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- This is Slackware Linux 3.3.0.
-
- This version contains the 2.0.30 Linux kernel, plus recent versions of these
- (and other) software packages:
-
- - Kernel modules 2.0.30
- - PPP daemon 2.2.0f
- - Dynamic linker (ld.so) 1.9.2
- - GNU CC 2.7.2.2
- - Binutils 2.8.1.0.1
- - Linux C Library 5.4.33
- - Linux C++ Library 2.7.2.1
- - Termcap 2.0.8
- - Procps 1.01
- - Gpm 1.10
- - SysVinit 2.69
- - Shadow Password Suite shadow_970616 (based on shadow 3.3.2)
- - Util-linux 2.6
-
- Mail here _pours_ in at high volume, but feel free to report any problems you
- find. I can't promise a response but I *do* appreciate the help people offer
- me in fixing problems.
-
- This is what you'll find in the subdirectories below (or in the case of the
- disk sets, in the ./slakware subdirectory):
-
- ./bootdsks.144, ./bootdsks.12, ./rootdsks:
- Boot/install disks for 1.44M and 1.2M floppy drives. You will
- need at least one boot disk and one rootdisk to install this
- software. See the README files in these directories for more
- information.
-
- ./a1 - ./a9 The base system. Enough to get up and running and have elvis
- and comm programs available. Based around the 2.0.30 Linux
- kernel, and concepts from the Linux filesystem standard.
-
- These disks are known to fit on 1.2M disks, although the rest
- of Slackware won't. If you have only a 1.2M floppy, you can
- still install the base system, download other disks you want
- and install them from your hard drive.
-
- ./ap1 - ./ap6 Various applications and add ons, such as the manual pages,
- groff, ispell, joe, jed, jove, ghostscript, sc, bc, and the
- quota patches.
-
- ./d1 - ./d13 Program development. GCC/G++/ObjectiveC 2.7.2.2, g77 0.5.20,
- make (GNU and BSD), byacc and GNU bison, flex, 5.4.33 C
- libraries, gdb, SVGAlib, ncurses, gcl (LISP), p2c, m4, perl,
- rcs.
-
- ./e1 - ./e8 GNU Emacs 19.34.
-
- ./f1 - ./f3 A collection of FAQs and other documentation.
-
- ./k1 - ./k6 Source code for the 2.0.30 Linux kernel.
-
- ./n1 - ./n6 Networking. TCP/IP, UUCP, mailx, dip, PPP, deliver, elm, pine,
- BSD sendmail, Apache httpd, arena, lynx, cnews, nn, tin, trn,
- inn.
-
- ./t1 - ./t9 teTeX Release 0.4 - teTeX is Thomas Esser's TeX distribution
- for Linux.
-
- ./tcl1 - ./tcl2 Tcl, Tk, TclX, built with ELF shared libraries and dynamic
- loading support. Also includes the TkDesk filemanager.
-
- ./y1 - ./y2 Games. The BSD games collection, Koules, Lizards,
- and Sasteroids.
-
- ./contrib This directory contains extra packages for Slackware, such as
- an Ada compiler, and the Andrew User Interface System (lets
- you create, use, and mail multi-media documents and
- applications).
-
-
- --------- Disks for the X window system:
-
- ./x1 - ./x23 The base XFree86 3.3 system, with libXpm, fvwm 1.23b, and
- xlock added. Also includes xf86config, an XF86Config writing
- program - just tell it your video card, mouse, and monitor,
- and it will create your XF86Config file for you!
-
- ./xap1 - ./xap5 X applications: X11 ghostscript, libgr, seyon, workman,
- xfilemanager, xv 3.10a, GNU chess and xboard, xfm 1.3.2,
- ghostview, gnuplot, xpaint, xfractint, fvwm95-2, and various
- X games.
-
- ./xd1 - ./xd4 X11 server linkkit, static libraries, and PEX support.
-
- ./xv1 - ./xv3 xview3.2p1-X11R6. XView libraries, and the Open Look
- virtual and non-virtual window managers for XFree86.
-
- ================================================================================
-
- Installation notes for Slackware Linux 3.3.0:
-
- A more detailed description of the installation process may be found in the
- file INSTALL.TXT, the "Installation-HOWTO", by Matt Welsh.
-
-
- INSTALLATION DISKS:
-
- You will need installation disks: a "bootkernel" disk and a "root/install" disk.
-
- To make your bootkernel/rootdisk combination, you'll have to get a boot kernel
- and root disk. Bootkernels are in ./bootdsks.12 (for 1.2 meg drives) and
- ./bootdsks.144 (for 1.44 meg drives). Rootdisks are in ./rootdsks. Use 'dd'
- or RAWRITE.EXE to write them to floppies.
-
- NOTE: When using dd to create the boot kernel disk or root disk on Suns and
- possibly some other Unix workstations you must provide an appropriate block
- size. This probably wouldn't hurt on other systems, either. Here's an
- example:
-
- dd if=scsinet of=/dev/(rdf0, rdf0c, fd0, or whatever) obs=18k
-
-
- DISK SETS
-
- If you're installing from CD-ROM, you don't need to make any disk sets. Just
- select the ones you want during the installation process. However, if you're
- installing from floppy disk, you'll need to make the disk sets you wish to
- install on MS-DOS formatted disks. The A disks will fit on 1.2 MB or 1.44 MB
- disks, but all other disk sets require 1.44 MB disks. So, if you're installing
- from floppy using a 1.2 MB drive, you'll only be able to install the A series
- at first. Once your machine is running Linux the rest of the packages you need
- can be installed from your hard drive.
-
- These are the disk sets that are available to install:
-
- A - Base Linux system (required)
- AP - Various applications that do not need X
- D - Program Development (C, C++, Kernel source, Lisp, Perl, etc.)
- E - GNU Emacs
- F - FAQ lists
- K - Linux kernel source
- N - Networking (TCP/IP, UUCP, Mail)
- T - TeX
- TCL - Tcl script language, and Tk toolkit for developing X apps
- X - XFree86 X Window System
- XAP - Applications for X
- XD - XFree86 X server development system, PEX extensions, and man
- pages for X programming.
- XV - XView. (OpenLook[TM] [virtual] Window Manager, apps)
- Y - Games (that do not require X)
-
- For each disk, make an MS-DOS format disk and copy the proper files to it.
- The "00index.txt" files are added by the FTP server. You don't need those.
-
- Make sure you have a blank, formatted floppy ready to make your Linux boot
- disk at the end of the installation.
-
- INSTALLING FROM HARD DRIVE OR NETWORK:
-
- If you want to install from your hard drive, just set up a directory on your
- DOS, Linux, or OS/2 partition containing the the disk subdirectories for the
- disk sets you want. For example, if you wanted to install the A series, you
- might make a SLACK directory on your DOS drive and copy the A1, A2, A3, A4,
- and A5 directories and their contents into it. You can then specify this as
- the source to install from when you run the setup program. Like with the CD-ROM
- installation, you'll only have to make the boot and root floppies.
-
- To install from NFS, set up a similar directory on the NFS server you plan to
- use, and then make sure the directory is exported. If you're installing to
- a laptop using PCMCIA ethernet, make sure to use the PCMCIA rootdisk. It
- contains special kernel modules to recognize PCMCIA devices.
-
- Again, make sure you have a blank, formatted floppy ready to make your Linux
- boot disk at the end of the installation.
-
- [NOTE]: You may install most software packages by typing "setup" on a
- running system. If you reinstall the A series, or the Q series (which
- replaces your kernel), be sure to run LILO or make a new boot disk using the
- rescue disk. Also, if you reinstall some of the base packages you might need
- to reconfigure files in /etc or other places.
-
- WHAT IF MY CD-ROM IS NOT RECOGNIZED?
-
- Don't panic -- you'll still be able to install Linux from your hard drive.
- Sometimes new CD-ROM hardware comes out and doesn't work with Linux. It can
- take a while for Linux to support it because the Linux developers sometimes
- aren't told about the hardware's introduction and don't hear about it at all
- until people start sending email wondering why it doesn't work. The people
- making hardware almost always write a DOS driver before releasing it, so the
- workaround is to copy the disk sets you want to your DOS partition (under DOS)
- and then install them from there. Here's how you'd copy the disk sets to a
- C:\SLACK directory under DOS from a CD-ROM drive on e:
-
- C:\> MKDIR SLACK
- C:\> CD SLACK
- C:\SLACK> XCOPY E:\SLAKWARE\*.* . /S
-
- This will take about 110 megabytes, so if you don't have that much space you'll
- have to be selective about which disk sets to copy over. You need at least the
- A series to start with. If you want to try to get your CD-ROM running once the
- system is installed you can keep an eye on sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/kernel
- for new kernels or kernel patches that support your CD-ROM drive.
-
- Your packages are listed in /var/log/packages. Any of these packages may be
- removed or reinstalled using "pkgtool".
-
- Enjoy!
-
- Patrick Volkerding
- volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com
- volkerdi@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu
-