HP Armada 7400 Software Installation Manual page 16

Installation of Linux on Compaq Armada 7400/7800 Portables
12. 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. Adjust the sizes to split the space equally between Microsoft Windows 9x and
the new partition.
13. Fips redisplays the partition table with the changes and prompts to continue or re-edit. Choose continue.
14. Fips then prompts ready to write the partition table. Choose Yes.
15. Fips then exits with "Bye!". The partitioning is complete.
16. 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.
17. Reboot the computer to the same floppy.
18. Now, execute fdisk.
19. Choose display partitions.
20. There should now be another primary partition for drive "D:" assigned to it. This is the new partition that
fips created.
21. Go back to the fdisk main menu and choose Delete.
22. Delete the the new "D:" partition to make free space for Linux.
23. Exit fdisk, remove the floppy, put the Linux CD in the CD-ROM drive and reboot to start Linux
installation.
Installing SuSE 6.0:
1. Boot with the SuSE 6.0 CD#1 in the CD-ROM drive.
2. At the first menu for choosing boot mode, etc. press enter to continue. NOTE: for large hard drives (>8GB)
this is where you would enter drive geometry parameters. In this example we don' t need any parameters,
so press enter.
3. Choose installation language.
4. Choose color/monochrome
5. Choose keyboard layout.
6. Main Menu: choose start installation/system
7. On the next menu choose Start installation
8. Choose CD-ROM as the source media
9. Choose Install from Install/Upgrade menu.
10. Yast now starts, choose Installation Linux from Scratch
11. Partition Hard Drives: choose Partitioning
12. Use Free Space? Yes, SuSE will create the partitions. In this example, the drive currently has two
partitions: /dev/hda1(Microsoft Windows 9x), /dev/hda3(computer setup). SuSE created two partitions:
/dev/hda4(127MB Linux swap), /dev/hda2(Linux, ~3GB). If you say No, you will be presented with a
manual partition screen.
13. After the Linux partitions are formatted, the Yast menu appears.
14. Select Change/create configuration
15. Select your packages: Do select the following:
Series ' a' : pcmcia
Series ' ap' : apmd Advanced Power Management Daemon
Series ' n' : dhclient
Series ' pay' : oss OSS sound driver
Series ' xsrv' : xsvga
16. Package copy, requires you to switch discs
17. After package copy, Setup prompts for which kernel version to install: the supported 2.0.36 or a ' hacker'
2.2.0pre7. Select 2.0.36 unless you know what your doing!
18. Timezone selection, remember if you setup your machine for GMT then you must change poor Microsoft
Windows 9x to the Greenwhich timezone or live with it. Also, for GMT usage, beware of Microsoft
Windows 9x automatically updating the CMOS clock for daylight savings time.
19. Host/Domain entries, specific to your network
20. This example wants DHCP. When prompted for loopback/real-network choose Real.
21. Say Yes to DHCP.
22. Say Yes to start inetd, it' s needed for the help system too.
0206-0799-A
PCMCIA card manager and drivers
network DHCP client
X-Windows SVGA driver(S3 Virge/MX support)
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