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Contents of README:------------- MANDRAKELINUX ------------- Typical installation -------------------- Please consult the section ``Other installation methods'' in the file ``INSTALL.txt'' at the root directory of the CDROM, for general information on how to install Mandrake Linux with floppy images from this directory. Notice about network installations ---------------------------------- [*] off a floppy Use the `network.img' boot floppy image to create a boot floppy you can use to install Mandrake Linux over the network. You can install from a local NFS mirror, or using FTP, or HTTP. You will need the name of the server and the Mandrake directory that contains the "base" file, e.g. for FTP that might be ftp.some-mirror.org and the directory might be: /pub/mirrors/Mandrake/10.1/i586 After booting, you will first be prompted to insert the additional floppy containing the network drivers. Insert the floppy made out of `network_drivers.img' in your floppy drive, proceed. Then, you will also be prompted to configure the network, and finally the installation program will be downloaded. After the installer has been downloaded over the network, installation is exactly the same as with a CD-ROM, except that packages are downloaded as needed. [*] off a CDROM If you don't have a floppy driver, or for any other reasons, you might want to start a network installation off a CDROM. Boot with the first CDROM and type F1 then "alt0". If you don't have the CDROM, you may also want to burn the `boot.iso' smaller iso image. [*] off the network If you want to boot directly off the network (pxe), use the files: isolinux/alt0/vmlinuz isolinux/alt0/all.rdz Alternate installation methods ------------------------------ As non-regression principle doesn't exist in the Linux world :-), you will maybe have trouble with some particular hardware, with the default kernel. You can use an alternate kernel to try and fix that : use the relevant boot floppy in the `alternatives' subdirectory instead of default boot floppy. For example using file `cdrom.img-2.4.24-1mdkBOOT' will end up with a cdrom-based installation, running with the kernel version 2.4.24-1mdkBOOT. NB: default images have the freshest kernel version. Old SCSI adapters ----------------- We removed seldom used modules because they are large and mostly about old hardware. You have a solution though: - create a traditional "cdrom.img" floppy - create an ext2 floppy with command: mke2fs /dev/fd0 - find your driver in the kernel-BOOT package; for example, the driver might be: /lib/modules/<kernel-version>BOOT/kernel/3rdparty/dc395x_trm/dc395x_trm.o.gz - copy it unzipped on the ext2 floppy with the command or its equivalent for another driver: zcat /lib/modules/<kernel-version>BOOT/kernel/3rdparty/dc395x_trm/dc395x_trm.o.gz > /mnt/floppy/dc395x_trm.o - also copy (unzipped) the dependencies for that module (such as scsi_mod.o for example; there might be others, check in the modules.dep file) - boot the cdrom.img floppy with F1 then "linux expert", it will allow you to put the floppy and load the modules from there, in dependencies order of course (scsi_mod.o first, etc) Rescue system ----------------------------------------- Just use any boot floppy or the CDROM (as if you were performing a normal install), and type "F1" then "rescue" at boot time. You will have a basic system, in order to recover from crashes or things like that. |
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README 13-Sep-2004 15:49 3.4K
all.img 23-Sep-2005 11:46 7.8M
boot.iso 21-Mar-2006 11:40 13M
cdrom-changedisk.img 23-Sep-2005 11:46 1.4M
cdrom.img 23-Sep-2005 11:46 1.4M
hd_grub.img 23-Sep-2005 11:46 163K
ka.img 23-Sep-2005 11:46 2.9M
network.img 23-Sep-2005 11:46 1.4M
network_drivers.img 23-Sep-2005 11:46 1.4M
pcmcia.img 23-Sep-2005 11:46 1.4M
rescue.iso 06-Apr-2006 15:35 27M
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