Installing With Suse 6.0 - HP Armada 7400 Software Installation Manual

Installation of Linux on Compaq Armada 7400/7800 Portables
28. Execute ' make all' builds PCMCIA daemon, drivers, utilities
29. Execute ' make install' copies PCMCIA driver modules to module directory
30. Change to /lib/modules/preferred directory
31. Execute depmod –a to create the modules.dep file. Since the current kernel and these new modules are out
of sync there will be many unresolved symbol messeages reported on the screen.
32. Change to /etc
33. Make a backup copy of lilo.conf
34. Edit lilo.conf
35. Duplicate the image=/boot... section with image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36
36. Change to label on the old kernel so it' s distinguishable from the label of the new kernel.
37. Copy the new kernel, /usr/src/Linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage to /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36
38. Copy /usr/src/Linux/System.map to /boot/System.map-2.0.36
39. Edit the symlink /boot/System.map to point to /boot/System.map-2.0.36
40. Execute /sbin/lilo
41. Copy the backup of RedHat' s network script to /etc/pcmcia/network.
42. Shutdown and reboot the new kernel
43. You can test the APM support by doing a ' shutdown –h now' , which should exit Linux and turn the system
off.
44. You can test PCMCIA by hot plugging a card. The system should beep once. PCMCIA has a configuration
file /etc/pcmcia/config.opts which contains what resources are available. You can customize this file to
include/exclude IRQ' s, I/O, and memory ranges. For example, the audio uses IRQ5 and fast IR COM port
uses IRQ9 these should be excluded unless you keep these devices disabled.

Installing with SuSE 6.0

This sample installation assumes an Armada 7400 with 64MB RAM, 6GB hard drive and Microsoft Windows 9x using
the entire hard drive and creating a dual boot Linux and Windows 9x. We will use Linux fdisk' s advanced capabilities to
gain access to all 10GB of the drive.
Partitioning the Hard Drive:
The first task is to create free space on the hard drive for Linux. The Open Source partition splitting utility, fips, will be
used. This utility is on the RedHat CD-ROM under \dosutils\fips20. Set up the hard drive as follows:
1. BACKUP YOUR SYSTEM FIRST!
2. Run Scandisk and then Defrag. Defrag will pack all the Microsoft Windows 9x files to the beginning of the
partition.
3. Create a Microsoft Windows 9x bootable floppy.
4. Copy Microsoft Windows 9x fdisk.exe, located in
5. From the SuSE CD#1 copy \dosutils\fips\fips20\fips.exe,
6. Boot the floppy in the target system.
7. Execute fips.
8. Fips will present a list of the four partition entries on this hard drive.
9. The Microsoft Windows 9x partition should have a type of 0x0B or 0x0C for FAT32. The Compaq
Diagnostic/Setup partition will have a type of 0x12, do not touch this partition.
10. Choose the Microsoft Windows 9x partition to split.
11. Fips will then prompt to backup the boot sector (partition table). Answer Yes and make sure the boot
floppy is not write protected.
0206-0799-A
Alternate target
Module install directory:
C compiler name:
Linker name:
Compiler flags for...:
Build ' trusting' versions...:
Include 32-bit (Cardbus) card support: yes
Experimental interrupt probe code:
Kernel specific options:
dir...: press enter
/lib/modules/preferred
gcc
ld
press enter
no
no
choose 2, Read from the source tree
\windows\command to the floppy.
errors.txt, restorrb.exe
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to the floppy.