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-* Stage1 of the Mandrake Linux installation program *
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-
-
-[ Author ]
-
- Guillaume Cottenceau (gc at mandrakesoft.com)
-
-
-[ Copyright ]
-
- Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002 MandrakeSoft
-
- Partially inspired by Redhat stuff (install from 5.x and 7.x) copyright
- Red Hat Software, and Debian stuff (boot-floppies) copyright by their
- respective holders.
-
-
-[ Licence ]
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
-
-
- *** WARNING! ***
-
- This General Public License does not permit incorporating any part
- of this program as a library into proprietary programs.
-
-
-[ Online ]
-
- http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/html/stage1.html
-
-
-[ Purpose ]
-
- This code will take the control of the computer after that Linux
- kernel booted properly, and will try to run the main installer
- (also known as "stage 2") from a series of different media
- including harddrive, cdrom, and network.
-
- Use the source, Luke.
-
-
-
-
- -=-=-- Okay, now, more details --=-=-
-
-
- [ Installing Mandrake Linux ]
-
-Per default, just insert your Mandrake Linux Installation CD into your
-CDROM tray, be sure your system BIOS is configured to boot on your CDROM,
-and that's all.
-
-If you have multiple CDROM drives and the installer can't autodetect in
-which CDROM drive is the disc, it may ask you to choose the correct drive,
-between your CDROM drives.
-
-Also, if you want to install from an SCSI CDROM, the installer should
-detect your SCSI adapter; if it fails you may have to select the right
-driver and/or supply additional parameters.
-
-
- [ Position of the problem ]
-
-The need for alternate installation methods come with more specific
-hardware configuration and/or need for frequent updates of the Installer
-software.
-
-All of these methods will require to use a special boot disk. The method
-is to download it and then to copy it "physically" to a floppy with the
-command:
-
-# dd if=<boot-disk> of=/dev/fd0
-
-Our boot disks are called "cdrom.img", "network.img", etc.
-
-
- [ Installation from CDROM ]
-
-The first situation you may encounter is an old BIOS which does not permit
-you to boot from your CDROM drive.
-
-In that case, you'll need to use the "cdrom.img" image file. The steps are
-the same as with CDROM boot, and everything should be automatic.
-
-
- [ Installation from DISK ]
-
-If you like trying occasionnally our development version, the Cooker, one
-of the easiest way is to grab a local copy of the Distribution on one of
-your local hard drives, and to install from that location.
-
-At present time, you can install from IDE or SCSI drives, from Linux
-(ext2), Windows (vfat) or Reiserfs partition.
-
-In that case, you'll need to use the "hd.img" image file. The dialogs will
-ask you to choose the DISK drive to use to install from, then the
-partition on which you copied the Distribution, then the location
-(directory) in which you copied the Distribution.
-
-
- [ Installation from NETWORK ]
-
-For convenience, you can also install from a NFS volume, from a FTP
-server, or from a HTTP server. NFS installs are maybe the fastest
-and most convenient possible, so if you need to do frequent and/or
-multiple installs, you may like this option.
-
-In that case, you'll need to use the "network.img" image file. If you have
-PCI network card(s), you'll probably have to only setup your network
-options. If not, you'll have to choose the appropriate driver(s) and/or
-optional parameters. Supported network configurations include static IP
-allocation and DHCP automatic configuration.
-
-
- [ Installation from PCMCIA ]
-
-If you want to perform an installation on your laptop that is not based on
-local IDE CDROM or DISK, nor on built-in network card, but on PCMCIA
-extension (probably a network adapter or CDROM drive), you'll need the
-"pcmcia.img" image file.
-
-PCMCIA services should automatically start and be transparent to you.
-Then, you'll follow the instructions according to your preferred
-installation method.
-
-
- [ Monitoring a stage1 session ]
-
-Linux supports virtual consoles. You can switch between them by issueing
-Ctrl+Alt+Fx key, in which 'x' is the number of the console. Here's console
-occupancy during stage1.
-
-(#1) The user-interface of the stage1 is on the first console. In case of
-newt interaction, it's provided with a neat blue and black color scheme,
-and nice widgets. In case of stdio interaction (cdrom and disk installs),
-it's more basic but still usable :-).
-
-(#2) A shell is provided on second console in some cases (you need to
-compile it with -DSPAWN_SHELL and you need to provide a valid shell in the
-initrd) and of course it's not in, in image files of Mandrake Linux
-releases because it's too much diskspace.
-
-(#3) The log is printed out on the third console. This is the location
-where you can find most valuable information, prefixed by a '*'. See
-"log.h" for calls that print things out to the log.
-
-(#4) The kernel messages are printed on the fourth console. There is a
-process forked very early in the init (the program before the stage1)
-which monitors /proc/kmsg for new kernel messages. Also, syslog stuff (the
-logs commited by the programs) should appear on the /dev/log Unix socket,
-this is also printed on this console.
-
-(#5) Former place for the stderr of insmod calls. It's not used anymore.
-
-(#6) Place where a trivial interactive communication with the stage1 is
-set up if the parameter -DSPAWN_INTERACTIVE is compiled in. Basically, you
-can set switches such as "expert" and "rescue" on the fly with this
-feature. It's implemented with a fork and a Unix pipe.
-
-
- [ Rescueing a system ]
-
-Since Mandrake Linux 7.1, we provide a rescue system through each of the
-previously described methods. You don't need a special "rescue.img" file.
-Just hit "F1" at boot time, type in "rescue", and follow the first steps
-of the installation according to the method you chose (choose
-disks/partitions for disk method, network parameters for network method,
-etc). Then, you'll end up with a workable system, very useful to rescue a
-damaged system, or do other basic actions.