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This guide is aimed at people who have prior experience of installing Linux. It is a short summary of the install and basic setup procedure. For more detailed instructions, please consult the CRUX Handbook.

step command comment

00 boot the CRUX install CD / login as root

01 patition your hard drive

cfdisk /dev/hda

02 format your partition(s)

mkreiserfs /dev/hdaX

03 create swap space

mkswap /dev/hdaY

04 mount your new install partition

mount /dev/hdaX /mnt

05 setup swap space

swapon /dev/hdY

06 install the base system packages(don't forget ports and cvsup)

setup

07 chroot into your new CRUX system

mount -t devfs devfs /mnt/dev

mount -t proc proc /mnt/proc

chroot /mnt /bin/bash

08 set the root password

passwd

09 edit the filesystemtable

vim /etc/fstab

10 setup system parameters and services

vim /etc/rc.conf

11 configure your network

vim /etc/rc.d/net

vim /etc/hosts

vim /etc/resolv.conf

12 configure and compile your kernel

cd /usr/src/linux-x.x.x

make menuconfig

make all

13 install your kernel

make modules_install

cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /vmlinuz

cp System.map /System.map

14 configure and install the boot loader 15 remove the install CD, boot from harddisk and login

vim /etc/lilo.conf

lilo

16 upgrade the local ports tree

ports -u

17 install prt-get (an advanced package management tool)

cd /usr/ports/contrib/prt-get

pkgmk -d -i

18 update the whole system

prt-get sysup

19 let your imagination run wild ....

prt-get depinst .....

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