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NAME="POSTCONFIG"
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>7. Post installation configuration</H1
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> In this chapter we will boot our fresh installed system for the
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first time, and learn how to finnish the post-installation
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configuration of the various systems.
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>7.1. The Boot Prompt</H2
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> If everything worked, you should now be able to reboot you're
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system, and start your freshly installed Linux system for the
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first time. Reinsert the boot floppy disk in the floppy drive,
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and switch the machine on again. If it won't boot, try to hit
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F5 at the splash screen while the system check icons pop up in
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the bottom of the screen. At the boot prompt, ("Linux/PPC
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load:") you must add a boot parameter to make the system find
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your root partition. (That's usually the main system
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partition.) Press backspace to remove what's already there, and
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add something like this:
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>root=/dev/sda3</PRE
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I use sda3 as sda3 is where I have installed my root partition,
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that is, the partition mounted at "/". You might
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have something different, and you should have written it down
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when you partitioned you harddisk(s). Luckily we did this, of course.
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> Note that we have to use this routine every time we boot
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machine, until we make our own kernel that suits the
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installation we just finished. This is described in <A
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>Section 9</A
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> The system should boot up and maybe even doing some post
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configuration, see below.
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>7.2. Post installation configuration of Debian</H2
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The post installation configuration of Debian is described in
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detail in the document <A
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HREF="http://www.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/doc/ch-init-config.en.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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> ch-init-config-en.html</A
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> at your favourite Debian
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mirror. If you have cleared all previous stages, you get 400
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bonus points, and can skip directly to paragraph 8.3.
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> By some strange reason, the Debian installer doesn't set up
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the network according to the fixes in the installer. If you
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want to use apt over a network connection, you should jump to
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a virtual screen (Alt+F2), log in as root, and set up
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networking. This is done by editing the file
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/etc/networking/interfaces , but the syntax of that file is
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way out of scope for this document. More information should be
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found in the Debian documentationm. Use the command
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>man interfaces</PRE
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to get the manual page. When you are done, run
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>ifup eth0</PRE
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>
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to take the link up. Then jump back to the installer screen by
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pressing Alt+F1.
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>7.3. Post configuration of SuSE</H2
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> The post installation configuration of SuSE should be quite
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painless. Make up a root password and enter it twice. Done.
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The rest should run automagically. Nice, eh?
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>7.4. Post configuration of Yellow Dog</H2
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> YellowDog Linux does not have any post installation issues at
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all, except the expected kernel errors caused by lacking
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module directories. What a cool operating system! Look in
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<A
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>Section 9</A
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> for detailed instructions on how to
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compile and install a working kernel.
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> There is some info at <A
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HREF="http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/configuration/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>this
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url</A
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> if we want to dig into more configuration. But we want
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to read the following chapters first.
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> Before taking another step you should go to a silent chamber
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and think: "I've got Yellow Dog 2.3. YES! But should I be
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content with that, now when YellowDog 3.0 is out? Should I
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really?" If the answer to that question is "No" then skip to
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<A
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HREF="sirius.html"
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>Section 14</A
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>. If you pass over the start field in
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the movement, you'll receive $2000 and a hotel.
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>7.5. Post configuration of Mandrake</H2
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> Not much to mention here. The system should work more or less
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out of the box. Wow! You will probably get some errors on
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lacking kernel files. You will learn how to compile and
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install a complete kernel in <A
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>Section 9</A
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>. You may
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want to (re)configure your network. There does exist a tool
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called "drakconnect" that should be able to do this, but I
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never got it to behave. Configuring the local network is easy
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though. Just fire up your favourite editor (at least vi is
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installed) and edit the files mentioned below. This example
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describes a static ip configuration. Generally, this is the
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"RedHat" way to do things, so examples and documentation
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should be easy to find. </P
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> /etc/sysconfig/network
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> NETWORKING=YES
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HOSTNAME=barky
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GATEWAY=192.168.0.1</PRE
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/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
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> DEVICE=eth0
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BOOTPROTO=static
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BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
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IPADDR=192.168.0.5
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NETMASK=255.255.255.0
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ONBOOT=YES</PRE
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/etc/resolv.conf
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> nameserver 192.168.0.2</PRE
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For a DHCP configuration, change BOOTPROTO to "dhcp", and skip
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the BROADCAST, IPADDR, NETMASK, GATEWAY and nameserver
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options.
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> I'm no Mandrake Guru. I actually never use Mandrake, and fixed
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the installer just for the exercise. By some reason, eth0
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doesn't get active at boot time with the configuration above,
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though it does after a 'ifdown eth0; ifup eth0', so I just
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put that in my rc.local. Go figure.
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>7.6. Installation: Done!</H2
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> After the post installation configuration, the system should
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boot up to a ready state, and greet you with a login
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prompt. Congratulations, you have installed GNU/Linux on your
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7248. You are dismissed to have a beer or a cup of tea. Or
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even coffee. From here, you have to know how to use
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linux. This is absolutely outside the scope of this document,
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but if you are a complete newbie, you could for example check
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out <A
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>Introduction
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to Linux - A Hands on Guide</A
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> by Machtelt Garrels.
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