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@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Chapter 10. Working with Filesystems allows you to find out exactly what NFS exports a remote server has made available. +Chapter 14. Networking + +* Add netconfig. This is mandatory! + Chapter 16. Basic Networking Commands * Additional tools to discuss: finger, host, dig, pine, mutt, nail diff --git a/chapter_02.xml b/chapter_02.xml index f723612..4574bb6 100644 --- a/chapter_02.xml +++ b/chapter_02.xml @@ -356,46 +356,158 @@ ensure that they are properly read by the kernel. <section> <title>The <application>setup</application> Program</title> - <!-- Each part of setup gets its individual subsection. --> +<para> +Now that you've created your partitions it's time to run the +<application>setup</application> program to install Slackware. +<application>setup</application> will handle formatting partitions, +installing packages, and running basic configuration scripts +step-by-step. In order to do so, just type +<application>setup</application> at your shell prompt. +</para> + +<imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="png/setup-program.png" format="PNG"/> +</imageobject> <section> <title>Help</title> + <para> + If you've never installed Slackware before, you can get a very basic + over-view of the Slackware installer by reading the Help menu. + Most of the information here is on navigating through the installer + which should be fairly intuitive, but if you've never used a + curses-based program before you may find this useful. + </para> + + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="png/setup-help.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + </section> <section> <title>Keymap</title> + <para> + Before we go any further, Slackware gives you the opportunity to + select a different mapping for your keyboard. If you're using a + standard US keyboard you can safely skip this step, but if you're + using an international keyboard you will want to select the correct + mapping now. This ensures that the keys you press on your keyboard + will do exactly what you expect them to do. + </para> + + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="png/setup-keymap.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + </section> <section> <title>Addswap</title> + <para> + If you created a swap partition, this step will allow you to enable + it before running any memory-intensive activities like installing + packages. swap space is essentially virtual memory. It's a hard drive + partition (or a file, though Slackware's installer does not support + swap files) where regions of active system memory get copied when + your computer is out of useable RAM. This lets the computer "swap" + programs in and out of active RAM, allowing you to use more memory + than your computer actually has. This step will also add your swap + partition to <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> so it will be available + to your OS. + </para> + + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="png/setup-swap.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> </section> <section> <title>Target</title> + <para> + Our next step is selecting our root partition and any other + partitions we'd like Slackware to utilize. You'll be given a choice + of filesystems to use and whether or not to format the partition. If + you're installing to a new partition you must format it. If you have + a partition with data on it you'd like to save, don't. For example, + many users have a seperate <filename>/home</filename> partition used + for user data and elect not to format it on install. This lets them + install newer versions of Slackware without having to backup and + restore this data. + </para> + + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="png/setup-target.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + </section> <section> <title>Source</title> + <para> + Here you'll tell the installer where to find the Slackware packages. + The most common method is to use the Slackware install DVD or CDs, + but there are various other options are available. If you have your + packages installed to a partition that you setup in the previous + step, you can install from that partition or a pre-mounted directory. + (You may need to mount that partition with + <application>mount</application>(8) first. See chapter 11 for more + details.) Additionally, Slackware offers a variety of networked + options such as NFS shares, FTP, HTTP, and Samba. If you select a + network installation, Slackware will prompt you for TCP/IP + information first. We're only going to discuss installation from the + DVD, but other methods are similar and straightforward. + </para> + + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="png/setup-source.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> </section> <section> <title>Select</title> + <para> + One unique feature of Slackware is its manner of dividing packages + into disksets. At the beginning of time, network access to FTP + servers was available only through incredibly slow 300 baud modems, + so Slackware was split into disk sets that would fit onto floppy + disks so users could download and install only those packages they + were interested in. Today that practice continues and the installer + allows you to chose which sets to install. This allows you to + easily skip packages you may not want, such as X and KDE on headless + servers or Emacs on everything. Please note that the "A" series is + always required. + </para> + + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="png/setup-select.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> </section> <section> <title>Install</title> - + <imagedata fileref="png/setup-install.png" format="PNG"/> </section> <section> <title>Configure</title> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="png/usb-boot-stick.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="png/setup-lilo.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="png/setup-xwmconfig.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> </section> </section> diff --git a/ps-imgs/setup-source.eps b/ps-imgs/setup-source.eps index 4e43f14..62a71c4 100644 --- a/ps-imgs/setup-source.eps +++ b/ps-imgs/setup-source.eps @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ %%BoundingBox: 22 60 438 226 /Outterbox { newpath moveto -0 130 rlineto +0 160 rlineto 125 0 rlineto -23 91 moveto +23 61 moveto 414 0 rlineto -0 130 rlineto +0 160 rlineto -130 0 rlineto 23 87 moveto 414 0 rlineto @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ moveto } def { /Helvetica findfont 11 scalefont setfont moveto } def -23 91 Outterbox +23 61 Outterbox 35 99 Innerbox 153 217 TitleFont(SOURCE MEDIA SELECTION) show |