6/2/05
Installing Slackware 10.1


I. Boot and Partitions
	After booting from CD and choosing the appropriate kernel (raid.s for
	all 3ware Escalade cards), run fdisk.

	For Fdisk, make the following partitions:
	1: +4096M (/)
	2: +512M (swap)
	3: remaining: either unmounted or /vsn 

	Set partition 1 to be bootable.
	Set partition 2 to be swap space.

	Write to disk. Most likely, the system will give you a warning that 
	the changes will not be available until you reboot. Go ahead and 
	reboot and select the same kernel. Log in and start "setup".


II. Basic Setup

	Add your swap partition.
	* All partitions will be formatted ext3 with 4k blocks, no checking.
	Format partition 1 (/).
	Do not format partition 3 (extra) at this point in time.

	Select media: Install from a Slackware CDROM.
	It should be able to autodetect your CDROM unless you're using some
	insane CD device.

III. Package Selection

	Start with the following sets:
	A	Base Linux System
	AP	Various Applications...
	D	Program Development
	K	Kernel Source (Only if you have an abnormal need for 2.4.18)
	L	System Libraries
	N	Networking

	Use Expert Mode to choose packages.

	Section A:
		aaa_base
		aaa_elflibs
		acpid
		bash
		bc (don't remember what section had this)
		bin
		bzip2
		coreutils
		cpio (tape restores will use this!)
		cxxlibs
		dcron
		devs
		e2fsprogs
		elvis
		etc
		findutils
		gawk
		?? gettext
		glibc-solibs
		glibc-zoneinfo
		grep
		gzip
		infozip
		less
		lilo
		logrotate
		openssl-solibs
		pciutils
		pkgtools
		procps
		sed
		shadow
		slocate
		sysklogd
		sysvinit
		tar
		udev
		utempter
		util-linux

	Section AP:
		diffutils
		groff
		lsof
		man
		man-pages
		mt-st (only on Tape Backup Server)
		quota
		screen
		texinfo
		vim
		zsh

	Section D:
		autoconf
		automake
		bc (is it here?)
		bin86
		binutils
		bison
		byacc
		ccache
		flex
		gcc
		gcc-g++
		gdb
		gettext-tools
		kernel-headers
		libtool
		m4
		make
		perl
		pkgconfig
		pmake
		strace

	Section K:
		(isn't it obvious?)

	Section L:
		bc (is it here?)
		db31
		db3
		db4
		gdbm (Might not need, but I think yp may use it)
		glibc
		libidn
		libtermcap
		libxml2
?? mhash
		ncurses
		pcre
		popt
		readline
		zlib

	Section N:
		imapd (Mail server only, includes UW ipop3d)
		inetd
		links
		openssh
		openssl
		pidentd
		pine
		popa3d (Mail server only, provides GNU-pop3d)
		portmap
		proftpd (the OS distrib is decent these days)
		rsync
		stunnel (on mail server - if pop3/imap doesnt do native ssl)
		tcpip
		traceroute
		wget
		yptools

IV. Configuration

	Select a Kernel from the Slackware CD. Choose the kernel that you
	used to boot into the install. It should already be selected.

	Skip making a bootdisk.
	Select "No Modem"
	Try to Install LILO Automatically.
	standard console
	No additional LILO parameters are needed.
	Install LILO to the Root (Superblock)
	Configure your Network? Yes.
	Enter the hostname.
	The domain is "vectorstar.net".
	IP type is Static.
	*** This only configures eth0. Please set the IP addr/mask/gw 
	*** appropriately.
	Primary Nameserver: 10.10.10.102 (NS2)

	Startup Services:
	rc.inetd
	rc.portmap
	rc.syslog
	rc.sshd

	Hardware Clock is set to UTC? No.
	Select US/Eastern time zone.

	Set Root Password? Yes.

V. Booting for the first time.

	Okay, it's time to reboot. Take out the boot CD first!

	Once it boots up, login as root.
	edit the /etc/lilo.conf.
	Change the timeout to "30".
	Remove all the VESA VGA lines that are commented out.
	Save the file and then run LILO twice, for good measure.

	If you don't boot, you may need to rewrite the MBR. 
	To do this, boot off the cd with arguments:
	  "raid.s root=/dev/sda1 noinitrd ro", and run:
		lilo -M /dev/sda
	or
		lilo -M /dev/ataraid/d0
	depending on what your drive's device name is.

Slackware has been installed.