Re: scripted Linux RT patch install

Tim Goldstein wrote:

>
> From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@...>
>
> I think I just have gotten a scripted installation to apply the real time
> patch to a workstation installation of Linux 5.2 worked out.
>
> The way it is supposed to work is as follows:
> 1 - You install Redhat 5.2 and select the workstation installation which
> will automate most of getting Linux up and running.
> 2 - You take the zip file I am putting together and on a Win9x or WinNT
> machine unzip the file to a floppy
> 3 - You start up your Linux machine, log in as root and start Xwindows with
> the startx command
> 4 - You insert your RedHat CD#1 and the floppy from step 2 and mount the
> floppy with the command:
> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> 5 - you switch to the floppy with cd /mnt/floppy and then enter
> ./setuprt.run
> 6 - You will be presented with the xconfig screen and if you are adventurous
> you can go through and change any settings you want, if a little more timid
> just click Save & Exit. At the next prompt click OK
> 7 - Take a break while everything compiles
> 8 - LILO is configured with a setting that is set for a system with 32mb
> ram. You will be automatically taken to an emac (editor program) and if you
> system has a different amount of memory find the line that says:
> append="mem=31m"
> now change the 31 to be 1 less than the amount of memory you have installed
> 9 - Reboot with:
> shutdown -r now
> Don't forget to take out the floppy or the CD or you will not get rebooted.
> 10 - To verify the setup hit the tab key at the LILO: prompt you should see
> 2 entries - rtlinux and linux. Enter rtlinux and hit the enter key to boot
> your new kernel.
>
> The rtlinux kernel will boot by default. Step 10 is just so you can see that
> it is really there.
>
> Now for the big question????
> Who wants to be the first to give this a try??
> I have tried it on 2 different systems and it works like a charm.
>

Tim;

Don't know if I am the first to try it but it worked great for me. One
minor
problem I had was, since I am using a SCSI hard disk I needed to edit
the lilo.conf
file from hda5 to sda6. Did not see it at first and had the dreaded
kernal panic
message on first reboot. Booted with floppy, edited lilo.conf, ran lilo
and rebooted
and all seems fine.

I was running Red hat 6.0 with KDE desktop but when I reinstalled 5.2 as
a workstation
it erased my downloaded copy of EMC, so I need to get the modem working
again and
download a new copy. I ran version 6 (bought it before I knew I needed
5.2) for
about 3 weeks and feel somewhat comfortable with that version since it
loads KDE,
Gnome and many more user friendly programs than 5.2. The desktops that
come with 5.2
are nowhere as good as KDE. Another level confuses the $&#& out of me.

Anyway thanks for the script.


Bill