Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of Cookbook

Timestamp:

Feb 28, 2009, 6:31:02 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

Herwig Bauernfeind

Comment:

UNIXROOT recommendation, non-prequsites for WPI bold

Cookbook

@@ -11 +11 @@
  3. Samba must be installed on a partition that supports long filenames, such as HPFS(386), JFS or FAT32. Samba cannot be installed on FAT16.
 
- 4. {{{SET UNIXROOT=x:}}} where {{{x:}}} is the drive that has a {{{/etc/}}} path. In addition {{{SET TMPDIR=x:\tmp}}} where {{{x:\tmp}}} is any valid directory to put temporary files on.
+ 4. {{{SET UNIXROOT=x:}}} where {{{x:}}} is the drive that has a {{{/etc/}}} path. It is recommended to set {{{UNIXROOT=x:\MPTN}}} (where x: is your bootdrive), because %UNIXROOT%\etc and %ETC% point to the same directory and all the stuff is in one place then. In addition {{{SET TMPDIR=x:\tmp}}} where {{{x:\tmp}}} is any valid directory to put temporary files on.
 
-The next 2 steps are not required, in case you install a recent WPI package:[[BR]]
+The next 2 steps are '''not required''', in case you install a recent WPI package:[[BR]]
 
  5. Unzip ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/alpha/baselayout.zip to the {{{%UNIXROOT%}}} drive or directory. Among other directories, this creates the required {{{/etc}}} directory as mentioned in prerequisites step 3.