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For the first two install methods: If you don't currently have a Linux partition on your hard drive, and you want to have both Windows 9x and Linux on one hard drive, you will need to use a utility such as fips to do a non-destructive re-partition of your hard drive. You can grab a copy of fips here.
(If you have an extra hard drive, or you want to get rid of Windows completely, you won't need fips. The RedHat install program will properly re-format your hard drive for Linux.)
File downloading note for files that end in .tgz or .img: If you are using Netscape: right-click on the file (or link), then click on "Save Link As...". If you are using Internet Explorer, click on the file (or link), then save it from the menu that pops up.
FTP installs:
If you are accessing the Internet via a modem, an FTP install is not available. (See Disk installs below.) If you are on a LAN, and connected to the Internet, you can do an FTP install via the Internet.
In this case, download the
network install floppy image and write it onto a floppy.
Reboot using the boot floppy and when asked, point the installation
towards
ftp://ftp.seul.org/independence/Indy-6.0-0.8
Disk installs:
Download these these files:the boot image, and Rawrite. (Don't forget fips if needed.) Rawrite is a small DOS utility that is used to write the boot image and supplemental image to floppy disks. Then grab Independence.tgz and unpack it into an empty directory. Make an empty Independence/RPMS subdirectory, change to it and download all the packages under the RPMS directory in the ftp site. Reboot using the boot floppy and select disk install.
CDROM Installs
Currently, we do not have a distribution on CD-ROM, so you will have to burn the CD-ROM yourself.Upgrades:
You could try a classic FTP upgrade (see above) or, in case you have an unreliable (or expensive!) connection and a RedHat 6.0 (only) distribution, download the contents of the differential directory and use rpm -U of what you downloaded. In the latter case it is advisable to grab the Independence-release package (several packages depend on it) and all the packages containing the word Indy in their version name. They are improved versions respective to the ones provided by RedHat.
Notes for those that are upgrading:
RedHat uses a .Xclients file in home directories which will prevent the use of the Independence "plug and play" mechanisms for KDE, fonts and resource mechanisms. We felt that home directories are off-limits, so we didn't want to remove them. You will have to do it yourself manually. Sorry - next time we will use a smarter mechanism.Additionals and Non_Free
There is a directory containing additional stuff that we didn't want to include in the distribution either because they would have conflicted with packages in the distrib (vixie-cron) or because they would have needed a major overhaul in the distribution (kernel 2.2 kit). Look at ftp://ftp.seul.org/independence/Indy-6.0-0.8/additionals
SRPMS
The SRPMS (source RPMS) are at ftp://ftp.seul.org/independence/SRPMS
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