How to INSTALL Linux Athena

I/S now supports Athena on Intel x86 based Linux workstations. 

The only supported installer is the I/S Linux-Athena installer.  This
installer has changed recently, and now supports features such as custom
partitioning schemes, more hardware support, and a customized
installation.

I/S Linux-Athena will currently install Athena 9.2, which is based on
RedHat Linux 9.0.  Therefore, any hardware supported under RedHat
Linux 9.0 should work with an I/S Linux-Athena machine.

It is important to note, however, the the floppy-based installer does
NOT support the full complement of hardware that RedHat 9.0 supports.
The installer supports most common network cards and SCSI cards,
however you may encounter a situation in which a piece of hardware
supported by RedHat 9.0 is not supported by the installer.  The
CD-based installer, however, does support all hardware supported by
Redhat 9.0.

The installation requires an active network connection for the
installation.  The installer will work with either DHCP or a static IP
address, though a static IP address is probably the best choice for
installation.

For up to date information and installation instructions, go to
http://web.mit.edu/als/www

N.B.  The SIPB Installer is deprecated and should not be used.  Only
current versions of Linux-Athena are supported by OLC.  We do not
support the old SIPB Redhat-Athena versions, nor should you be running
these versions, as they are old, and unmaintained, leaving you
vulnerable to attackers.

Last Updated: 24 October 2002