Installation Notes (Apr 13,'97)

There is the first thing to everything! Your happy MkLinux life begins with smooth installation, I hope.

Hardware Configuration

1. Power Macintosh 8115/110

   CPU: PowerPC 601 (110MHz) x 1

   BUS: NuBus

   RAM: 40 MB

   HDD: 2 GB (builtin)

   HDD: Yano J-Compo HD 1 GB (addon)

2. Macintosh OS Version

   Kanji Talk 7.5.5

Installation

1. Set up A/UX Partition

   This is actually the most difficult part of the MkLinux installation. The rest is a piece of cake.

   • Important

     The following assumes that everything on the disk can be discarded. If not, backup what's there.

   • Preparation of a Partition Maker

     Open "Apple HD SC Setup 7.5.3" with ResEdit.

     Open "wfwr"

     Open "ID67"

     Modify bytes "00" to "FF" in the 1st line

     Save the change.

     The modified "Apple HD SC Setup" now recognizes any third party SCSI disks. In my case, it is a 1GB Yano HD connected to SCSI ID=6 in SCSI bus 1.

   • Start the modified "Apple HD SC Setup 7.5.3"

     Delete previous partitions, if any, by selecting the partitions by mouse clicking and press the "Sakujyo" button.

     Then mouse-grab the empty region, drag it down to set the length of a new partition, and press the "shousai" button.

     Select "A/UX Root" from the menu, adjust the length of the partition and press "OK".

     Repeat this for "A/UX Swap" and "A/UX Usr" partitions.

     In my case the partition looks like

     	
     	+-------------------------------+
     	|  Partition Map and Driver     |
     	+-------------------------------+
     	|  A/UX Root (Slice 0)          |
     	|          200 MB               |
     	+-------------------------------+
     	|  A/UX Swap (Slice 1)          |
     	|           80 MB (=Memory x2)  |
     	+-------------------------------+
     	|  A/UX Usr  (Slice 2)          |
     	|                               |
     	|          600 MB               |
     	|                               |
     	+-------------------------------+
     	|  MacOS Disk                   |
     	|                               |
     	|          110 MB               |
     	+-------------------------------+
     

2. MacOS Reinstallation

   In order to protect the working MacOS on the builtin disk, reinstall MacOS into the MacOS partition created above. Change the boot disk to this new partition and reboot.

3. MkLinux Installation

   Now we are ready to install MkLinux. Double-click on the "Install MkLinux" application, after making sure that no other applications are currently running. Answer questions (you need to know the SCSI ID to install). Then it starts installing files.

   .... Ok. This takes a while.

   After the installation is complete, quit the installer.

Getting Started with MkLinux

1. In MacOS

   • Memory Control Panel

     Be sure Virtual Memory is OFF in the "Memory Control" panel.

   • Monitor Control Panel

     Number of Colors: 256

   • MkLinux Control Panel

     Run the "MkLinux Control Panel" and select "MkLinux" and restart.

2. In MkLinux

   After a great deal of information scrolls down, you get

   login:

   which means now you are in MkLinux!

   • Network Settings

     Before login as root, check

     Host name:

     Domain name:

     DNS:

     IP:

     Broadcast:

     Netmask:

     Gateway:

     since "setnet" runs automatically on the first root login. Well, you root can run it anytime anyway, though.
     Now everything else is just like working on an ordinary unix system except that you are now a super user.

   • Time Zone

     # mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.ORIG

     # ln -s /usr/lib/zoneinfo/Japan /etc/localtime

   • Add Users

     # adduser fujiik

     ....

     # passwd fujiik

     ....

Starting X Window System

1. Starting X Locally

   $ startx

2. Using MkLinux as an X Terminal

   In order to use it as an X terminal, do

   $ X -query <host name> -fp tcp/<font server>:<port no>

   where the font path setting to use a font server is optional. It is probably mandatory if you want to use CDE, which requires a special font set.
   (e.g.)
   

   $ X -query jlcux1 -fp tcp/jlcux1:7000

   To exit from X, press the OPTION and POWER keys at one time.

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