Krav til maskine:

• Pentium-processor eller kompatibel
• Cdrom-drev
• Mindst 32 Mb RAM, 64 MB er anbefalet
• Grafikkort kompatibelt med VESA 2.0

Installation af Mandrake Linux er i de fleste tilfælde blot at indsætte cdrom-en i cdrom-læseren og genstarte din maskine. Se under punkt 1.

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INFORMATION:

• Hvis du opgradere fra Mandrake Linux 7.0 eller 7.1 så husk at lave backup af dit system.
• Opgradering fra tidligere version end 7.0 er ikke undstøttet! I dette tilfælde kræves en ren installation.

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Nedenfor er en liste af forskellige måder at installere Mandrake Linux på:

1. Start direkte fra cdrom'en
2. Installer på Windows 95/98/ME
3. Start installationen fra MS-DOS
4. Lav en bootdiskette under Windows
5. Øvrige installationsmetoder

1. Boot directly from CD

The Installation CDROM is bootable. In most cases, just insert the CD into the drive and reboot the machine. Follow the instructions displayed on screen: press the Enter key to start the installation, or press F1 for additional help.

NOTE:

On some portable computers, the system may not reboot from the CD. If this is the case, you should prepare a boot floppy. See point 4 for details.

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2. Installing onto Windows 95/98/ME

To install Mandrake Linux within a Windows folder, avoiding any disk partitioning, you should:

1. Insert the first CD,
2. Reboot the system,
3. Press F1 when the Mandrake Linux screen comes up,
4. Type lnx4win at the prompt, then press Enter

Additional details on lnx4win can be found in the appropriate readme file.

NOTE:

When inserting the CDROM under Windows, a window will popup to give you access to an installation summary and to Mandrake Linux demos and tutorial. It will also permit you to create directly the boot floppy described in point 4 .

If the window does not popup, run:
D:\dosutils\autorun.exe
(assuming D is your CDROM's drive letter).

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3. Launch install from MS-DOS

If you have MS-DOS installed on your computer, you can boot the installation system directly from the CD without using any diskettes.

Note that this method will not work if run in a DOS window under Windows. It will not work under Windows ME either.

To do this (assuming your CD is drive D:), use the following commands:

C:\> D:
D:\> cd \dosutils\autoboot
D:\dosutils\autoboot> autoboot.bat

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4. Make a boot floppy with Windows

If your computer cannot boot from the CDROM and previous methods do not work, you must make a boot floppy under Windows as follows:

• insert the CDROM, then open the icon "My Computer", right click on the CDROM drive icon and select "Open"
• go into the "dosutils" directory and double-click on the "rawwritewin" icon
• insert a blank floppy in the floppy drive
• select "D:\images\cdrom.img" in the "Image File" field (assuming that your CDROM drive is "D:", otherwise replace "D:" as needed)
• select "A:" in the "Floppy Drive" field then click on "Write".

To begin the installation:

• insert the CDROM in the drive, as well as the boot floppy, then
• restart the computer.

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5. Other installation methods

If for any reason the previous methods do not fit your needs (you want to perform a network install, an install from pcmcia devices or ...), you will also need to make a boot floppy :

• Under Linux (or others modern unix) type at prompt :

dd if=xxxxx.img of=/dev/fd0
• Under Windows, follow the method described in point 4, but using xxxxx.img (see below) instead of cdrom.img.
• Under MS-DOS, assuming your CD is drive D:, type:
  D:\>dosutils\rawrite.exe -f images\xxxxx.img -d A

xxxxx.img is the boot image :

• cdrom.img: install from CD-ROM.
• hd.img: install from hard-disk.
• hdreiser.img: install with reiserfs filesystem
• network.img: install from ftp/nfs/http.
• other.img: install and include seldom used drivers.
• pcmcia.img: install from pcmcia devices.

blank.img is a minimal image to customize kernel installation.

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You can also use a text mode installation if, for any reason, you have trouble with the default graphical installation. To use it, press F1 at Mandrake Linux welcome screen, then text at the prompt.

If you need to rescue your existing Mandrake Linux system, insert your Installation CDROM (or any relevant boot floppy), press F1 at Mandrake Linux welcome screen, then rescue at the prompt.

See http://www.linux-mandrake.com/drakx/README for more technical information.

Below are the main stages of installation:

1. Insert your Installation CDROM (or Installation Floppy disk if necessary) and restart your machine.
2. Press Enter when the Mandrake Linux welcome screen appears and carefully follow the instructions.
3. When the installation is complete take out the CD-ROM when ejected (and any floppy disk if present in drive); your machine will restart. If it does not, restart it manually.
4. Mandrake Linux will start. After bootup, you can "Login" on your machine under the user account setup during install, or as "root".

Important note:

The "root" account will give you unrestricted access to your Linux system. Do not use it except to configure or administer Linux. For every day use, use a normal user account which you can configure with the "userdrake"tool, or with the "adduser USER" and "passwd USER" commands.

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For installation support see the Mandrake diffusion list and FAQs at Mandrake web site:

• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/