Appendix A. Alternate Installation Methods

The standard Turbolinux 10 Server installation method is via bootable CD-ROM. This installation method is assumed in Chapter 2 of this document.

Installation of Turbolinux 10 Server over a network, from a removable hard disk or a non-bootable CD-ROM drive requires the use of floppy disks called "Install Disks". This appendix addresses the creation of these Install Disks and alternate methods of installation.

This appendix is divided into the following sections:

• Types of install disks

• How to make an install disk

• Preparation of an install disk

• Installing Turbolinux 10 Server Over a Network

• Installing Turbolinux 10 Server Locally

A.1. Types of install disks

There are three install disks: a boot disk, a system install disk and a driver disk. In order to install Turbolinux 10 Server, at a minimum, you will need to create boot and system install disks. Depending upon your hardware, you may also need to create a driver disk.

If your hardware is unsupported when Turbolinux 10 Server was released, you should look for product updates on the Turbolinux web site (www.turbolinux.com).

Below is a summary of each type of install disk.

Table A-1. Types of install disks

Disk type	Image file	Summary
Boot disk	boot.img	This is the disk used to boot your computer and initiate the installation. In addition to this disk, you will also need to create a system install disk.
System install disk	normal.img	This disk contains standard device drivers with support for such things as SCSI and network cards. You will need this disk when you install from a CD-ROM drive connected via an IDE (ATAPI)/SCSI bus or from a network card.
	pcmcia.img	This disk contains device drivers for PCMCIA cards. This disk is required if you are installing from a PCMCIA card connected to a laptop.
Driver disk	scsidd.img	This disk contains additional SCSI card device drivers which did not fit on the normal.img disk. This disk is required for users whose hardware is not detected by the device drivers on the normal.img disk.
	netdd.img	This disk contains network card device drivers which did not fit on the normal.img disk. This disk is required for users whose hardware is not detected by the device drivers on the normal.img disk.

To load a driver disk, you will first need to add appropriate install options such as "dd" and "noprobe" at the boot prompt, which is shown on the boot screen of the boot disk. Usage details on possible install options is available in Appendix B.