ubuntuserver part 1

Installed ubuntu server 8.04 for AMD64. There is no option for a gui,
so you need to be comfortable on the command line or make sure you have
alternate internet access to look stuff up.

The grub menu was messed up and I had to reinstall grub.
From a live CD (I use Puppy Linux 4.1),
# grub
> root (hd0,2)
> setup (hd0)
> quit

Make sure the partition is flagged as bootable. Use g-parted or
systemrescuecd.

Then had to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to change all the references of hd1
to hd0.

After that it booted properly.

Get the latest stuff...
$ sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get upgrade

SSH
SSH was not installed by default on my disto. To install, type...

#sudo apt-get install ssh

At this point I stop using the KVM switch and just access the server box
through SSH.