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 ===== TOC ===== ===== TOC =====
-[[#​Requirements|#​Requirements]] ​+/* UndefinedMacro:​ TableOfContents(None) */ 
  
 +===== Requirements =====
 +Download RescueCD from : [[docs:​rescuecd|Rescue CD]]. PLD rescue new is preferred.
  
  
-===== Requirements ​===== +===== Partition disk ===== 
-Download RescueCD from : [[http://​rescuecd.pld-linux.org/|http://​rescuecd.pld-linux.org/​]] You need at least a i486 machine with 40MB RAM to run PLD RescueCD+Use for example ''​cfdisk''​ to partition your destination diskUsually root partition (/) and swap is enough.
  
 +\\ :!: Write something more here :!: 
  
 +
 +
 +===== Filesystem =====
 +Initiate swap space:
 +<​file>#​ mkswap /dev/sda1
 +</​file>​
 +
 +Make filesystem (ex. ext4): ​
 +<​file>#​ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2
 +</​file>​
 +
 +We need to create mountpoint and mount partition into it:
 +<​file>#​ mkdir /pld
 +# mount /dev/sda2 /pld
 +</​file>​
 +
 +If more partitions are going to be used (like you want to have separate /boot or /home) then these need to be mounted now, too.
 +===== Network configuration of RescueCD =====
 +
 +RescueCD and installed PLD system will use the same way of configuring network.
 +
 +By default both try to use DHCP to automatically configure network interface during a boot process.
 +If that works for you you don't need to do anything.
 +
 +If manual configuration is required then configure networking using files below.
 +
 +==== eth0 interface configuration:​ /​etc/​sysconfig/​interfaces/​ifcfg-eth0 ====
 +
 +Assume you want 192.168.0.2 with /24 network (CIRD notation is preferred)
 +
 +<​file>​DEVICE=eth0
 +IPADDR=192.168.0.2/​24
 +ONBOOT=yes
 +BOOTPROTO=none
 +</​file>​
 +
 +==== Default gateway and default gateway interface configuration:​ /​etc/​sysconfig/​network ====
 +
 +enable networking, ipv4 networking, set default gateway and interface which should be used to reach geteway:
 +
 +<​file>​
 +NETWORKING=yes
 +IPV4_NETWORKING=yes
 +GATEWAY=192.168.0.254
 +GATEWAYDEV=eth0
 +</​file>​
 +
 +==== DNS resolver IP addresses configuration:​ /​etc/​resolv.conf ====
 +
 +Add default nameservers:​
 +
 +<​file>​nameserver 1.1.1.1
 +nameserver 8.8.8.8</​file>​
 +
 +=== Reload network ===
 +
 +<​file>#​ service network restart</​file>​
 +
 +
 +===== Poldek'​s configuration =====
 +In file **/​etc/​poldek/​repos.d/​pld.conf** We need to set **_arch = ** to chosen architecture ex. 
 +
 +
 +
 +<​file>​_arch ​  = x86_64
 +</​file>​
 +
 +
 +===== Packages installation =====
 +
 +All packages are installed using **poldek** tool (it is a package manager for PLD).
 +
 +<​file>#​ rpm --root /pld --initdb
 +# poldek --root /pld
 +
 +poldek> install LIST OF PACKAGES REQUIRED FOR RUNNING SYSTEM
 +</​file>​
 +
 +Packages which make sense to be installed:
 +
 +<​file>​udev pwdutils dhcpcd poldek vim geninitrd grub2 e2fsprogs tzdata glibc-localedb-all</​file>​
 +
 +If **xfs** filesystem was chosen then please install:
 +
 +<​file>​xfsprogs</​file>​
 +
 +
 +\\ :!: Write something more here :!: 
 +
 +
 +
 +===== Kernel installation =====
 +
 +
 +==== Prepare to install kernel ====
 +
 +Before installing kernel you need to mount kernel proc, sys and dev filesystems inside of chroot:
 +
 +<​file>#​ mount -o bind /proc /pld/proc
 +# mount -o bind /sys /pld/sys
 +# mount -o bind /dev /pld/dev
 +</​file>​
 +
 +You need to tell initrd generator which hardware driver is needed to access your rootfs filesystem
 +by setting scsi_hostadapter alias in **/​etc/​modprobe,​d/​modprobe.conf** (or any other file in that directory)
 +
 +<​file>​alias scsi_hostadapter ahci</​file>​
 +
 +**lspci -k** command run on rescuecd can help you to find a correct driver:
 +
 +<​file>​
 +00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/​EB/​MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
 +        Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
 +        Kernel modules: ata_piix, pata_acpi, ata_generic
 +</​file>​
 +
 +Note **Kernel driver in use: ata_piix** (alias scsi_hostadapter ata_piix)
 +
 +While at it, on actual installed PLD system (not needed on rescuecd), you can do the same for network card driver:
 +
 +<​file>​alias netdev-eth0 e1000e</​file>​
 +
 +(again **lspci -k** will help to choose correct one)
 +
 +
 +Configure **/​pld/​etc/​fstab** ex.: 
 +
 +<​file>/​dev/​sda1 swap swap defaults 0 0
 +/dev/sda2 /    ext4 defaults 0 0
 +</​file>​
 +
 +\\ :!: Write something more here :!: 
 +
 +
 +
 +==== Kernel installation ====
 +
 +
 +<​file>#​ poldek --root /pld -i kernel</​file>​
 +
 +or
 +
 +<​file>#​poldek --root /pld -i kernel-some-specific-version</​file>​
 +
 +You can also install multiple different kernels.
 +
 +By default kernel installation also generates initrd based on mounted /proc, /sys, /dev files and configured fstab, modprobe.conf and few others configuration files. generated initrd (which by default is initramfs cpio image) is saved in /boot.
 +
 +----
 +
 +There are two initrd generators used in PLD: geninitrd and dracut. Choose one.
 +
 +=== geninitrd ===
 +
 +If something fails or you want to regenerate initrd manually you can do it using:
 +
 +<​file>/​sbin/​geninitrd -v -f /​boot/​initd-XXX-Y.gz XXX-Y</​file>​
 +
 +command. Real example:
 +
 +<​file>/​sbin/​geninitrd -v -f /​boot/​initd-4.20.3-1.gz 4.20.3-1</​file>​
 +
 +//-v// option causes geninitrd to write additional information,​ so you can see if proper kernel modules are being installed into initrd.
 +
 +=== dracut ===
 +
 +:!: Write something more here :!:
 +
 +----
 +
 +PLD supports systemd and non-systemd installations. In case of systemd installation you need to install package
 +
 +<​file>​systemd</​file>​
 +
 +package and setup default boot kernel cmdline option in grub/lilo. Add
 +
 +<​file>​init=/​bin/​systemd systemd.unit=graphical.target</​file>​
 +
 +
 +If booting with new initrd fails you can use **debuginitrd** and **debuginitrd=sh** boot kernel cmdline options to debug the problem.
 +===== Bootloader =====
 +
 +==== grub2 ====
 +
 +Install grub2 on boot sector of disk:
 +
 +<​file>​grub-install /​dev/​sda</​file>​
 +
 +Generate configuration file for grub2:
 +
 +<​file>​update-grub</​file>​
 +
 +Resulting file is saved as **/​boot/​grub/​grub.cfg**. Setting custom options for grub2 can be done in **/​etc/​sysconfig/​grub** (then regenerate **grub.cfg** with **update-grub** command).
 +
 +
 +==== lilo (deprecated) ====
 +Edit **/​pld/​etc/​lilo.conf** ​
 +
 +<​file>​boot=/​dev/​sda
 +read-only
 +lba32
 +prompt
 +timeout=100
 +
 +image=/​boot/​vmlinuz
 +        label=pld
 +        root=/​dev/​sda2
 +        initrd=/​boot/​initrd
 +</​file>​
 +And execute: ​
 +
 +<​file>#​ chroot /pld /sbin/lilo
 +</​file>​
 +
 +==== Advanced configuration ====
 +Advanced lilo and grub configuration is described here: [[:​Docs:​man:​Bootloader|../​Bootloader]] ​
 +
 +
 +
 +===== udev =====
 +\\ :!: Write something more here :!: 
 +
 +
 +
 +===== User accounts =====
 +
 +By default **root** account doesn'​t have any password set and by default that will prevent you from logging in. Setup root password
 +
 +<​file>​chroot /pld && passwd</​file>​
 +
 +\\ :!: Write something more here :!: 
 +
 +===== Finishing =====
 +
 +If manual network configuration was required for RescueCD then most liikely you need to repeat that [[docs:​man:​installing_pld_linux_based_on_rescue_cd#​network_configuration_of_rescuecd|step]] on installed PLD system, too.
 +
 +Last step is umount all filesystems:​
 +
 +<​file>​umount -R /​pld</​file>​
 +
 +and reboot:
 +
 +<​file>​reboot</​file>​.
 +
 +
 +If you find errors on this page or want to add anything to installation procedure please write to us at feedback / pld-linux.org.
 +
 +\\ :!: Write something more here :!: 
  
  
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