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                         TINY LINUX
                "T'is Independence 'N Yet"
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TINY LINUX is a small Linux distribution designed especially for 
old recycled computers.


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Technical requirements
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- processor : i386 or better
- RAM : 8 Mo minimum, 12 to 16 if possible
- Hard Disk : 50 Mo is enough for installation itself, but you will do
better with at least 80 Mo
- 3 1/2 ' floppy drive
- keyboard and mouse

Installation procedure is in 2 phases : 
PHASE 1	     Base installation with floppies
PHASE 2	     Further installation 

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PHASE 1
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From one DOS or Linux computer:

1.0
  Get 2 formatted 1.4 Mo floppies.
  Move to directory 'UTILS'. 
  Download 'bare.i' and 'root.gz' files.
  Linux users, for your 2 disks:
	       'dd if=bare.i of=/dev/fd0H1440'
	       'dd if=root.gz of=/dev/fd0H1440'
  DOS users:
		Load 'RAWRITE.EXE' program
		Run 'rawrite' and follow instructions to create 2
		disks with 'bare.i' and 'root.gz' respectively  

1.1
  Get 12 formatted 1.4 Mo floppies (for Linux users, run "mkdosfs"),
  number them carefully from 1 to 12.  
  Download and unzip 'tinybase.zip' archive. 
  Copy the _contents_ of each directory 'a1' to 'a12' onto your floppies.

1.2 
  Feed your recycled machine floppy drive with disk number 1, reboot
  and follow instructions.

  When your floppy-heap is over, you will be asked to reboot and there you
  are, under a clean Linux system. Login as root. It is recommended
  that you immediately create one more "user". Use 'root' only for
  software installation or configuration. It is DANGEROUS to use
  'root' for everyday purposes. 


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PHASE 2
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Your Linux system is working fine. Now you can go on with installation
in a more convenient way.

First make a selection within the packages. You probably don't have disk
space for everything, and be careful to keep enough space for the
users' directories.
For a typical classroom standalone machine :
- one X server you select with regard to your video card
specifications. Use 'SuperProbe' if necessary, to detect your video
specifications.   
- packages 'xbase', 'print', 'xprgm' 

Then, pick an installation mode among these three :

2.1 Modem (direct install)
2.2.1.1 Check your connexion : 
'ifup0', then 'ifconfig', see if you get something like:
"ppp0	    Link encap:point-to-point protocol
	    inetadr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx etc...	"
2.2.1.2 'ftp ftp2.seul.org/tiny'

2.2 Zip installation
2.2.0 We hope to settle a complete installation from a unique Zip disk
    during the next weeks.

2.3 'Laplink' cable (with your "modern machine")
2.3.0 Install package 'network' on your recycled machine.
      If your modern machine is under Windows, get an ftp server and
      install it. 
2.3.1 Connect both machines with cable 'laplink'
2.3.2 Configure PLIP on old machine
2.3.3 On old machine, ftp packages from modern machine  

Finally, log as root and run 'pkgtool' to install your packages.

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AUTHORS 
Odile Bénassy and Jean-François Martinez 
based on Slackware distribution
author: Patrick Volkerding

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BUG REPORTS 
Odile Bénassy <obenassy@magic.fr>

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