--- doc/build/sles10_install.frag 2006/10/09 17:18:14 1.1 +++ doc/build/sles10_install.frag 2008/12/10 19:57:29 1.4 @@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ Most of the subsequent installation scre There are a few steps that require comment and are dealt with below.

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Installation Language
+
Use English as your installation language.
+
Partitioning your Drive
For a LON-CAPA library server (i.e., the main server used for permanent storage of course and user data), @@ -108,10 +111,17 @@ Execute: yast

-Select "Change Source of Installation". The media you used to install SLES10 will be listed as an installation source. You may also wish to create a local repository by copying the contents of the RPM directories on the five CDs to a local directory to avoid the need to flip CDs during LON-CAPA installation. Information about building a local repository is available at:http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2004/02/yast_instsrc.html. -

+Select "Change Source of Installation". The media you used to install SLES10 will be listed as an installation source. If you do not already have a SLES10 installation source at your location, you may want to consider creating one from the 4 iso files for CDs 1 - 4, to avoid the need to flip CDs during LON-CAPA installation. Proceed as follows (e.g., for 32 bit):

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+mkdir -p sles10/CD1
+mount -o ro,loop SLES-10-x86-CD1.iso /mnt
+cp -rv /mnt/* sles10/CD1
+umount /mnt
+
+

+Repeat those steps with CD2, CD3 and CD4.

Add an additional installation source

-

Add the LON-CAPA SLES 10 repository as an additional installation source, so software installation in yast will have access to two repositories - a SuSE/Novell source (for packages included for the standard distribution) and the LON-CAPA repository (for extra packages needed to run LON-CAPA). For the LON-CAPA source you will use: +

Add the LON-CAPA SLES 10 repository as an additional installation source, so software installation in yast will have access to at least two repositories - a SuSE/Novell source (for packages included for the standard distribution) and the LON-CAPA repository (for extra packages needed to run LON-CAPA). For the LON-CAPA source you will use:

Protocol
HTTP
@@ -230,7 +240,7 @@ will be apparent at this step. If you receive warnings when starting the httpd about missing perl modules, please make sure you followed the instructions in Installing LON-CAPA Dependencies. If you still have errors, please -contact the LON-CAPA support team. +contact the LON-CAPA group.

Log in to your LON-CAPA Machine

@@ -240,9 +250,9 @@ coordinator. Congratulations!

If things aren't working right

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 support team. +there's something wrong, please get in touch with the LON-CAPA group. You can submit a help request using our web form:
-http://support.loncapa.org/help/
+http://help.loncapa.org/help/
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.