--- doc/build/Attic/install.html 2000/11/01 16:08:55 1.5
+++ doc/build/Attic/install.html 2000/11/21 15:45:00 1.8
@@ -9,6 +9,39 @@
Scott Harrison
+Last updated: 11/21/2000
+
+
+This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation. These steps have
+been tested.
+
+- Get Redhat 6.2 on a CD by
+
+- Using a RedHat 6.2 CD
+
- Downloading a RedHat 6.2 CD image and burning a CD
+
- Or, alternatively do a network install from a
+RedHat 6.2 CD source tree. You need to burn a boot floppy disk with a network boot image;
+
+bootnet-20000407.img. (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; and type a
+command similar to: dd if=bootnet-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0). For installation, you
+need to specify hobbes.lite.msu.edu/~loninst as your download URL, and /3.1/currentcdsource
+as the source location.
+
+ - Install RedHat 6.2
+
+- Important: Do a "GNOME Workstation Install" and go with their default list of packages
+
- Important: Make sure you add a user "www"
+
+ - After installation, restart the computer. Login as root. Enter these two commands:
+
+- lynx -source http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/scripts/postinstall.pl>postinstall.pl
+
- perl postinstall.pl
+
+ - As postinstall.pl runs, you will be asked various questions. Follow the instructions to correctly
+enter in the appropriate parameter values.
+
+
+Old steps; do not use these...
Last updated: 11/01/2000
@@ -24,7 +57,7 @@ RedHat 6.2 CD source tree. You need
bootnet-20000407.img. (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; and type a
command similar to: dd if=bootnet-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0). For installation, you
-need to specify http://www.lon-capa.org as your download URL, and /install/3.1/currentcdsource
+need to specify hobbes.lite.msu.edu/~loninst as your download URL, and /3.1/currentcdsource
as the source location.
Install RedHat 6.2