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Welcome to RedHat Linux 7.3.x
From the initial boot screen,
type "text" and hit [enter] to start the install process in text mode. If your video card
isn't recognized by the install program, it will automatically default to
text mode installation.
Choose a Language [OK]
Keyboard Type [OK]
Installation Method [NFS image]
Configure TCP/IP
Either:
- Choose DHCP
or
- Enter the IP address (from above)
Netmask (from above)
Default gateway (from above)
Primary nameserver (131.225.8.120)
[OK]
NFS Setup
NFS server name linux.fnal.gov
Red Hat directory /export/linux/732/i386
or, if you are installing 7.3.1
Red Hat directory /export/linux/731/i386
Red Hat Linux [OK]
Mouse Selection [Select and OK]
Installation Type [Select and OK]
Select which workgroup this machine will belong to. If you aren't part
of a particular group choose "Fermi Generic Desktop Install"
Disk Setup
Select [Disk Druid]
Partitioning
You will need to create your disk partitions. At a bare minimum you should
create the /, a swap partitions. The reason to create a separate /home partition
is to ensure that if something bad should happen to your system (/) partition,
your personal home area may not be affected. Sizes should be determined by
what your need is. The workgroup page indicates the minimum space needed
for the software that this workgroup has selected as part of this installation.
Of course there may be other software loaded and this needs to be taken into
account. I have indicated very minimum sizes below. The "Device" below is
the default given for a clean install. Your "Device" name may vary.
|
Mount Point |
Device |
Size |
Type |
Notes |
|
|
|
| / |
hda1 |
3000 |
ext3 |
required |
| /home |
hda6 |
What ever you want. |
ext3 |
optional, but a good idea |
| swap |
hda7 |
500M |
swap |
required |
|
Add Partition
When adding new partitions, things often go quite smoothly, but when editing existing paritions,
you need to make sure that the root partition get's formated. It is always a good idea to double
check the 'Filesystem Option' and make sure it says something about Formatting. If it doesn't
select [Filesystem Options]
Filesystem Options
Select 'Format as:' and 'ext3'.
[OK]
Warning
If your root partition goes higher than the 1024 cylindar, then you will
get this warning stating that the Boot paritition may not meet booting constraints.
Unless your machine is extremely old (100 Mhz) this is probrubly not a problem.
It is safe to select [add anyway] and continue.
Format Warning [Yes]
Boot Loader Configuration(1) ['Use LILO' and OK]
Although both LILO and GRUB are good boot loaders, we recommend LILO because of backwards compatibility,
and better documentation.
Boot Loader Configuration(2) [MBR and OK]
We recommend that you install LILO on the Master Boot Record and not the
First Sector of the Linux partition. If you use the "First sector of the
Linux Partition" you will need another boot loader in addition to lilo.
Boot Loader Configuration(3) [OK]
It is hard to predict when the LBA32 option is going to be needed. It is best to leave this option
unchecked unless you are sure that you need it. It is needed mainly when your LILO or GRUB config file
are on a cylindar higher than 1024.
Boot Loader Configuration(4) [OK]
Network Configuration for eth0 [Edit if necessary and OK]
Hostname Configuration [Edit if necessary and OK]
Firewall Configuration [OK]
Using anything other than "No firewall" will break NFS.
Language Support [OK]
Time Zone Selection [America/Chicago and OK]
Do not select the "Hardware clock set to GMT" option.
Root Password [Enter twice and OK]
Add User [OK]
It is best to add users after the install because you should use the Fermi
assigned UID/GID and this screen does not allow for the specification of
the UID/GID , so just continue.
Authentication Configuration [OK]
The Kerberos settings have been set to correctly kerberize your machine. Please do not change these.
Most workgroups will set your NIS domain and server for you, so you often do not need to set that, unless
you are choosing stand alone.
Package Group Selection
Various groups of packages can be selected or unselected here, depending on your workgroup. If you choose
you can also select individual packages.
[OK].
Video Card Configuration [Verify and OK]
If your video card was correctly identified, then select [OK}.
If your video card was not correctly identified, then you should change the settings.
If your video card is not setup correctly here, you will be able to change it after the install.
Installation to begin [OK]
The installation will proceed.
This takes 30-40 minutes via the network and
a progress bar will indicate the amount of time left.
Bootdisk [OK]
This is a good idea to create.
Monitor Configuration
If your particular
monitor is not listed, there are several "generic" resolution monitors called
Generic Monitor. Select the one that matches the resolution your monitor
can do. Guessing wrong should not hurt anything and you can always go back
and try another.
X Configuration
You should first check to see if the 'Resolution' and 'Color Depth'
seem reasonable. You should then do a [Test]. If you do a test and your screen just goes blank, or goes
all squiggly, just wait for 15 seconds and it will come back to this screen.
If you can't seem to get the screen right, make sure that the 'Default Login' is set to 'Text'
and move on with the installation. You will be able to reconfigure your graphics after the installation,
when you reboot and login.
For the majority of systems the graphical setup should work very well. It usually only has problems
with very very new video cards, or very very very old video cards.
[OK]
Long Pause with just a blue screen
This is the part of the install where the post install scrip runs.
A long pause is normal, especially if you have UPD/UPS installed.
If the pause is longer than 15 minutes, be a little concerned and do Alt-F2, which brings you
to a shell prompt. Then type ps ax, and look and see what is being done.
Complete[OK]
Remove the floppy from the drive.
NOTE: Although Fermi Linux 7.3.1 comes kerberized out of the box with Fermi
Kerberos, if you want someone to be able to log into your machine via kerberos, you
need to do the following extra steps after your machine is up.
- * get a host key password from here *
- /usr/krb5/config/makehostkeys * use password from step 1 *