--- doc/build/fedora_install.frag 2003/12/12 21:31:05 1.1 +++ doc/build/fedora_install.frag 2004/05/21 13:04:43 1.4 @@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ DHCP is not supported.
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    Gather needed information

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    Install Fedora

    Installing Fedora is quite easy if you've installed any of the Red Hat products @@ -78,7 +74,9 @@ There are a few sections that require co however you should review the results and be prepared to modify them. LON-CAPA resource files are stored in the /home directory, so the lion's share of the drive should be allocated here. If you have 20 GB - of space for Fedora, /home should receive 16 gigs. Be sure to + of space for Red Hat, /home should receive at least 10 to 12 gigs. + Since MySQL uses the /var filesystem to store its databases you should + have at least 4 gigs of space available on /var. Be sure to include adequate swap space. A minimum is 512 Megs, but you should typically have 1 or 2x as much swap space as you do physical RAM.

    Network Configuration
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    Installing LON-CAPA Dependencies

    This section walks you through installing the packages which LON-CAPA requires. -There are a lot of dependencies to deal with. They have been grouped in a +There are a lot of dependencies. They have been grouped in a somewhat logical fashion to make them easier to deal with. When installing the rpms you should watch for errors.

    @@ -265,3 +264,12 @@ will be appearant at this step. Point a web browser at your new machine and log in as the domain coordinator. Congratulations!

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    If Things aren't working right

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    +If you've followed the steps above and the server doesn't start or you think +there's something wrong, please get in touch with the LON-CAPA developers. +If there were errors in installation of the dependency RPMs or during the +automatic setup, please send us as much information as possible. +If some part of this document is unclear please let us know. +