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- Fuerth 1999/03/23
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- README on SuSE Linux 6.1 BETA
- =============================
-
-
- Welcome :)
-
-
- This version of our Linux distribution that has been specially
- designed for evaluation is more or less the same as our Linux
- !Snapshot distribution.
-
- >> Please be aware that we do not offer any <<
- >> kind of support for this (Evaluation) version <<
-
-
- Obviously this distribution is not as extensive as our "official"
- distribution. This is only one CD in comparison to 5 CDs that
- come with the "official" SuSE Linux :-).
-
- So, if you like to have a glimpse at our "official" distribution
- feel free to have a look at
-
- http://www.suse.de
-
- or install susepake.rpm which is located under /unsorted.
-
- The sources of the packages can be found on ftp.suse.com.
-
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Installation of
- SuSE Linux 6.1 Beta (Evaluation Copy)
-
- Before installing Linux please ensure that you have enough space on your
- hard disk for further Linux partitions, that some partitions are not in
- use or that the partitions of a different operating system can now be made
- available for Linux. If this is not the case you will have to start by
- preparing your hard disk. In order to create space you might want to use
- fips, a dos utility (directory dosutils) which you will find on the CD.
- Before you use it however you should definitely read the file InfoSuSE
- which you will find in the same directory!
-
- 1 If yif your machine is equipped with modern BIOS you can boot
- directly from the SuSE Linux-CD. After 3 seconds Linux will start
- automatically. If you cannot boot from your CD-ROM, write your own boot
- diskette. The default boot disk image is called "EIDE01"; it's to be found
- under the directory \disks on the CD-ROM (please, read the file README.DOS
- at the same location). To write the boot disk you've to use the program
- "rawrite"; this it available under the directory \dosutils\rawrite. For
- more information read the documentation, please.
-
- 2 The utility Linuxrc starts up and offers a number of menu options
- for selection. Select "Language", "Kind of Display" and "Keyboard
- Mapping".
-
- 3 If required, load the kernel modules for the SCSI-host adapter and
- for accessing the installation system (CD-ROM drive, networking card or
- PCMCIA). This happens either automatically or manually. With some modules
- you can also specify parameters. Return to the higher-level menu with
- "Back".
- IMPORTANT: If you own an ATAPI CD-ROM drive you do not need to load any
- special drivers. ATAPI drives are supported by the (E)IDE hard disk
- driver!
-
- 4 Select "Start installation/system" and then "Start Installation"
- in order to start YaST ("Yet another Setup Tool"). The source is usually
- "CD-ROM" (possibly also "Network"). Note: By pressing F1 you can call up
- online-help for YaST at any time.
-
- 5 On the initial YaST screen you choose the menu option "Install
- Linux from scratch".
-
- 6 Create Linux partitions. Please do not forget the swap partition.
- You have to set the type explicitly with F3! If you are not sure just
- create one partition for swap (approx. 32-64 MB or more) and one further
- big partition.
- WARNING: YaST is able to create Linux partitions automatically. If you
- select "Entire disk", all data on the hard disk
- will be deleted, including all the operating systems installed. If you
- choose "Entire disk" you can ignore the following two points.
-
- 7 On the next screen you assign mount points to the partitions. If
- you are creating just one partition the mount point should be "/" (without
- the quotation marks, of course). Use F6 to determine whether and how the
- Linux partitions should be
- formatted. Usually "normal formatting" suffices.
-
- 8 Select "Ok" and YaST will format the Linux partitions.
-
- 9 Choose "Load configuration" if you want to preselect certain
- software (Workstation, Server system, etc.).
-
- 10 Under "Change/create configuration" you can select or de-select
- individual software packages. If you want to set up the X Window System
- you can choose the X server for your graphics card from the series "xsrv"
- at this point. If you have any doubts you can also do this at a later
- stage. Return to the installation menu by pressing F10.
-
- 11 Start loading the software you selected by choosing "Start
- Installation".
-
- 12 Close YaST by returning to the main menu and selecting "Finish up
- installation".
-
- 13 Choose the kernel with which you want to boot your system in the
- future.
-
- 14 Create a special boot diskette from which you could start Linux.
- Such a disk is also extremely useful for emergencies.
-
- 15 You can now install the Boot Manager LILO.
-
- 16 Assign a name to your machine and select the type of
- network. Your computer will then continue to boot and you can log in to
- your Linux as "root". Make
- sure you remember your new password!
-
- 17 Add the finishing touches to your system by configuring
- mouse, modem, etc. Configuration scripts are being processed in the
- background. You can view the
- output of these scripts on console 9 (Switch over with Alt-F9). Please do
- not switch off your
- machine before the processing of these scripts has been completed!
-
- 18 You can now log in as "root", start YaST (by typing yast on the
- command line) und create users via "System administration". You can set up
- the graphical interface (the X Window System) with SaX (SuSE advanced
- X-Configuration) after selecting "Configure XFree86¬" from the menu and
- much, much more. In the directory docu you will find the complete SuSE
- Linux manual (as text or as a packed PostScript file). In case of any
- problems please look up our support database:
- http://www.suse.de/Support/sdb_e
-
-
- More information can be gathered from the following README of
- SuSE Linux 6.0. Most of it should also apply for this
- version.
-
- Have a lot of fun...
-
- Your SuSE Team
-
-
- ------------------------
- README on SuSE Linux 6.0 1998/12/14
-
- This file contains some pieces of information that were not
- available by time of going to press of our manual. Please read
- it thoroughly.
-
-
- isapnptools; Kernel 2.1xx/2.2 and ISA-PnP devices
- =================================================
-
- In contrast to what is said in chapter 12.4 ("ISA Plug and Play
- hardware") of the manual, the 2.1xx and 2.2 series of kernels
- will not be able to initialize ISA-PnP devices automatically.
- This must be done as before with the programs contained in the
- package 'isapnp'. The version of this package contained in SuSE
- 6.0 has significant improvements over previous versions. The most
- important change is, that pnpdump is able to create an edited
- (ready to be used) version of /etc/isapnp.conf . In order to use
- this feature, enter the following command (as root) :
-
- pnpdump -c > /etc/isapnp.conf
-
- If this file already exists, please make a backup of it first.
- Please note, that this feature might be dangerous when being used
- in conjunction with 2.0x kernels, since for this series of
- kernels the available information about PCI devices (used
- ressources) is not evaluated (since pnpdump relies on 'lspci',
- which only works for the 2.1xx series of kernels). Therefore it
- is recommended to follow the description of the manual in chapter
- 12.2, when using ISA-PnP devices in conjunction with kernels of
- the 2.0xx series. For 2.1xx/2.2 kernels however all available
- information concerning free/used ressources in the system is
- evaluated and the above command can be used to create a
- /etc/isapnp.conf that is fine-tuned to your system. See 'man
- pnpdump' for further information about pnpdump. A
-
-
- Modem applications
- ==================
-
- For security reasons we have decided not to set the modem tools
- (minicom and seyon) sgid uucp (set group id uucp). So, if you
- want to use your modem make sure the users who may use the modem,
- are in group "uucp". This may be done with YaST. Please keep in
- mind that you have to re-login to make the changes take effect.
-
-
- Installation
- ============
-
- The Linux installation is started from a running Linux system.
- You can either boot directly from CD (if this is supported by
- your BIOS), or start Linux from DOS (by invoking setup.exe on the
- root directory on the first CD), or use the shipped boot-disk.
- You may create your own set of boot-disk(s) if you encounter any
- problems with suse-boot-disk. The program setup.exe helps you
- creating these disk(s). If there is already a Linux up and
- running on your system you may of course create these disk(s)
- with Linux.
-
- If the first CD is mounted to /cdrom you can create the necessary
- disk(s) by entering:
-
- dd if=/cdrom/disks/eide01 of=/dev/fd0
-
- Hints on which disk to use in combination whith your hardware may
- be found on file in /cdrom/disks/README as well as in our
- manual.
-
-
-
- Sound
- =====
-
- In contrast to versions prior to SuSE Linux 6.0 no precompiled sound
- module for kernel 2.0.xx is delivered with the distribution. The reason
- is, that this precompiled module caused trouble in many installations,
- e.g. when a windowmanager was configured to use system sounds. This
- requires a module that is configured according to the hardware of the
- target machine. It is not possible to configure that module in a way,
- that it can be used with all different kinds of sound cards. Only
- a minority of people would be able to use a precompiled module "out of the
- box". If you want to access the sound functionality of the machine,
- please try OSS v3.7.1z and/or follow the instructions given in the sound
- chapter of the manual.
-
- Although no sound module is delivered with the distribution,
- /etc/conf.modules is set up in a way that a sound module gets loaded
- automatically, if such a module exists in your system. Please note, that
- this feature might interfer with OSS (the Open Sound System by 4Front).
- If necessary, change the line
-
- alias char-major-14 sound
-
- to
-
- alias char-major-14 off
-
- in /etc/conf.modules .
-
- Further details concerning OSS can be found after the installation of the
- packages oss and ossdemo in the directories /usr/doc/packages/oss and
- /usr/doc/packages/ossdemo
-
-
- Sound and module dependencies
- =============================
-
- If you want to or have to use the kernel sound modules instead
- of OSS v3.7.1z, which comes with SuSE Linux 6.0, you will see
- the following behaviour : After the compilation and installation
- of the soundmodule (according to the description in the manual),
- when loading the module you get a message like
-
- no dependency information for module:
- "/lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/sound.o"
-
- The easiest way to get rid of that message is to reboot. Another
- possibility is to enter the command
-
- depmod -a -d 2.0.36
-
- See 'man depmod' for further information about that program .
-
-
-
- Libz
- ====
-
- Libz has been moved into another package. Therefore when updating
- a system containing libz you might see a warning during the
- update procedure. You can safely ignore this warning.
-
- Have a lot of fun...
-
- Your SuSE Team
-
-