Last Update: 4 June 1999 Last Update: 4 June 1999
CDROM Info
The easiest way to install RedHat m68k Linux is to use a CDROM. There are several sources of these cdroms, including RedHat. Please keep in mind that this package is not officially supported by RedHat, so don't contact them with technical support questions (besides, they've never seen an Amiga anyway..).
Sources for RedHat m68k Linux 5.1 CDROMS:
RedHat Software Rough Cuts cdrom disk-set.
Chris Lawrence m68k CDROM sets (USA).
Holger Lubitz at http://linuxservice.de (Germany).
Anders Dalshov at [email protected] (Norway only, please).
Alexander Lund at [email protected] .
If you just can't wait for a cdrom to come through the mail you can download this package via the internet- but this is practical only if you have a very high-speed network connection (T1-line or better). Downloading this package across our highly-optimized T1-line (150 Kb/sec sustained, with a Linux squid-cache of course) required well over an hour.
If you wish to master your own RedHat m68k Linux CDROM, its not difficult. Out of curiosity I created my own iso9660 RedHat disk (using x86 Linux), and it worked the very first time.
Before you burn your own cdrom make sure you delete the contents of the /html/ directory and download the latest version of this FAQ, then extract the new contents into the /html/ directory in your cdrom image.
When you create your own CDROM, make sure you preserve all the attributes of all the files.
Here are the <general> commands I used to create my own m68k RedHat Linux CDROM from the downloaded files:
mkisofs -l -r -v -R -L -a -o cdrom.img /tmp/redhat_files/
Assuming you have iso9660 and loopback device kernel support, you may verify your new iso9660 cdrom image:
mount -t iso9660 cdimage.raw -r -o loop /mnt
ls -l /mnt
umount /mnt
Then burn the CDROM.
cdrecord -v dev=x,x cdimage.raw
Look at the
References section for info regarding the mkisofs and cdrecord programs.