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Installation of Linux on Compaq Armada 7400/7800 Portables
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Fips will then prompt to backup the boot sector (partition table). Answer Yes and make sure the boot
floppy is not write protected.
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Fips will then display three columns: Old Partition (size) Cylinder (start of new partition) New Partition
(size). The default values minimize the size of the Microsoft Windows 9x partition, leaving no extra space
for Microsoft Windows 9x. In this example, use the arrow keys to increase the Old Partition to
approximately 2GB. Press Enter when done.
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Fips redisplays the partition table with the changes and prompts to continue or re-edit. Choose continue.
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Fips then prompts ready to write the partition table. Choose Yes.
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Fips then exits with "Bye!". The partitioning is complete.
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Due to a minor bug in fips when it exits it Microsoft Windows 9x/DOS can't find the command interpreter,
command.com. This is OK.
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Reboot the computer to the same floppy.
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Now, execute fdisk.
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Choose display partitions.
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There should now be another primary partition for drive “D:” assigned to it. This is the new partition that
fisps created.
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Go back to the fdisk main menu and choose Delete.
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Delete the new “D:” partition to make free space for Linux.
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Exit fdisk, remove the floppy, put the Linux CD in the CD-ROM drive and reboot to start Linux
installation.
Installing RedHat 5.2:
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Boot with the RedHat CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
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At the first menu for choosing boot mode, expert, etc. press enter to contintue.
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Choose installation language.
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Choose keyboard layout.
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The next prompt is for using a PCMCIA card for installation, such as installing from a network. Say NO.
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Choose Install Method = local CD-ROM.
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Setup prompts for the RedHat CD-ROM. Press OK.
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Choose Install from the Install/Upgrade menu.
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Installation Class Menu has three choices:
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Workstation deletes only existing Linux partitions and uses free space to create three partitions, 32MB
swap, 16MB boot, remaining as root.
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Server wipes the disk clean and creates a complicated Linux partitioning scheme.
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Custom allows the user to setup the partitions. This example uses Custom to demonstrate how to use
disk druid. Choose Custom.
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Setup asks if the system uses SCSI. Say No unless you’ve installed SCSI hardware.
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Disk Setup: Choose disk druid to setup Linux partitions.
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Create 3 new partitions. The first should be 16MB for /boot. Next, Linux swap partition size should be
equal to the amount of RAM the system has up to a limit of 127MB. If the system RAM is greater than
128MB then two or more swap partitions must be used. This example has 32MB of RAM so create a swap
of 32MB. Next, choose Add again, type=Linux native, check the growable box, and leave the size at the
default of 1. By checking growable disk druid will use up the remaining free space. Next, choose OK to
save the changes and continue.
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Choose OK on the Activate Swap Space. This will format the swap partition. There is a check box option to
check the swap space, which will increase the installation time greatly.
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The next prompt is to format the Linux native partition(s). Check the box next to the shown partition and
choose OK.
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Choosing components to install. This screen allows the choice of Linux system components. The user
should be skilled enough to know what components to install, though there is an option to install
everything. Note if the apmd daemon is selected an error message will pop up during file copy. This is
normal because the Linux kernel currently running does not have APM support compiled in.
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PS/2 mouse is detected.
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Mouse configuration screen. Use Generic Mouse and Emulate 3 buttons for the point stick.