s running RHEL4 have the #2 ethernet interface show up as eth0

RHEL4 Install:

• start normal RHEL4 install
• IP: netmask 255.255.255.0, router x.x.x.1, DNS 18.72.0.3,18.70.0.160,18.71.0.151
• partitioning: usually a big ext3 /, 20GB swap, 2GB ext2 /usr/vice/cache
• time service: use time.mit.edu as NTP server
• packages: custom, remove web server and windows file server, add development tools except KDE, add editors and system tools

• post-install dialog: decline setting up a Red Hat Network account

Post-install:

•  wget -O activate http://rhnsat.mit.edu/rhn/activate
• csh ./activate
• run up2date-config and remove kernel from "skip" list
• up2date -u
• install mit-up2date-config, mit-krb5-config, mit-openafs-setup (from SWRT web page or /mit/software/pub/linux)
• install new keytab as /etc/krb5.keytab
• cd /etc; k5srvutil -f krb5.keytab change
• create root's .k5login
• either edit krb5.conf to remove srvtab entry or generate a srvtab with ktutil
• reboot
• /opt/mit-openafs-setup/bin/setup (as of 23jan2007 this is a bit broken)