Solution Concepts

Linux
Installation

"Making IT happen on the
Information Superhighway"

Please choose a language to use

• English (American)

License Agreement

• Accept the License Agreement

Installation or Upgrade?

• Select Installation

Partitioning

• Erase and use entire disk
  Use existing partitions
  Custom disk partitioning
• Select "Custom disk partitioning"
• Select "Next"
• Provide 3 gig swap, and allocate the rest to ext3 (optional, create a Windows partition)

Package Group Selection

• Copy Whole CDs
  (Takes a while)

Select Desktop

• Mandriva KDE
  Mandriva Gnome
  Custom Install
• Select Mandriva KDE

Root and User Accounts Setup

• Set administrator (root) password
• Enter a user
• Next

Bootloader

• First sector of the disk (MBR)
  First sector of the root partition
  On floppy
  Skip
• Select "First sector of the root partition"

Summary

• Configure Bootloader
  Select "LILO with text menu"
  Change to a "5 second" delay instead of the default "10 second"
  Next
• Configure Network & Internet Configuration
  Select Ethernet
  Choose the default network card
  Select "Auto" configuration
  Enter a hostname
  Next
  Check the "Allow Users to Manage Connection" box
  Next
  Start Connection Now, Choose "Yes"
  Finish

• Choose Security level of "standard"
• Configure Firewall to allow "Everything"
  Next
• Next 

Updates

• Answer "Yes" to installing updates
• Next
• Choose a nearby source, such as ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu
• Next

Software Management

• Choose packages to install
• acpid
• Apache-Devel
• autofs
• beagle
• beagle-gui
• clamav
• cups
• drakxtools
• flac
• ghostscript
• gurpmi
• harddrake
• harddrakeui
• imagemagick
• imagemagick-desktop
• initscripts
• kbd
• kdebase
• kdegraphics
• kdegraphics-kcolourpaint
• kernel-desktop586-devel-latest
• koffice-kivio
• koffice-koshell
• koffice-kplato
• mandriva-DOC-DVD-booklet

• mandriva-DOC-Drakxtools-Guide-EN
• mandriva-DOC-starter-EN
• mozilla-Firefox
• mysql
• ndiswrapper-kernel
• openoffice
• openoffice-kde
• openssl
• qt4-qvfb
• rpmdrake
• rsync
• samba-client
• samba-server
• samba-swat
• samba-winbind
• soundjuicer
• sqiod
• squid-cachemgr
• tar
• timezone
• tomcat
• totem
• vorbis-tools
• wireshark
• wireshark-tools