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Red Hat Linux Clean Install -
The Whole Enchilada
Video Configuration - S3 Savage4 selected (default for my display adapter)
- Skip X Configuration = unchecked (default) - Next
About to Install - Next
Later - fed it CD #2 when prompted - OK
Fed it CD #3 - OK
Boot Disk Creation
Skip boot disk creation = checked (have one from previous install and the CD
will boot)
Probe Monitor - Next
Custom X Configuration - set to High Color, 16 bit (default); changed resolution
to 800x600 (old 15" shop monitor) - Next
Exit
Linux is up.
Logged-in as root.
The GNOME GUI is up.
Closed the Start Here window...
(Too slow for me.)
(Most of the stuff used for the install is located in the Application and System
submenus off Start, Programs... too many clicks...)
Dragged qedit, Nautilus, Mozilla, and System Configuration from the Main Menu
submenus to the GNOME Panel, the strip along the bottom of the screen.
(These are the tools in the Main Menu submenus and not already on the Panel
most used for the rest of the install.)
Changed Nautilus to view all folders as a list... Clicked GNOME Start (footprint
to the Main Menu), Programs, Applications, Nautilus, View, View as, View as
List, Modify, Use as "default" for folder items, Done.
(When it is set for large folder icons, there is not enough info on the screen,
too much scrolling is required, and they have a way of moving around and under
mouse cursors that increases the risk of human error.)
Network Configuration... Start, Programs, System, Network Configuration (or
use the Start Here Window that pops-up right after an install if you haven't
closed it--or start is again with at the top, left of the screen.)
eth0 (Linux device for the Ethernet Adapter) was present and highlighted
Add, Ethernet Connection, Next, Statically set IP addresses:
Host name: linux.WORKGROUP.com
Manual IP address settings
Address: 192.168.123.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway Address: 192.168.123.254 (this is the router's IP address)
Next, Finish
Add, Ethernet Connection, Next, Statically set IP addresses:
Host name: local.duxcw.com
Manual IP address settings
Address: 192.168.123.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway Address: 192.168.123.254
Next, Finish
(127.0.0.1 is accessible only by the Linux host itself. 192.168.123.1, which
is associated with eth0, is the LAN IP address for the Linux host computer
and its web server. 192.168.123.2, which is associated with eth0:1, is for
a virtual web server. All three parts of the host name, which are optional
here, can be just about anything within reason you want them to be.)
Selected eth0:1, Activate - Yes
Selected eth0:2, Activate - Yes
These IPs are for web servers.
Clicked Hosts tab (this builds the hosts table for name/IP resolution)...
Only entry is 127.0.01 localhost.localdomain...
Clicked Edit, changed Aliases to read linux.
(The linux host computer will appear as "linux" in the Network Neighborhood/My
Network Places in the windows network PCs after Samba is installed. Otherwise,
it would appear as localhost, which is confusing. That is, Samba will use it
as the Linux computer's Computer Name for the Windows network. localhost will
still work when directly using Linux.)
Clicked Add and entered
Address: 192.168.123.1
Hostname: linux.WORKGROUP.lan
Aliases: linux
OK
Clicked Add and entered
Address: 192.168.123.2
Hostname: local.duxcw.lan
Aliases: duxcw
(This is the virtual web server)
OK
Edited them a second time to enter the aliases.
(Red Hat does not save the alias names until the domains have been created.)
Apply
(Note: after Samba is installed, it apparently grabs 192.168.123.1 from somewhere
and the eth0:1 can no longer be activated. I'll research this/experiment more
with this later.)
Verified LAN TCP/IP connectivity
Opened a DOS Window in the Windows Me computer and...
C:\>ping 192.168.123.1
C:\>ping 192.168.123.2
Both IPs are working; we have a TCP/IP network.
Internet Configuration
One should not have to anything with the Internet Configuration Wizard with
this configuration. It should be operational already.
Verify Internet connectivity... Mozilla, enter duxcw.com in the address box...
The Internet connection is up.
Entered User Accounts... Start, Programs, System, User Manager, New User...
Entered the following additional accounts, entered full names (first name,
middle initial, last name), and gave them passwords:
lbyard
cbyard
jbyard
pcguest
(Made the full name of pcguest account, "Guest Account for LAN PC Users)
Left everything else default: Create home directory = checked; Create a private
group for the user = checked; Specify user ID manually = unchecked.
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