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If you have chosen the Generic VGA card, you are asked if you wish to probe for settings. Choose not to probe, and after a moment, you should move on to the next section of the install.
If you will be installing this machine onto a Local Area Network (LAN), and you want to set up networking now, you should choose the Yes button. Otherwise choose No. If needed, you can configure networking after the install.
If you have chosen Yes, you are asked what network card driver the program should try. Scroll down the selection bar until you see one that matches your card. Tab to the Ok button and press Enter. You are then asked if you need to supply any options for the card. If you need to supply arguments for the card, they will be the IO address of the card (supplied in Hexadecimal), and the interrupt that the card is using (example: io=0x330 and irq=5). In most cases, the autoprobe will find the card.
If the card is found, the next screen presents you with choices to set up your network. If you have a bootp server running on your network that sets up the IP addresses and other
Figure 2.11.
If you're not sure
what time zone you are
in, you might check
out your phone book.
data for your machines, toggle []Configure device with bootp and select Ok. If not, input the information you received from your network administrator back in Hour 1.
You are next asked to set up your system's time zone and what your BIOS clock is set to. The first toggle area, shown in Figure 2.11, asks if your computer's BIOS clock is set to GMT. Using the BIOS clock at GMT enables Red Hat Linux to deal with daylight savings changes, but can have the effect of turning other OS's clocks off.
The next selection area on the screen asks what time zone you are in. Scroll to the zone that best matches your time zone. Select Ok to continue with the install.
The next section of the install goes over the services or daemons to start when the system
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Figure 2.12.
Unless you're sure
about what you are
doing, leave the
defaults as they are.
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restarts. The dialog box shown in Figure 2.12, should contain a long scrollable list of check boxes linked to a service that starts when you boot the machine. You can choose to get more information on a service by scrolling to that service and pressing F1 to get a short description on the service.
Since you can get this screen after the installation by running the ntsysv command, you should look at each service and decide if you want to start the first time you run the box. For the most part, if a service was selected by default it should stay on, and if it wasn't turned on should only be enabled when you have configured it later.
| CAUTION |
Certain services should only be turned off if you know what the consequences are. Otherwise you may run into a system that is not fully bootable. These services are as follows: atd, crond, inet, kerneld, keytable, network, and syslog. |
You are next asked to configure a printer. Select Yes if you want to do this now, or No if you don't have a printer or want to install it later.
Selecting Yes brings up a dialog box asking where the printer is. There are three selections available:
| Local | Meaning a printer connected to the computer. |
| Remote lpd | This printer is one connected to your LAN that can communicate via lpd. |
| LAN Manager | If the network printer is printed to via a LAN Manager or SMB printer server. |
Choosing Local Printer asks for you to name the printer queue (lp by default) and the spool directory that this printer will use. For the purposes of this install, you should probably choose the default values and select Next. The computer then tries to determine what printer ports are available, and asks you to match the printer to the ones found. Pressing
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Next sends you to the next section of the install.
| JUST MINUTE |
If you're trying to connect to a network printer, it would be a good idea to skip this section until you can ask your system administrator for help. You can always come back and add the printer later through X Window. |
Choosing Remote lpd printer brings up a dialog box asking you the name of the machine you will be printing to, and the name of the queue on that machine. For example, if the printer on the lpd print server is called laser, you would enter laser and in the next space the hostname of the print server. Pressing Next sends you to the next section of the install.
Choosing LAN Manager brings up a dialog box that will set up various smbfs items for you. The first selection is the LAN Manager Host name, the next is the IP address of that LAN Manager host, followed by the Share Name of the Printer and finally the Username and Password that are needed to access the printer. Pressing Next sends you to the next section of the install.
Finishing Printer SetupThe next screens complete the Printer setup. You are first asked what kind of printer you have. Choose a printer that is similar to your printer, and if not found, select a text-only printer. Select Next and press Enter to begin choosing paper sizes. If the printer has multiple resolutions available, choose the one that you want to use. Finally, select the Stair Stepping option, if your printer does not send a carriage return at the end of a line causing your printing to look tilted as everything becomes a run-on. When done with this screen, select Next and press Enter.
The next screen shows you all the values for the printer you have chosen. If you are happy with these items, select Done and press Enter. If not choose Edit you will go back through the printer selection. Once you're happy, press Done and you will go on to the next stage of the install.
Figure 2.13.
Be sure to write this
down—if you forget it
you will have a lot of
work to do to access
your system.
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