Fermi Linux 731a 1-27-03 / 2-7-03 This release is similar to RedHat Linux 7.3 with the following changes. Please read this entire document before installing. For info on upgrading a Fermi Linux 731 system to Fermi Linux 731a via yum see Fermi.documentation/upgrading.731.to.731a.txt . Web information www.fnal.gov/cd/unix/linux www-oss.fnal.gov/projects/fermilinux Installation Locations linux.fnal.gov:/export/linux/731/i386/ Floppy image locations ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/731/i386/images/bootnet.img If you want to make the install floppy yourself the you need to first download the install image and then put the install image on the floppy. Floppy laptop image locations ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/73rolling/i386/images/pcmcia.img ftp://linux.fnal.gov/linux/73rolling/i386/images/pcmciadd.img To make the install floppys. Put a scratch floppy in "/dev/fd0". Download the above file(s) dd if=bootnet.img of=/dev/fd0 Note that there are multiple "drivers" floppy images for "other drivers". See the RedHat documentation in /images/README for more info. See /RELEASE-NOTES for the RedHat release notes. Changes made by Fermi(Troy, Connie, Kevin) Table of contents UPDATED since Fermi Linux 7.3.1(September 2002), ADDED compared to RedHat 7.3 ADDED since Fermi Linux 7.3.1 (September 2002) and RedHat 7.3 ADDED since RedHat 7.3, Not changed since Fermi Linux 7.3.1(September 2002) UPDATED compared to RedHat 7.3, Installer modifications /contrib HARDWARE SPECIFIC ISSUES SOFTWARE ISSUES/BUGS RedHat ERRATA Each has a "---" line above and below it. Things that start with a "*" are changed compared to "current 7.3.1". Things that start with a "**" are new compared to "current 7.3.1". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATED since Fermi Linux 7.3.1 (September 2002), ADDED compared to RedHat 7.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- OpenAFS -- Fermi version The openafs rpm's are basically what openafs puts out. The only changes are ThisCell (so that it binds to fermilab), the startup script (to do a better job of checking to make sure the AFS servers are reachable), and update_afs_cellservdb.pl (added to sync up the CellServDB file) The binaries (such as klog, and tokens) are now in /usr/bin. If you find that this is going to break scripts, you should intall the openafs-compat rpm which will link everything to /usr/afsws like transarc's afs works. Created a "Openafs Client" group so that it is easier to select this during the install. * The OpenAFS rpm's have been updated to use openafs 1.2.8. This was maily * to incorperate the various patches that had to be made for the kernels. * * openafs-1.2.8-FL731.1.i386.rpm * openafs-client-1.2.8-FL731.1.i386.rpm * openafs-compat-1.2.8-FL731.1.i386.rpm * openafs-kernel-1.2.8-FL2418.19.1.i386.rpm *Yum -- From Duke University and Fermi modifications * Upgraded yum to fix a problem during the first time the yum * cron job runs when it tries to delete a header file twice and of * course fails on the second try. The headers where updated to * more closely match the current versions of the rpms * ** yum-0.9.4-2f2.noarch.rpm ** yum-conf-0.9.4-2f2.noarch.rpm * yum-headers-731-20030114.noarch.rpm Yum is a program similar to autorpm. The name stands for "Yellowdog Upgrade Manager". Yellowdog is a Mac Linux distribution that uses rpms. A Linux system administrator from the Duke University Physics department decided to take "YUP"(Yellowdog Upgrade Program" and add some new features. He released this new "YUP" as "YUM". Some features yum info Used to list a description and summary information about available packages. yum provides Can be used to find out which package provides some feature or file. Just use a specific name or a file-glob-syntax wildcards to list the packages available or installed that provide that feature or file. yum remove Is used to remove the specified packages from the system as well as removing any packages which depend on the package being removed. yum list updates List rpms that could be updated. yum list available List rpms that you do NOT have installed but are available to be installed in your "distribution". yum update