Fermi Linux 7xtest beta 07/23/01 This release is based on RedHat Linux 7.1 with the following changes. For more details on the changes see farther below. Items with a * are Fermi Linux change related. If no * then it is a generic RedHat 7.1 issue. Please read this entire document before installing. *Locations linux.fnal.gov:/export/linux/7xtest/i386/ Ftp will not be available for this beta. Will add at a later time. ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/7xtest/i386/ *Floppy image locations ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/7xtest/i386/images/bootnet.img To make the install floppy. Put a scratch floppy in "/dev/fd0". Download the above file and dd if=bootnet.img of=/dev/fd0 Note that there is a "drivers" floppy image for "other drivers". See the RedHat documentation for what is on this floppy. The following has been updated. Some of the items are the same as before even thought nothing changed. This is because the info is important and I did not want to have to tell people to go and look at the older release notes. There is more detail at the end. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1*. All RedHat errata as of July 23, 2001. 2*. Full workgroup support. The shell script at the end now works. All the RPMS which were specific to and provided by the workgroup need to be tested and checked. Note that some rpms are now part of the main release. These are located at /RedHat/RPMS. If you want the version that you used to use please send me the rpm names and I will put them back, otherwise you get the official RedHat version. I sent mail to the workgroup liasions already about this. 3*. You are able to install only via nfs. Ftp installs do not work at this time. Still working on this. Should be back at a later date. 4*. The default for firewall is off. You can still select what you want. If a workgroup wants a different default then I can change it. You can also have more of the "detail" already defined. 5. Both text and graphical installs should work as long as they work with the default RedHat install. The reason for the "if" is that the normal RedHat installer will switch to "text" mode if it cannot do graphical mode. Note that ftp installs only work in text mode. 6.* Cdrom installs are now available. Will post images to ftp:/linux1.fnal.gov/linux/7xtest/iso/ 7a*. Fermi Kerberos rpm depends on the Fermi Kerberos ups/upd product. It has not been ported to 7.x yet. The existing Fermi Kerberos rpm will with the the exception that it will not be able to enable incoming services. This is because 6.x used inetd and 7x uses xinetd.conf. You can install these manually if needed. The 6.1 kerberos rpms are in /contrib/kerberos/ 10*. There is a test afs in /contrib/openafs. This only works with the single cpu kernel. We are waiting for another version from Transarc. 11. Adaptec scsi support is still poor, just not as bad as it was. If your install hangs and you have adaptec scsi then reboot with "linux apic" at the install boot prompt. This has helped at least one user. 12. Install turns on IDE DMA by default. This can cause some cdroms/disks to be "sad". So if you have problems during the install in particular with it "hanging" the suggested fix is to turn dma off during the install. This can be done by at the install prompt typing linux ide=nodma or text ide=nodma 13. inetd and /etc/inetd.conf have been replaced with xinetd and /etc/ xinetd.d/ . Similar features but done differently. 14. Other RedHat features are still there. 15. Upgrades are not disallowed by I am not sure you will get what you want. So please do NOT upgrade yet. 16. The current kernel is still 2.4.3 . There is a test kernel in /contrib/kernel/ 17. UPS/UPD bootstrap is now in the form of 2 rpms. The first contains the actual code. The 2nd contains a config file. There are 2 choices for the config file rpms. One puts ups/upd in /local and the other in /fnal. This is very new so they are not installed by default except for the OSS workgroup. They are located in /contrib/upsupdbootstrap/ . You need to install upsupdbootstrap-2.2-1.i386.rpm and then a ups/upd config file rpm. These do NOT check if you already have a ups/upd install there already, so be carefull. These are installed via the standard ups/upd bootstrap product. If your workgroup wants to install ups/upd someplace else that is no problem as this product was designed to be very customizable. So if you have a different config file that you want me to use then please send it to me. For more info on this topic see www.fnal.gov/docs/products/bootstrap . upsupdbootstrap-local-2.2-1.i386.rpm installs in /local/ups/ upsupdbootstrap-generic-2.2-1.i386.rpm goes in /fnal/ups/ rpm -i upsupdbootstrap-2.2-1.i386.rpm upsupdbootstrap-local-2.2-1.i386.rpm or rpm -i upsupdbootstrap-2.2-1.i386.rpm upsupdbootstrap-generic-2.2-1.i386.rpm Please Go forth and test and report back. -connie & Troy & Marc __________________________________________________________________________ Errata from RedHat recently added elm-2.5.5-1.i386.rpm man-1.5i2-0.7x.i386.rpm nss_ldap-149-4.i386.rpm procmail-3.21-0.71.i386.rpm xinetd-2.3.0-1.71.i386.rpm util-linux-2.10s-13.7.i386.rpm xloadimage-4.1-20.i386.rpm imap-2000c-10.i386.rpm imap-devel-2000c-10.i386.rpm openssl095a-0.9.5a-9.i386.rpm openssl-devel-0.9.6-9.i386.rpm openssl-0.9.6-9.i386.rpm openssl-python-0.9.6-9.i386.rpm openssl-perl-0.9.6-9.i386.rpm before gcc-2.96-85.i386.rpm gcc-objc-2.96-85.i386.rpm gcc-java-2.96-85.i386.rpm gcc-chill-2.96-85.i386.rpm gcc-c++-2.96-85.i386.rpm gcc-g77-2.96-85.i386.rpm cpp-2.96-85.i386.rpm libstdc++-devel-2.96-85.i386.rpm libstdc++-2.96-85.i386.rpm XFree86-Mach32-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm XFree86-FBDev-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm XFree86-AGX-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm XFree86-8514-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm XFree86-3DLabs-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm XFree86-S3V-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm XFree86-S3-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm XFree86-P9000-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm XFree86-Mach8-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm XFree86-Mach64-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm XFree86-W32-3.3.6-38.i386.rpm kernel-2.4.3-12.i386.rpm kernel-2.4.3-12.i586.rpm kernel-2.4.3-12.i686.rpm kernel-smp-2.4.3-12.i586.rpm kernel-smp-2.4.3-12.i686.rpm kernel-doc-2.4.3-12.i386.rpm kernel-BOOT-2.4.3-12.i386.rpm kernel-headers-2.4.3-12.i386.rpm kernel-enterprise-2.4.3-12.i686.rpm kernel-source-2.4.3-12.i386.rpm kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.24-2.i386.rpm devfsd-2.4.3-12.i386.rpm samba-swat-2.0.10-2.i386.rpm samba-common-2.0.10-2.i386.rpm samba-client-2.0.10-2.i386.rpm samba-2.0.10-2.i386.rpm wireless-tools-21-1.i386.rpm SysVinit-2.78-17.i386.rpm mgetty-1.1.25-5.i386.rpm mgetty-sendfax-1.1.25-5.i386.rpm mgetty-viewfax-1.1.25-5.i386.rpm mgetty-voice-1.1.25-5.i386.rpm netscape-common-4.77-1.i386.rpm netscape-communicator-4.77-1.i386.rpm netscape-navigator-4.77-1.i386.rpm rhn_register-1.3.2-1.noarch.rpm rhn_register-gnome-1.3.2-1.noarch.rpm up2date-gnome-2.5.4-1.i386.rpm up2date-2.5.4-1.i386.rpm gftp-2.0.8-1.i386.rpm kdelibs-2.1.2-1.i386.rpm kdelibs-sound-2.1.2-1.i386.rpm kdelibs-devel-2.1.2-1.i386.rpm kdelibs-sound-devel-2.1.2-1.i386.rpm losetup-2.11b-3.i386.rpm arts-2.1.2-1.i386.rpm mount-2.11b-3.i386.rpm Xconfigurator-4.9.29-1.i386.rpm mouseconfig-4.22-1.i386.rpm minicom-1.83.1-8.i386.rpm samba-swat-2.0.8-1.7.1.i386.rpm samba-common-2.0.8-1.7.1.i386.rpm samba-client-2.0.8-1.7.1.i386.rpm samba-2.0.8-1.7.1.i386.rpm krb5-devel-1.2.2-5.i386.rpm krb5-libs-1.2.2-5.i386.rpm krb5-server-1.2.2-5.i386.rpm krb5-workstation-1.2.2-5.i386.rpm docbook-style-dsssl-1.64-2.noarch.rpm ypbind-1.7-8.i386.rpm gnupg-1.0.6-1.i386.rpm xinetd-2.1.8.9pre15-2.i386.rpm LPRng-3.7.4-23.i386.rpm