The installation started ...
Interestingly, although the installation on the laptop was performed directly from its DVD drive, the package installation process was significantly faster on the server box. I suppose that was due the difference in performances between server's SCSI disk and laptop's IDE disk.
After that step was finished, and after entering a password for root, setup asked to 'Enter a user' (an ordinary user). The difference between laptop and server installation was that the latter offered some additional tasks for the (ordinary) user:
- access to compilation tools (ctools)
- access to rpm tools (rpm)
- access to X programs (xgrp)
- access to network tools (ntools)
- access to administrative files (adm)
- allow "su" (wheel)
... and that should be the same for other (new added) users.
Then laptop suggested to 'set up computer to automatically log on one user'. I didn't accept such a solution because I wanted each user to enter his/her password every time he/she is about to log on to the system.
On the other hand, server's setup skipped that particular step and asked where to install the bootloader. I have chosen to use 'First sector of drive (MBR)'.
Soon after, a 'Summary' screen appeared, so I could fine tune the installation. I changed the following items:
- timezone: Belgrade (both machines)
- Graphical Interface (reported as 'not configured' on the laptop? - I tried
with 'Flat Panel 1400 x 1050' because that resolution runs fine under
Windows), X server: Rage Mobility, XFree 4.3 and 16 million colors -
24 bits). On laptop, I chose XFree to start when I reboot. On server, it
offered 800 x 600 - due to a recognized monitor Samsung SyncMaster
510(M)s (CHA5807*) and card ATI Rage 128 and 16 bit - 65 thousand color.
- Sound card: laptop is ESS Technology|ES1983S Maestro-3i|PCI Audio and
server is Intel Corporation|ICH2 810 Chipset AC'97 Audio Controller.
- Network: with 'Use auto detection'. Results: on laptop it recognized 'LAN
connection - ethernet card(s) detected'; on server it recognized
nothing. So, on server I chose to configure 'LAN connection'.
Drivers are: 3c59x (laptop), eepro100 (server).
IP addresses for both laptop and server.
Host name: laptop, server, Gateway:
- Firewall: disabled (def.)
- Botloader: lilo-graphic on /dev/hda (laptop)
lilo-graphic on /dev/sda (server)
default boot: windows on /dev/hda2 (laptop)
windows on /dev/sda1 (server)
- Services: 32 activated for 47 registered (laptop)
24 activated for 60 registered (server)
Soon after ...
Congratulations, installation is complete.
(reboot)
Installation results
The next Windows boot made a screen 'System Settings Change': Windows 2000 has finished installing new devices. You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect. Do you want to restart your computer now? Well, I said
Windows' Disk Management has showed new Linux partitions:
- laptop: 5.85 GB Healthy \
Disk 0 495 MB Healthy - all 3 are logical drives within the extended one
27.95 GB 14.46 GB Healthy /
- server: 5.85 GB Healthy - primary partition
Disk 1 494 MB Healthy \
17.12 GB 10.79 GB Healthy - these 2 are logical drives within the extended one
It seems that /boot and /swap partitions are very similar in size, regardless the disk sizes, but / (root, home etc) partitions depend on disk size. Note that at my 'laptop' box I used the same HD of 27.95 GB for both Windows and Linux (for Windows 7.13 GB FAT32 of 27.95 GB available, the rest, cca. 20 GB for Linux).
At the 'server' box I have two HD's of 17.12 GB each, and I used Disk 0 (the 1st one) entirely for Windows 2000 Server, and Disk 1 (the 2nd one) entirely for Linux.
The first Mandrake Linux boot
