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Pre Upgrade Checklist for Fermi Red Hat V5.0.2

You'll need to acquire or know these items before upgrading Fermi Red Hat Linux on 
your system.

1. Fermi Red Hat Install floppy V5.0.2 from the PREP counter at FCC3W or from 
   Yolanda at WH8NW.  This is a specially modified install/upgrade floppy for Fermi 
   network upgrades.  The 5.0.1 disk will not work! 
2. What make and model ethernet card you have. 
3. Make a note of what the IP address is of your machine.  This can be 
   obtained by typing 'ifconfig' in a terminal window.  Under the eth0 device find 
   the inet addr: number. 
4. Make a note of the Netmask.  This can be obtained by typing 'ifconfig' 
   in a terminal window.  Under the eth0 device find the Mask: number. 
5. Make a note of the network's Default Route. Type 
   'grep GATEWAY /etc/sysconfig/network' to get the IP address.   
6. If this machine will be "dual boot" Then you will need 
   to decide which boot manager you will be 
   installing.

These instructions are compiled such that each numbered steps correspond 
with a new input display window. Install the Fermi boot floppy and turn 
on your system. Wait for system to boot to the first window.
You will need to use the tab key to navigate the windows and the space bar to
check and uncheck setting. A full explanation of the install program's
user interface is available here

The first screen welcomes you to Fermi Red Hat Linux V5.0.2.  Simply hit return here
to start the upgrade.  Screen numbering starts with the next screen.

1. Welcome to Red Hat:  [Ok]

2. Choose a Language: [English]

3. Keyboard type: us

4. PCMCIA support: [n] (yes if notebook computer)

5. Install type: NFS Image

6. Load Module
	This is the screen to detect your ethernet card.
	This will be automatically detected for you. 
	Verify that this is your actual card. [Ok]

7. Module Options 
	Some cards need special configuration options when they are loaded. If you
	picked a card recommended by Red Hat then you should be able to hit 'Ok'
	without adding anything. 

8. Boot Protocol:  Static IP address

9. Configure TCP/IP 
	a. IP Address (you made a note of this, right?)
	b. Netmask  
	c. Default gateway (IP) 
	d. primary nameserver (IP) (131.225.8.120)

9a. Configure Network
	(NOTE: This screen will only show up if it has trouble contacting the
	Primary Name Server or your machine is not connected to the network.
	If your machine is not communicating with the network correctly you will
	find this out for sure in step 9.)
	a. Domain name (fnal.gov)
	b. Host name (that you picked)
	c. Secondary Nameserver IP (131.225.17.150)
	d. Tertiary Nameserver IP (leave blank)
	
10. NFS Setup
	a. NFS server name: linux.fnal.gov
	b. Red Hat Directory: /export/linux/current/i386
	
10. Installation Path  [Upgrade]

11. SCSI Configuration
	Do you have a SCSI adapter? y/n
	
11a. SCSI Configuration
	(Note: This screen will only appear if you selected yes in 11.)
	Select your SCSI adapter and hit [Ok]

11b. SCSI Options
        (Note: This screen will only appear if you selected yes in 11.)
	If you have a SCSI adapter that is recommended in the hardware list 
	you won't need to enter any options here.  Simply hit [Ok].

12. Upgrade Packages   [No]
	
13. Upgrade log
	 This will start the upgrade. An upgrade log will be named 
	 /tmp/upgrade.log  We will move this file to /etc after the upgrade.	
	 The upgrade will take roughly 5 minutes.
	 
14. Lilo Installation Screen

        Single Boot and Dual Boot machines: Using Lilo as their Boot Manager -
        Install the bootloader in the "Master boot sector".(Preferred)

        Dual Boot machines: Using NT's Boot Manager -
        Install the bootloader in the "First sector of boot partition"
        Click here if you are going to chose to use the NT boot manager and not Lilo.

15. Lilo Installation Special Options Screen
	No special options. [Ok]
	
        Dual Boot:  Bootable Partitions Screen
        This screen will allow you to see what bootable partitions you have.
        Here you can edit the boot labels and the default boot partition.

16. Done
	Remove the floppy and hit return to start your newly upgraded Fermi Red
	Hat V5.0.2 system.

17. Install extra packages
        We have included several new packages in the default V5.0.2 distribution
        that have not been upgraded on your current system.  These are the 
        following:

          xlockmore  	to lock your screen
          xscreensaver  for pretty pictures when locking your screen
          fortune-mod  	for xlockmore
          wu-ftpd  	to enable users to ftp into the system, NOT anonymous ftp
          dump  	a method to backup the system
          rmt  		needed by dump
          pdksh   	an enhanced ksh
	  ups  		Fermi Unix Product Support v4.3

        After you have upgraded your machine will need to type in the following
        command, as root, to begin the post-upgrade process.  This will install
	a script that you will need to run by hand which will, in turn, install 
	the added packages listed above.  Simply follow the directions that 
	are issued after the script is installed.  This command needs to be 
	typed all on one line with no spaces, so don't enter it as it's written 
	here, i.e., it should look like .../i386/Fermi/RPMS/post_upgrade... 

           rpm -ivh ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/current/i386/Fermi/RPMS/
                    post_upgrade_misc-1.1-1.i386.rpm  

	A message should appear which will instruct you to type in the correct
	command to install the rest of the packages.  

	You may ask why this needs to be done, why can't this just be done 
	with one command to install all the packages right off the bat.  The
	answer is this:  the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) maintains a database
	on a Linux box of all the packages that have been installed/upgraded.
	Only one rpm command can open this database at a time, in order to 
	keep things in order.  What this means is that one script installed
	via RPM can not install another RPM packages using rpm, since the 
	database is already open.  If this doesn't make sense, then it's safe
	just to trust us, and follow the directions.