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[Rule-list] Installation notes, first draft
From: |
Martin Stricker |
Subject: |
[Rule-list] Installation notes, first draft |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:39:58 +0100 |
See the attached file (I hope Netscape doesn't munge it). If it does,
you also can find it here: http://www.martin-stricker.de/INSTALL
Since I won't get to setup SSH and CVS on Win2k soon, can someone with
developer access please put it into CVS and onto the download area?
Best regards,
Martin Stricker
--
Homepage: http://www.martin-stricker.de/
Red Hat Linux for low memory: http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/rule/
Registered Linux user #210635: http://counter.li.org/
##############################################################################################
# The RULE project: Run Up2date Linux Everywhere
http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/rule/ #
# File: INSTALL
#
# RULE installer version: 0.7.1
#
#
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#
# This file describes the options of how to install Red Hat Linux using the
RULE installer. #
#
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#
# Author: Martin Stricker http://www.martin-stricker.de/ address@hidden
#
#
#
# Copyright ©2002 Martin Stricker http://www.martin-stricker.de/ address@hidden
#
# This is free software. It is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind!
#
# This software may be used and redistributed under the terms of the GNU
General Public #
# License version 2 or, at your decision, any later version.
#
##############################################################################################
# History of changes
#
# Date | Version | Author | Description of change
#
#
-----------|-----------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------
#
# 25.02.2002 | 0.0.1 | Martin Stricker | initial version, quite
uncomplete #
# 26.02.2002 | 0.1.0 | Martin Stricker | initial version, now complete
#
##############################################################################################
WARNING! The RULE installer is still beta software and may or may not work!
The RULE installer enables you to install a very minimal Red Hat Linux 7.2
system on your
hard disk without the need of at least 32 MB (or 21 MB for text install).
Currently it seems to work with as low as 12 MB of RAM. With some special
cheating some
testers could install with 8 MB of RAM, but for others it failed. You are on
your own risk!
INSTALLING step by step
1. Download the boot floppy image and the updates.tar from the RULE download
area at
http://freesoftware.fsf.org/download/rule/ . For version 0.7.1 of the RULE
installer you
need the version 0.7.0 boot image for your type of install. There was no
change in the
boot images between versions 0.7.0 and 0.7.1. For a normal install you need
boot.img, if
you want to boot from a laptop with a PCMCIA CD-ROM drive you need both the
pcmcia.img as
boot floppy and pcmciadd as driver disk.
Also you need the updates-v0.7.1.tar file.
And you need the original Red Hat Linux 7.2 installation CDs 1 and 2, of
course. Buy a
boxed set or download them at ftp://ftp.redhat.com/ or a mirror.
2. Create the floppies
The disk images (download files ending with .img) need to be written in raw
mode onto a
msdos-formatted, empty floppy. To accomplish this, you can use:
on Linux: Type at the command line:
dd
on Windows: Copy the file X:\dosutils\rawrite.exe (X: is your CD-ROM drive
letter) into
the directory where your downloaded the floppy images. Doubleclick
rawrite.exe and follow
the instructions on the screen to create the floppies you need.
To create the updates floppy you need a Linux machine available.
If you don't have a Linux system available you can boot from the boot floppy
made from
boot.img (pcmcia.img might not work!). If you need to use the boot floppy
type this at
the boot prompt:
linux updates
The booting will continue. When it asks you for the updated floppy, press
[Alt][F2]
simultanously to get to VT2. Take the boot floppy out of your floppy drive
and replace it
with the floppy you want to use as updates floppy.
Now at the Linux command line type these commands (wait until each has
finished before
typing the next one)
mke2fs -c -m0 /dev/fd0
mount /dev/fd0
If this gives an error create a directory to mount it
mkdir floppymount
mount /dev/fd0 floppymount
Continue with uncompressing the tar file
cd /mount/floppy
or where the floppy was mounted
tar -xvf /path/to/updates-v0.7.0.tar
If you use the boot floppy as Linux system you have a problem here. I'm
trying to solve it.
cd ~
umount /dev/fd0
The updates floppy is now ready to use. Take it out of the floppy drive and
reboot the
computer using the reset button.
3. Install it!
Insert the boot floppy into the floppy drive and boot your computer. If it
doesn't boot
from floppy you need to set the BIOS to do so. See the handbook of you
computer's
motherboard for more information (sorry, I cannot cover every BIOS version
here).
Once the floppy boots, it shows the welcome screen for the RULE installer.
At the
boot: prompt type:
linux updates
If you need to boot from the pcmcia.img floppy type instead:
linux dd updates
If you want to restrict the installer to less RAM than you computer has for
testing
purposes add mem=xxM, where xx is the amount of RAM in MB you want to
restrict the
installer to. Proven to work in most cases is mem=12M:
linux updates mem=12M
linux dd updates mem=12M
Then follow the installer through the usual Red Hat installation process. In
the end you
will have a minimal Red Hat Linux 7.2 system installed.
NOTE: The system installed consists completely of original Red Hat Linux 7.2
packages, so
Red Hat, Inc. will provide support for it if you bought a support contract.
However, the
install process the RULE installer uses was NOT made by Red Hat, so you cannot
get
installation support from Red Hat for a RULE install even if you paid for
installation support
(i. e. bought a boxed set). If you have problems with a RULE install or have
any questions,
please subscribe to the RULE mailing list at
http://mail.freesoftware.fsf.org/mailman/listinfo/rule-list . Afer you
successfully subscribed
please provide as much information as possible in you mail so we actually can
help you. If
you want to unsubscribe from RULE-list again, go to the same URL above, type in
your email
address and password (you can get a password reminder there) and unsubscribe
yourself.
Have fun!
- [Rule-list] Installation notes, first draft,
Martin Stricker <=