[2104] in SIPB_Linux_Development
replacement for small-gods Linux install server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mhpower@MIT.EDU)
Fri Aug 28 06:11:29 1998
From: mhpower@MIT.EDU
To: linux-announce@MIT.EDU
Cc: cfyi@MIT.EDU, linux-dev@MIT.EDU, sipb-office@MIT.EDU
Reply-To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 06:10:52 EDT
In the past, SIPB's RedHat-Athena software could be installed over the
network from a server named small-gods. SIPB now has a new Linux
install server named sipb-nfs. The installation procedure is still the
same as what is described in the one-page document "Installing
RedHat-Athena Linux on MITnet". Copies of this are available in the
SIPB office (W20-557), and can also be printed out -- the file name is
/afs/sipb/project/doc/ilinux/linux-net-install/rh-net-install.ps
To install from sipb-nfs using an old boot disk, watch for the install
screen labeled "NFS Setup" which will occur immediately after you have
configured your IP address and hostname. There will be a line stating
"NFS server name: small-gods". Here, change small-gods to sipb-nfs.
The other line ("Red Hat directory") should be left as it is.
The files needed to make new boot disks are in the directory
/mit/linux/redhat/redhat-4.2/i386/images. When new boot disks are
made, the default server name will be sipb-nfs rather than small-gods.
If you already installed RedHat-Athena 4.2 in the past, you should run
the script /mit/linux/redhat/redhat-4.2/i386/updates/update.pl as root
in order to obtain the latest updated packages for your system.
Updated packages will often include fixes for security problems. For
example, there was a security fix issued by RedHat on August 27 that
is relevant to RedHat-Athena systems that operate as NFS servers.
SIPB is also working on providing Athena software for RedHat 5.1
systems. Athena software that's very close to what's included in the
Athena 8.2 Sun/SGI release has been built on RedHat 5.1 (i386) using
the Gnu libc. It is planned to release new packages in the fall.
Matt
