Linux Space Station Raven : 02-Sys-Build

(C) Graham Swallow
gps@trix.dircon.co.uk

1. Sysbuild
2. Sys Build II
3. fdisk - partition disks
4. Swap Space
5. LILO's Boot Partition below 1024
6. LILO
7. CDROM problems
8. X11 SVGA Display
9. Kernel
10. Modules
11. Insmod Patch
12. Linux 2.0 Upgrade
13. vi survivors guide
14. Raven OverView

1. Sysbuild

• 1.1 Documentation
• 1.2 Kernel detects hardware
• 1.3 CDROM Slackware directories
• 1.4 FIPS.EXE shrank my DOS partition
• 1.5 BOOT 'n ROOT
• 1.6 Read This If Nothing Else
• 1.7 Boots Independently - Won't
• 1.8 Using CHROOT to build a kernel from the BOOT diskettes
• 1.9 Boots Independently

2. Sys Build II

• 2.1 DOS format needs fdisk info
• 2.2 Formatting The Disks ..
• 2.3 mke2fs - make ext2 file-system on partition
• 2.4 mkswap - prepare swap partition
• 2.5 How to boot with LOADLIN.EXE
• 2.6 Other BOOT options
• 2.7 Mounting disks
• 2.8 /sbin/e2fsck
• 2.9 /etc/inittab
• 2.10 /etc/fstab
• 2.11 /etc/exports
• 2.12 /etc/profile
• 2.13 ln -s ttyS0 mouse
• 2.14 ln -s cua2 modem
• 2.15 ln -s hdd cdrom

3. fdisk - partition disks

• 3.1 Documentation
• 3.2 FDISK - 1024 cylinders max
• 3.3 4 partitions per disk
• 3.4 30 MB swap partition
• 3.5 Deleting partitions
• 3.6 FDISK when INSTALLING LINUX
• 3.7 FDISK using lies

4. Swap Space

• 4.1 What is swap space?
• 4.2 Swap partition
• 4.3 Swap file
• 4.4 386 MMU --> 4K swap pages
• 4.5 other CPU architectures

5. LILO's Boot Partition below 1024

• 5.1 BIOS Limitations
• 5.2 /hda4 and /dev/hda4
• 5.3 /etc/lilo.conf
• 5.4 /boot -> /hda4/boot
• 5.5 /boot/kernel/vmlinuz
• 5.6 /sbin/installkernel

6. LILO

• 6.1 /dos/c/boot/vmlinuz instead
• 6.2 /boot/kernels/vmlinuz
• 6.3 /sbin/installkernel
• 6.4 /hda4/kernels/vmlinux-1.2.13
• 6.5 /etc/lilo.conf: old-121
• 6.6 /etc/lilo.conf: boot = /dev/hda
• 6.7 /etc/lilo.conf: where to put it
• 6.8 /etc/lilo.conf
• 6.9 /sbin/lilo -C /hda4/lilo.conf
• 6.10 /etc/conf.modules
• 6.11 lilo -r /mnt # from the rescue disks

7. CDROM problems

• 7.1 Wrong Type of CDROM disk
• 7.2 Wrong Type of Device Interface
• 7.3 Different drive manufacturers
• 7.4 Wrong Kernel
• 7.5 EIDE on sound card
• 7.6 Matsushita interface on sound card (Panasonic).
• 7.7 hdd=cdrom
• 7.8 hdc=cdrom
• 7.9 /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ide.txt
• 7.10 /usr/src/linux/Documentation/cdrom/ide-cd
• 7.11 Kernel Detection (dmesg)
• 7.12 mknod /dev/hdc b 22 0
• 7.13 chgrp cdrom /dev/cdrom
• 7.14 /dev/cdrom
• 7.15 Slackware detection
• 7.16 Testing

8. X11 SVGA Display

• 8.1 xf86config
• 8.2 Installing XF86_SVGA - x14/x312svga.tgz
• 8.3 CARD: DOT_CLOCK 75 MHz
• 8.4 Monitor: acceptable timings
• 8.5 /etc/XF86Config
• 8.6 Borders
• 8.7 Screen Area
• 8.8 H SYNC Pulse
• 8.9 V SYNC Pulse
• 8.10 Monitor Sync's on SYNCs
• 8.11 Timing Layout
• 8.12 Timing numbers
• 8.13 Horizontal: 1024 1160 1176 1368
• 8.14 Vertical: 768 820 822 903
• 8.15 Horiz: 75.0 MHz / 1368 clocks per line = 54.8 KHz
• 8.16 Vert: 54.8 KHz per line / 903 lines = 60.7 Hz
• 8.17 H_SYNC_PULSE = 16/75.0 Mhz = 0.21 usec
• 8.18 Interlaced mode
• 8.19 Special Options - anything else ?
• 8.20 Power Saving Options
• 8.21 Example Syntax
• 8.22 Switching Modes
• 8.23 quick route
• 8.24 README's and places to look

9. Kernel

• 9.1 XREFS
• 9.2 Check the Rescue Route
• 9.3 /etc/lilo.conf
• 9.4 Out With The Old ...
• 9.5 ... And In With The New
• 9.6 Read the Documentation!
• 9.7 Kernel - Config Drivers
• 9.8 Kernel - Makefile # SMP
• 9.9 Kernel - Compile
• 9.10 Keep the logfile
• 9.11 /sbin/installkernel
• 9.12 Kernel - Patch

10. Modules

• 10.1 Linux-2.1
• 10.2 modutils-2.1.34 ++
• 10.3 /sbin/kerneld
• 10.4 /etc/conf.modules
• 10.5 SCSI Modules
• 10.6 depmod -a
• 10.7 insmod
• 10.8 lsmod
• 10.9 rmmod
• 10.10 linux/.config
• 10.11 Now it works!
• 10.12 Still not working?

11. Insmod Patch

• 11.1 Linux-2.1
• 11.2 create_module: unknown error 1048453120
• 11.3 insmod patch-1
• 11.4 insmod patch-2

12. Linux 2.0 Upgrade

• 12.1 Out of date updates ...
• 12.2 GCC 2.7.2
• 12.3 upgrade to Linux 2.0
• 12.4 Kernel Build
• 12.5 Other Upgrades
• 12.6 Happy Now ?

13. vi survivors guide

• 13.1 Every letter is a command!
• 13.2 ESC
• 13.3 Cursor-Keys (h-j-k-l)
• 13.4 Insert mode
• 13.5 Motions
• 13.6 SHIFT (theme)
• 13.7 COMBINATION (theme)
• 13.8 x
• 13.9 u -- undo
• 13.10 . -- dot repeat ...
• 13.11 d -- delete
• 13.12 y -- yank
• 13.13 R -- Replace mode
• 13.14 :q -- quit
• 13.15 .exrc -- the initialisation file
• 13.16 Others
• 13.17 helpers
• 13.18 Strange ones
• 13.19 elvis as an HTML browser
• 13.20 More information

14. Raven OverView

• 14.1 Raven
• 14.2 Raven/EyeView £25
• 14.3 Linux As An Internet Server
• 14.4 An Internet Workstation
• 14.5 Windows-95 aside
• 14.6 Action List
• 14.7 Issue-0-Base-Station-Zero
• 14.8 Issue-1-Hardware - The Tower
• 14.9 Issue-2-SysBuild - Linux OS
• 14.10 Issue-3-Internet-Working
• 14.11 Issue-4-Users-view: Now what's this?
• 14.12 Issue-5-Planning
• 14.13 Download
• 14.14 Other places - Linux FAQ's and HOWTO's
• 14.15 Browser access