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 Scott Harrison  Scott Harrison
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   This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation.  These steps have
   been tested.
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   <LI>Get Redhat 6.2 on a CD by
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   <LI>Using a RedHat 6.2 CD
   <LI>Downloading a RedHat 6.2 <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdimage">CD image</A> and burning a CD
   <LI>Or, alternatively do a network install from a <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdsource">
   RedHat 6.2 CD source tree</A>.  You need to burn a boot floppy disk with a network boot image;
   <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdsource/images/bootnet-20000407.img">
   bootnet-20000407.img</A>.  (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; and type a
   command similar to: <TT>dd if=bootnet-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0</TT>).  For installation, you
   need to specify <TT>hobbes.lite.msu.edu/~loninst</TT> as your download URL, and <TT>/3.1/currentcdsource</TT>
   as the source location.
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   <LI>Install RedHat 6.2
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   <LI><B>Important: Do a "GNOME Workstation Install" and go with their default list of packages</B>
   <LI><B>Important: Make sure you add a user "www"</B>
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   <LI>After installation, restart the computer.  Login as root.  Enter these two commands:
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   <LI><TT>lynx -source http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/scripts/postinstall.pl&gt;postinstall.pl</TT>
   <LI><TT>perl postinstall.pl</TT>
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   <LI>As postinstall.pl runs, you will be asked various questions.  Follow the instructions to correctly
   enter in the appropriate parameter values.
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   <H1>Old steps; do not use these...</H1>
 Last updated: 11/01/2000  Last updated: 11/01/2000
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Line 24  RedHat 6.2 CD source tree</A>.  You need Line 57  RedHat 6.2 CD source tree</A>.  You need
 <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdsource/images/bootnet-20000407.img">  <A HREF="http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/currentcdsource/images/bootnet-20000407.img">
 bootnet-20000407.img</A>.  (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; and type a  bootnet-20000407.img</A>.  (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; and type a
 command similar to: <TT>dd if=bootnet-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0</TT>).  For installation, you  command similar to: <TT>dd if=bootnet-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0</TT>).  For installation, you
 need to specify <TT>http://www.lon-capa.org</TT> as your download URL, and <TT>/install/3.1/currentcdsource</TT>  need to specify <TT>hobbes.lite.msu.edu/~loninst</TT> as your download URL, and <TT>/3.1/currentcdsource</TT>
 as the source location.  as the source location.
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 <LI>Install RedHat 6.2  <LI>Install RedHat 6.2
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