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<H1>Instructions for installing RedHat 5.0 for use with bochs.</H1>
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First, you need to have the RedHat 5.0 installation CD
and the boot & supplementary floppy disks. Installing
Linux from other vendors is also possible, but I assume
you have RedHat 5.0 for the script file, and for these
instructions.
Second, you need a real Linux system to create the
disk image file, for use with bochs. This can be
later transfered to another platform.
Third, you should have already configured/compiled
bochs on your target platform.
##########################################
# This section done on your Linux system #
##########################################
Copy both boot & supplementary floppy disks to image files.
# stick in Boot disk
linux-> cp /dev/fd0 1.44_redhat_boot
# stick in Supplementary disk
linux-> cp /dev/fd0 1.44_redhat_sup
Mount your RedHat 5.0 CD. The mountpoint and instructions
may be different for your system.
linux-root> mount /mnt/cdrom
Now edit the install script in bochs-YYMMDD/misc, called
'install_redhat50'. It has a small section of configurable
parameters you can edit. Then run it as root. Make sure
you are in the directory.
linux-root> cd bochs-YYMMDD/misc
linux-root> ./install_redhat50
If this went well, then you're hard disk image file
is prepared for you, and has a small set of packages
from the RedHat 5.0 CD on it. You may add more later,
using the script file as an example.
#############################################
# This section done on your target platform #
#############################################
If you have a target system, different from you
original Linux system, transfer over the 2 floppy
image files, and the hard disk image file now.
Copy the boot floppy image to your working file
unix-> cp 1.44_redhat_boot 1.44
Point your floppya directive to this working file
[edit .bochsrc]
Boot bochs from the floppy
unix-> bochs boot:a
The Welcom To Red Hat Linux screen appears. At the
boot: prompt, enter 'rescue' and [Return]
boot: rescue [Return]
The Color Choices menu appears
press [Return] to take the default
The Keyboard Type menu appears
press [Return] to take the default
The Second Floppy menu appears
Copy the Supplementary floppy image to your working file
unix-> cp 1.44_redhat_sup 1.44
Type [Return] to let the install program know you inserted
the new floppy.
The SCSI Configuration menu appears
Type [Return] to accept No.
You will now be at the Linux root prompt '#'.
Make an empty directory to mount the hard drive over.
Then mount the hard drive. I didn't use any partitions
for this example, so use 'hda', not 'hda1'.
# mkdir /mnt
# mount -t ext2 /dev/hda /mnt
Run lilo, so you can boot from the hard disk. Then
unmount the hard drive.
# /mnt/sbin/lilo -r /mnt
# umount /mnt
Bomb out of bochs, by clicking on the Power button. Now
fire up bochs again, booting from the hard drive.
unix-> bochs boot:c
You can type [Return] at the LILO prompt:
LILO boot: [Return]
At the login prompt, login as root. For kicks, try
compiling the sample "hello.cc" program I included.
It should already be in your /root directory, ready
to be compiled.
[root@bochs /root]# gcc -c hello.cc
[root@bochs /root]# ./a.out
When you're ready to shutdown Linux, you can
shutdown as normal:
[root@bochs /root]# shutdown -h now
Enjoy,
-Kevin
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