[2081] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: installation worked from sipb-nfs:/redhat/4.2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mhpower@MIT.EDU)
Sun Aug 23 02:57:10 1998
From: mhpower@MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 02:56:53 -0400
To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: "[2079] in SIPB_Linux_Development"
>more specific description of the point in the install process where
>"sipb-nfs" should be typed in ...
[5219] in sipb-staff is basically correct, but what I found was:
Color Choices
Red Hat Linux
Keyboard Type
PCMCIA Support
Installation Method
Load module
Module Options
Configure TCP/IP
Configure Network
NFS Setup:
Please enter the following information:
o the name or IP number of your NFS server
o the directory on that server containing Red Hat Linux for
your architecture
NFS server name: small-gods
Red Hat directory: /redhat/4.2/i386
>"sipb-nfs" should be typed in (if the person is using a boot.img disk
>that defaults to small-gods)
I made a boot.img file that defaults to sipb-nfs. It's currently in
/mit/linux/people/mhpower/sipb-nfs-boot.img. I didn't know the
recommended procedure for creating this, so what I did was:
-- copied the /mit/linux/devel/redhat/install tree to /in on the
local disk of a newly installed RedHat-Athena 4.2 machine
-- made the necessary pathname changes in the Makefiles, e.g.,
/mit/linux/devel/redhat/install/install/root.@sys became
/in/install/root.i386_linux2
-- changed the small-gods line in /in/install/src/earlymethods.c
to sipb-nfs, and rebuilt the install binary
-- copied install to /in/install/root.i386_linux2/bin
-- went to /in/bootdisks and rebuilt initrd.img and boot.img
I used a disk with the resulting boot.img to do a complete install of
one machine, and I tested the disk on another machine as far as the
"NFS Setup" screen. Probably it'd be a good idea to replace
/mit/linux/redhat/current/i386/images/boot.img with this sometime soon
(new students are arriving, small-gods is currently down, etc.).
Another issue is whether to update Inessential Linux-Athena so that it
doesn't mention small-gods (or, at least, also mentions sipb-nfs).
Matt
