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- Phil Norman writes:
- > Things you will need:
- > "RPMS" off the Clan CD
- > "instimage" off the ftp site
- > "base" off the ftp site (I'm not sure if you NEED this, but I used it)
-
- I believe that you will need `base', but I may be wrong.
-
- >...
- > If there's an easier way to format an ext2 partition please someone tell
- > me. It's not possible to format it and use the following method of
- > installation by using the formatter built in to the redhat installer,
- > since the installer requires a RedHat distribution tree to have been seen
- > before it'll format anything. A simple program that formats a given
- > partition would be nice, and would save a lot of trouble.
-
- There is - mke2fs /dev/xxxx. However, the installer usually creates the
- special devices (under /tmp) as and when it needs them using mknod. Both
- should be on the first/second disk. (There is a shell on tty2 [Alt-F2]).
-
- > ...
- > When the installer asks you what medium you wish to install from, use
- > 'hard disc'. The supplemental disc will then be asked for, and as soon
- > as that is loaded, you should shell out (^Z) or change to terminal 2 or
- > whatever. Just get any command line prompt, and type:
-
- You can't use ^Z to shell out - the installer does not run on top of a shell.
-
- > cd /
- > umount /floppy
- > umount /adfs
- > umount /mnt
- > exit
-
- If you're using tty2, don't exit - you'll loose the shell permanently! Just
- switch back to tty1 [Alt-F1].
-
- > If someone on the kernel team could make available a small program that
- > will format an ext2 partition which could be loaded off a floppy and run
- > when shelled out from the installer, I will write a complete set of
- > instructions for people installing armlinux from the adfs partition or
- > from the Clan CDROM. I'll sort out all the zip files, set up the
- > directory structure and do everything. I'll even test if by reinstalling
- > linux all over again. Just give me this program (and also ideally a
- > small x-files reader program) and I'll set it all up so you can stick it
- > on the armlinux ftp site. To be honest, I feel it is my duty to help
- > others who are trying to use the same installation method as I took weeks
- > to get working, and I really don't have time to keep on responding to
- > these emails. If there were a set of instructions on the ftp site, such
- > ppl could be simply pointed in the right direction.
-
- Also note that the Clan CD is out of date - for instance, the modules-2.0.0
- package on it will not be able to cope with >16MB DRAM for a start, but the
- one on the FTP site will. Please see RedHat/RPMS/newrpms - it contains all
- the new RPMs since the distribution was first uploaded, so you may have some
- of them already.
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