sulinux gif SULinux Network Installation Instructions

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Hardware Requirements
SULinux is based upon RedHat Linux. In fact, SULinux supports exactly the same hardware as the corresponding RedHat distribution.
  • SULinux 1.0 = RedHat 6.0
  • SULinux 1.1 = RedHat 6.1
  • SULinux 1.2 = RedHat 6.2
  • SULinux 2.0 = RedHat 7.0
  • SULinux 7.1 = RedHat 7.1
Please see RedHat's hardware compatability page at http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/
Pre-installation
  1. First, consult the Bugs section for any issues or errata for the SULinux version you are about to install.

  2. I also recommend looking at this page covering well known Redhat 7.1 gotchas.

  3. Partition your hard drive. If you are using a FAT filesystem (such as in Windows 95/98), you can use fips to partition your system.
    PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENTATION FOR FIPS BEFORE USING IT. FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND FIPS MAY CORRUPT YOUR ENTIRE HARD DISK!

  4. Download the boot disk. Laptops may also need pcmcia.img for pcmcia support, with SULinux 7.1 and later also requiring a pcmciadd.img disk for additional driver support.

  5. For windows: Use rawrite.exe to put the image file (from above) onto a floppy.
    For Linux: Run dd if=bootnet.img of=/dev/fd0 to copy the boot image onto a floppy.

  6. Put the floppy in drive A: and boot. You may have to reconfigure your BIOS to try to boot off floppy before hard disk.
Installation
  1. Select proper language settings.
  2. Enter in your IP address, netmask, gateway, and name servers. Normally you should use:
    • Netmask = 255.255.0.0
    • Primary Nameserver = 171.64.7.77
    • Secondary Nameserver = 171.64.5.55

  3. Choose to install off a FTP Server

  4. When prompted, enter:
    • FTP Site Name: sulinux.stanford.edu
    • RedHat Directory: /pub/sulinux/i386

    Note: If you wish to use a different version of SULinux than the latest stable, use the directory:
    /pub/sulinux-(version)/i386
    Use the translation table of Redhat->SULinux above to find out what {version} should be.

Post Installation
Upon reboot, the sulinux initialization program will run which will finish configuring your system.

Note: If you wish to allow people to log into your system remotely using kerberos, you must install a srvtab. To install a srvtab, follow the instructions in /etc/leland/README.

Further, you should still regularly apply updates to your system to ensure continued security.

Further Help
  • Official RedHat Installation Manual - This is the official Redhat installation manual. By following it you can also install SULinux. Note that the FTP site from which you will retrieve the Linux distribution is "sulinux.stanford.edu" and the directory is "/pub/sulinux/i386".
  • Generic installation instructions - These instructions contain a general overview of the process (not the specifics) of installing *any* Linux system, regardless of the distribution.


Questions about SULinux should be addressed to: sulinux-help@stanford.edu
Last modified: Wed Jun 13 12:55:31 PDT 2001