--- doc/build/Attic/install.html 2000/10/26 08:01:26 1.3 +++ doc/build/Attic/install.html 2000/11/21 15:45:00 1.8 @@ -6,6 +6,45 @@

LON-CAPA Installation

Current Installation Procedure

+Scott Harrison +

+

+Last updated: 11/21/2000 +

+

+This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation. These steps have +been tested. +

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  1. Get Redhat 6.2 on a CD by + +
  2. Install RedHat 6.2 + +
  3. After installation, restart the computer. Login as root. Enter these two commands: +
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    1. lynx -source http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/scripts/postinstall.pl>postinstall.pl +
    2. perl postinstall.pl +
    +
  4. As postinstall.pl runs, you will be asked various questions. Follow the instructions to correctly +enter in the appropriate parameter values. +
+
+

Old steps; do not use these...

+Last updated: 11/01/2000 +

+

This is the current list of steps to support LON-CAPA installation. These steps have been tested.

    @@ -18,7 +57,7 @@ RedHat 6.2 CD source tree. You need bootnet-20000407.img. (Download the image file; insert a blank floppy disk; and type a command similar to: dd if=bootnet-20000407.img of=/dev/fd0). For installation, you -need to specify http://www.lon-capa.org as your download URL, and /install/3.1/currentcdsource +need to specify hobbes.lite.msu.edu/~loninst as your download URL, and /3.1/currentcdsource as the source location.
  1. Install RedHat 6.2 @@ -47,9 +86,38 @@ http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/FinalRPM altering configuration files present throughout the system. For a list of these files and their descriptions, visit http://install.lon-capa.org/3.1/loncapafiles/loncapafiles.html. +
  2. Important files are /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf, /etc/ntp.conf, /etc/krb.conf, /home/httpd/lonTabs/spare.tab, /home/httpd/lonTabs/hosts.tab (if setting up a cluster different than MSU's). +
  3. Unshadow passwords + +
  4. Run, as root, ln -s /etc/mime.types /etc/httpd/conf/mime.types +
  5. Run, as root, /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start.
  6. Run, as root, /etc/rc.d/init.d/loncontrol start.
  7. After 10 minutes, you should be able to check the file /home/httpd/html/lon-status/index.html to see if your machine has been successfully set up.