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- LINUX-MANDRAKE - INSTALLATION NOTICES
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- o FRENCH : /doc/install/fr/INSTALL
- o SPANISH : /doc/install/es/INSTALL
- o GERMAN : /doc/install/de/INSTALL
- o ITALIAN : /doc/install/it/INSTALL
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- and many others languages; look at /doc/install/ there may be a
- directory for your language. If not (yet); contributors are welcome!
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- | Linux-Mandrake - Installation instructions |
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- * Required configuration *
- - Pentium processor or compatible
- - CDROM drive
- - At least 32 MB RAM
-
-
- There are basically four ways you can install Linux-Mandrake, you
- should try them in order:
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- 1 - The Install CD is bootable. In most cases, just insert the CD into
- the drive and reboot the machine. Follow the instructions displayed on
- screen, you are done.
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- 2 - If you have MS-DOS installed on your computer, you can boot the
- installation system directly from the CD without using any diskettes.
-
- To do this (assuming your CD is drive D:), use the following
- commands:
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- C:\> D:
- D:\> cd \dosutils\autoboot
- D:\dosutils\autoboot> autoboot.bat
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- Note that this method will not work if run in a DOS window -- the
- autoboot.bat file must be executed with DOS as the only operating
- system. In other words, Windows cannot be running.
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- 3 - If your computer cannot boot from the CDROM and previous methods
- do not work, you must make a boot floppy under Windows as follows:
- * insert the CDROM, then open the icon "My Computer", right click
- on the CDROM drive icon and select "Open"
- * go into the "dosutils" directory and double-click on the
- "rawwritewin" icon
- * insert a blank floppy in the floppy drive
- * select "D:\images\cdrom.img" in the "Image File" field (assuming that
- your CDROM drive is "D:", otherwise replace "D:" as needed)
- * select "A:" in the "Floppy Drive" field then click on "Write".
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- To begin the installation, insert the CDROM in the drive, as well as the
- boot floppy if necessary, then restart the computer.
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- 4 - If for any reason the previous methods do not fit your needs (you
- can't stand graphic install or you want to perform a network install
- or ...), you will also need to make a boot floppy.
-
- Below are the main stages of installation:
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- Mandrake Bootdisk Install
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- Under Windows, follow the method described in point 3, but using
- xxxxx.img (see below) instead of cdrom.img.
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- Under Linux (or others modern unix) do :
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- $ dd if=xxxxx.img of=/dev/fd0
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- Under MS-Windows do (under command MS-DOS) :
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- E:\>..\dosutils\rawrite.exe ../images/xxxxx.img
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- xxxxx.image is the boot image :
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- DrakX (graphical) install
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- Default images
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- cdrom.img:
- install from CD-ROM
- hd.img:
- install from hard-disk (linux, windows, or reiserfs
- partition)
- network.img:
- install from ftp/nfs/http
- pcmcia.img:
- install from pcmcia devices
- other.img:
- install that needs "less popular" drivers, mostly NET and
- SCSI drivers; try this one if your default boot image seems
- to not provide the driver you need
- blank.img:
- install with a home-made kernel : you need to copy this
- image on a floppy, then copy the kernel as a file named
- "vmlinuz" on the floppy (be careful, modules support is
- disabled so please include all needed network card drivers
- and everything in your kernel)
- memtest-x86.bin:
- allow you to check the memory of your system.
-
- Alternate images: alternatives/
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-
- As non-regression principle doesn't exist in the Linux world :-), you
- will maybe have trouble with some particular hardware, with the default
- kernel.
-
- You can use an alternate kernel to try and fix that : use the relevant
- boot floppy in this directory instead of default boot floppy. For example
- using file "cdrom.img-2.2.19-BADZ1" will end up with a cdrom-based
- installation, running with the kernel version 2.2.19-BADZ1.
-
- NB: default images have the freshest kernel version.
-
- see http://www.linux-mandrake.com/drakx/README for more technical
- information
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- Text Install
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- DrakX supports a text mode installation. To use it, type "F1" at
- boot splash screen (first screen when your computer boots, showing
- a graphical Linux-Mandrake welcome screen), then type "text" and
- Enter.
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- Rescue
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- Just use any boot floppy or the CDROM (as if you were performing a
- normal install), and type "F1" then "rescue" at boot time.
- You will have a basic system, in order to recover from crashes or
- things like that.
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- For installation support see the Mandrake mailing lists and FAQs at
- Mandrake web site :
-
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com
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