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<H2><A NAME="s14">14. Installing Slackware, Caldera</A> </H2>
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<P>This section is written by Florent SAUNIER. <BR>
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sabetflo@freesurf.fr
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<P>Here, '&' is used for the root prompt, rather than '$'.
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<P>
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<P>I have performed a Slackware installation using PLIP very
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succesfully. I have also been able to install RedHat and Caldera
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Open linux using the very same method described below.
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<P>As previously specified by Gilles, a Slackware installation requires
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everything specified in the chapter "What do you need?" with the time
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increased to 10 hours if you desire to install xfree(86) and some
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development tools.
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<P>Further on, you first need to read Gilles' installation as I set up
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mine according to his method.
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<P>Finally, I have performed Slackware and Caldera installation on
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a Twinhead 550C laptop, with 8Mb Ram, and 2Gbytes Hard drive.
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss14.1">14.1 Slakware installation</A>
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</H2>
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<P>
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<UL>
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<LI>1- Make 2 disks (boot and root) and prepare a plip disk</LI>
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<LI>2- Install PLIP module</LI>
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<LI>3- Create a NFS drive to use PLIP with</LI>
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<LI>4- Launch the Slackware (or Caldera) Installation</LI>
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<LI>5- Drink all remaining coffee and go to bed waiting completion of
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installation. Graham said: Comment ? Du café avant de dormir ?
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Non ! Le café au petit matin, après la nuit. Avant, du vin.</LI>
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</UL>
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<H3>Making boot,root and plip disks </H3>
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<P>To install Slackware verion using an ATAPI CDROM from your source,
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you will need the standard kernel image bareapm.i or bare.i. If you
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want to make an install with SCSI support, use the scsinet.i image.
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<P>Other images exist, such as net.i which should include the PLIP
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function but on my i486 laptop, Twinhead550C, the image does not
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work. In my experience, the standard image always works on
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any laptop I have used.
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<P>
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<H3>1a- creating the boot and root disks. </H3>
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<P>From DOS (PC-DOS, DR-DOS, FreeDOS, ...) create the boot disk by typing:
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<PRE>
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rawrite bareapm.i
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</PRE>
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then create the root disks:
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<PRE>
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rawrite color.gz.a (if you are using a color screen)
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</PRE>
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<P>
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<H3>1b- Creating the PLIP disk </H3>
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<P>On a DOS formated disk copy the following files:
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<LI>1- plip.o (object program for the plip tool)</LI>
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<LI>2- parport_pc</LI>
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<LI>3- parport</LI>
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</UL>
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Those modules are compulsory prior to a PLIP install, you will find
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them into the Slackware installation CDROM under the directory
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<CODE>/MODULES</CODE>. The same applies to the Caldera
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installation. Run a "find" if you cannot find them.
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<P>
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<H3>1c- launching the installation. </H3>
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<P>Insert your boot disk in your Laptop and start the computer.
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Follow the installation procedure and wait until the system ask for
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the root disk.
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Insert it and wait for the prompt login: "Slackware login".
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<P>To start the Slackware installation you must log in as root. Type
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"root" at the prompt. Be aware that at the time of installation your
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keyboard is still qwerty.
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<H3>2a- Install PLIP module </H3>
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<P>Install your source computer according to Gilles' instructions,
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from chapter 7 to 9.
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<P>Install PLIP on the target. To install the PLIP module you need to
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launch the program from your PLIP disk. Remember you did it, no !!!
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<P>Access your floppy disk with:
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<PRE>
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$ mount /dev/fd0h1440 /floppy
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$ cd /floppy
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$ insmod parport # it will install your parallel port
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$ insmod parport_pc # it will set it up
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$ insmod plip # it will install plip module
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</PRE>
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If during the PLIP installation you encounter an error, it means that
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your parallel port has not been correctly installed. You may type again
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the instruction above, it does work sometimes !!, or go to the parport
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directory and write the appropriate setting.
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<PRE>
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$ cd /proc/parport/0
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$ vi IRQ # Verify that 7 is written in it if you are using
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# that interrupt'
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</PRE>
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See the chapter "PLIP on the source side" to get the proper setting.
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<P>You should not bother too much as at 95% on the 5 laptops I have
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installed everyting went smoothly. (Comment peut-on avoir "95% de
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cinq", said rational Graham)
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<P>
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<P>
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<H3>3a- Now create your NFS drive. </H3>
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<P>From that point I have chosen to use the creation of a NFS drive
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on the target computer. Then I will make an installation using the
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"From directory" option rather than from nfs.
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<P>Do not forget you still have a US keyboard layout. Of course you
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have set up your source according to chapter "Network parameters".
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You did then ping your source, but you cannot yet ping the target.
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<P>So the first step is to configure your PLIP connection:
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On the target type:
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<A NAME="SLACKWARE_TARGET_IP_ADRESS_IFCONFIG"></A> <P>
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$ ifconfig plip0 192.168.0.1 pointopoint 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.255 up
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</PRE>
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<P>Test your Plip configuration by pinging the target from the source
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$ ping target
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</PRE>
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then mount your nfs drive on the target:
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<PRE>
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$ cd /
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$ mkdir nfstest
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$ mount -t nfs 192.168.0.2:/cdrom /nfstest
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</PRE>
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<I>You have just configured a drive linked to your source
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directory /cdrom were you suppose to have the Slackware CDROM
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connected, from your target directory called nfstest</I>.
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<P>Now everything is set up and you are ready to launch the Slackware
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installation program, by typing "setup".
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<P><B>note:</B>if you do not have enough memory, below 8MB
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setup will not be launched, then you will have to make a swap
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space to allow the program to work.
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First, create your disk partition with your swap by typing
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$ fdisk
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</PRE>
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<P>Note which is your swap partition (e.g. /hda3), then quit fdisk with
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'w'. Once it's done, type:
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$ mkswap -c /dev/hda3
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$ swapon /dev/ha3
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</PRE>
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<P>Your swap is now set up.
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You may then launch the "setup" program.
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<P>
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<H3>4a- Installing Slakware </H3>
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<P>the setup programm shows various menu items:
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<LI>HELP - Help file</LI>
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<LI>KEYMAP - Keyboard select (Azerty at last !!!)</LI>
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<LI>ADDSWAP - Create and select swap</LI>
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<LI>TARGET - Select target</LI>
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<LI>SOURCE - select the source</LI>
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<LI>SELECT - Select packages to install</LI>
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<LI>CONFIGURE - Set up your Linux system and make LILO</LI>
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<LI>EXIT - bye bye setup </LI>
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<P>4b- Select your keyboard, for French take -Fr-latin1.map
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<P>4c- Select your swap partition if not already configured
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<P>4d- Select the target, default is '/'
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<P>4e- Select the source. tricky stuff: choose "Installing from a
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drive", then type the drive so : /nfstest/slackware
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<I>'/slackware' because your drive must point to your slackware
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CDROM directory</I>
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<P>4f- Select packages to install
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<P>4g- Wait, Wait, Wait and Wait........
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<P>
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<H2><A NAME="ss14.2">14.2 Caldera Installation</A>
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</H2>
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<P>
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I told you that Caldera works also with that install. In fact, as
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Caldera automatically launches its Setup program, once you arrived
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at the menu where you are supposed to choose your source disks, type
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ALT F2, go to another screen, then log on as root and make your
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nfs drive as described above in points 2 to 4.
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Then go back to the installation screen with ALT F1, and type
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the famous nfstest as your source directory. Caldera will then
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install without problem.
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<H2><A NAME="ss14.3">14.3 Troubleshooting</A>
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</H2>
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<P>If you are experiencing any trouble with that installation you may
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report it to me and I'll try to help as best as I can.
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