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Quick setup guide
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1. Creating the root Linux partition
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Linux uses its own filesystem (called the "ext2" filesystem),
thus it cannot be installed right on your existing Amiga
partitions.
The RedHat installer allows you to create Linux partitions
using a command line driven tool called fdisk. Using fdisk
can be rather tricky for novice users, therefore we recommend
creating the partitions with HDToolBox or an equivalent tool
before you start the installation procedure.
You will need to create one or more partitions for the Linux
ext2 filesystem. The main partition is always called the "root"
partition. The easiest way to install Linux is creating one big
root partition, but many experienced UNIX users like to have
separate partitions for /usr, /home, /usr/local or /var.
Until you learn how much space you need in each filesystem,
we recommend installing the system on a single partition.
To create a Linux native partition, open HDToolBox (or any
other hard drive partitioning tool). Add a new partition
and choose "Custom File System" in the filesystem selection
window. The partition identifier should be set to 0x4c4e5800.
All the other parameters (including MaxTransfer and Mask) are
ignored by Linux.
A basic Linux installation requires at least 300MB
of disk space. The full CD installation takes approximately
500MB. For proper system use, we recommend a size ranging
from 800MB to 2GB.
2. Creating the swap partition
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Linux also needs at least one partition where the virtual
memory system will swap memory pages. This is called the
"swap" partition. Whenever virtual memory is exausted, the
system will malfunction or even crash. We recommend that
you reserve at least 64MB of swap space for Linux.
As a general rule, the swap partition should be at least
twice the size of your system memory.
To assign a partition as swap space, follow the same
procedure described above for the root partition, but
set the partition identifier to 0x53575000.
3. Starting the installation script
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Now your hard disk is ready for Linux. To begin the
RedHat installation, you need to boot Linux using a
bootstrap filesystem which includes the RedHat installer.
In order to do that, you must use an Amiga utility
which loads the Linux kernel and starts it. For Linux68k
this utility is called "amiboot". For Linux APUS it is
called "bootstrap". The boot program has several command
line options and it can also provide boot options to the
kernel.
For your convenience, a simple "Install" script is
available on the CD. This script will ask you some
questions and then it runs amiboot or bootstrap with a
sensible set of command line parameters.
Shall this script fail on your system, you will have to read
the documentation and tweak with the command line options
yourself.
Then, Linux will boot with the ram-disk installation
filesystem. In a few seconds the RedHat installer will
come up and guide you through the rest of the installation
procedure.
4. In case of trouble
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If something goes wrong with the installation, please don't
give up immediately! Installing a UNIX system may sometimes
be tricky, but you CAN do it.
Just read the documentation carefully and double-check
every step to make sure you're not making any mistake.
There are a number of issues related to particular hardware
setups that are explained in detail by the documentation.
When everything else fails, you can ask for help on the
mailing lists. If you describe your problem in detail, it
is very likely that someone will know how to deal with it.
The Amiga Unix Compendium Team