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Getting Linux to Work for You!\\
Day 2: Initial Installation (Tuesday, 16 January 1996)\\
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%\item Making boot disks
%\item Installation options
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%  \item Partitioning your HD (and discussion)
%  \item UMSDOS
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%\item Installation of Slackware
%\item X Windows stuff
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First, read all the docs in {\tt /mit/linux/docs/install}. This is useful stuff.
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Hardware-HOWTO@        Installation-HOWTO@    linux-athena.dvi@
INFO-SHEET@            README                 linux-net-install.dvi@
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In general, follow instructions in ``Getting started with Linux and
Slackware on MITnet''.

\paragraph{Bootdisks}
RAWRITE or dd, depending. Get appropriate for your config. See handout.

\paragraph{Partitioning}
Use DOS fdisk to make dos/win partitions. Or OS/2 likewise. Boot to linux
using boot/root disk combo and use fdisk to make swap and linux stuff.
However, if you are using UMSDOS you don't really have to do this.

\paragraph{Slackware}
We recommend you use Slackware. You might want to use Redhat, which is
really easy to install (but don't expect much support) or Debian. There may
be others, like Yggadrasil. If you're lucky, someone might know on -i help.
Slackware is available on maze.

Disksets:
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\item[A]  The base system. Enough to get up and running and have elvis and
        comm programs available. Based around the $1.2.x$ Linux kernel,
        and the new filesystem standard (FSSTND).

\item[AP] Various applications and add ons, such as the manual pages,
        groff, ispell (GNU and international versions), term, joe, jove,
        ghostscript, sc, bc, and the quota patches.

\item[D]  Program development. GCC/G++/Objective C 2.7.0, make (GNU and
        BSD), byacc and GNU bison, flex, the 4.7.2 C libraries, gdb,
        SVGAlib, ncurses, clisp, f2c, p2c, m4, perl, rcs.

\item[E]  GNU Emacs 19.29.

\item[F]  A collection of FAQs and other documentation.

\item[K]  Kernel sources. Including working 1.2.13 ELF

\item[N]  Networking. TCP/IP, UUCP, mailx, dip, deliver, elm, pine, smail,
        sendmail, cnews, inn, nn, tin, trn.

\item[Q]  Alpha kernel source and images (currently contains Linux
        1.3.??).

\item[T]  The TeX and LaTeX2e text formatting systems.

\item[TCL] Tcl, Tk, TclX, blt, itcl.

\item[Y]  Games. The BSD games collection, and Tetris for terminals.

\item[X]  The base XFree86 3.1.2 system (X11R6), with libXpm, fvwm 1.23b, and xlock
        added.

\item[XAP] X applications: X11 ghostscript, libgr13, seyon, workman,
        xfilemanager, xv 3.10, GNU chess and xboard, xfm, ghostview,
        and various X games.

\item[XD] X11 program development. X11 libraries, server linkkit, PEX
        support.

\item[XV] Xview 3.2 release 5. XView libraries, and the Open Look virtual
        and non-virtual window managers.
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\paragraph{X windows} Your X server. XF86 or commercial. Video card,
monitor specs. Check the XFree86-HOWTO for info on supported
stuff. Setting up X can be a real pain, or it might be real easy.


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