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Asterisk Config – Attempt 1

Friday, October 9th, 2009

My first attempt at configuring Asterisk has finally been a success. I have started out with the sample configurations and have then emptied and re-written extensions.conf and sip.conf to setup my SIP users and dialplan … I have the following:

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Running Ubuntu in MS Virtual PC 2007

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

To get the install to run

  1. At install screen press ‘F6′ for install options then ‘ESC’ allowing a direct edit of the install options
  2. Replace ‘quiet splash’ or ‘quiet’ with ‘vga=0×314 noreplace-paravirt’
  3. Hit ‘enter’ to start the install

To get Ubuntu to run first time

  1. At GRUB  screen press ‘ESC’ to configure
  2. Select the relevant kernel line, press ‘e’ to edit
  3. Select the relevant kernel line again, press ‘e’ to edit again
  4. Replace ‘quiet splash’ with ‘vga=0×314 noreplace-paravirt’
  5. Hit ‘enter’ to save
  6. Hit ‘b’ to boot

To get Ubuntu to run everytime

  1. sudo -i
  2. Edit ‘/boot/grub/menu.lst’ with your favourite editor
  3. Find the relevant kernel line
  4. Replace ‘quiet splash’ with ‘vga=0×314 noreplace-paravirt’
  5. Save the file