Re: scripted Linux RT patch install

If it will work on a 486, Ill give it a try. I have 5.2 on my machine and
the CDROM. I loaded the nist files yesterday and am about ready to apply the
patch.. Email me the zipped file and I'll test it.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: William Scalione <scalione@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Date: Sunday, July 18, 1999 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] scripted Linux RT patch install

>From: William Scalione <scalione@...>
>
>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
>
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