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Addendum to Chapters 3-5

1.2 Chapter 3 Starting the Installation

1.2.1 Subsection 3.2.1 Booting the Installation Program

See Chapter 2 of this guide on booting into the installer.

1.2.2 Subsection 3.3.2 Selecting a Keyboard Type

Prior to asking you to select your keyboard type, the installer will ask what kind of keyboard do you have. Depending on your system configuration you may have up to three choices: PC, USB, and ADB.

The PC choice tells the installer that you have a PC style keyboard. This keyboard either a "5-pin din" or "mini 5-pin din" (also known as PS/2) connector. This option should be present on PReP and CHRP based hardware. Some Macintosh clones contained PS/2 style keyboards, however these appear as ADB keyboards to the machine.

The USB choice tells the installer that you have a USB keyboard attached. You may have a USB keyboard attached if you have installed an addition PCI card to your computer, or if you have a newer Macintosh computer (iMac or Blue G3). A USB keyboard's connector is flat.

The ADB choice tells the installer that you have an Apple Desktop Bus keyboard attached. The ADB keyboard has been the standard on the Macintosh well before the Power Macintosh series. CHRP based machines also have ADB keyboard connectors. An ADB connector is round and contains 4 pins.

It is important that you pick the correct keyboard here, if an incorrect keyboard type is selected your keyboard may become unusable. If this happens just start the installation over from scratch and choose a different keyboard type.

1.3 Chapter 4 Local Media Installations

1.3.1 Subsection 4.4 Upgrading or Installing

At this time it is not recommended that you upgrade your existing system. See the Preface for a further explanation.

1.3.2 Section 4.5 Installation Class

Once again, Installation Classes are not supported. The custom class is selected for you by the installer.

1.3.3 Section 4.7 Creating Partitions for Red Hat Linux

On a Macintosh based system pdisk is the equivalent of fdisk. Disk Druid does not currently understand the Macintosh partition scheme, so you must use pdisk. See Chapter 4 for more information on partitioning your disk.

1.4 Chapter 5 Network Installations

1.4.1 Subsection 5.4 Upgrading or Installing

At this time it is not recommended that you upgrade your existing system. See the Preface for a further explanation.

1.4.2 Section 5.6 Installation Class

Once again, Installation Classes are not supported. The custom class is selected for you by the installer.

1.4.3 Section 5.8 Creating Partitions for Red Hat Linux

On a Macintosh based system pdisk is the equivalent of fdisk. Disk Druid does not currently understand the Macintosh partition scheme, so you must use pdisk. See Chapter 4 for more information on partitioning your disk.


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