Bering Installation Guide

Edited by

Jacques Nilo

Revision History
Revision 1.02003-05-11JN
Updates for Bering 1.2
Revision 0.92003-02-16JN
Updates for Bering 1.1
Revision 0.82002-11-14JN
Eight draft for review
Revision 0.72002-10-20JN
Seventh draft for review
Revision 0.62002-06-16JN
Sixth draft for review
Revision 0.52002-04-22JN
Fifth draft for review
Revision 0.42002-03-19JN
Fourth draft for review
Revision 0.32002-02-21JN
Third draft for review
Revision 0.22002-02-02JN
Second draft for review
Revision 0.12002-01-18JN
First draft for review

Abstract

Installation for the uninitiated.


Table of Contents

1. About LEAF "Bering"
What is the LEAF "Bering" distribution ?
Why Bering ?
Feedback
Acknowledgments and thanks
Bering download areas
Bering support
2. LEAF "Bering" Changelog
Current version: 1.2 - May, 11 2003
Version: 1.1 - February,16 2003
Version: 1.0-stable - November,14 2002
Version: 1.0-rc4 - October,20 2002
Version: 1.0-rc3 - June,16 2002
Version: 1.0-rc2 - April,22 2002
Version: 1.0-rc1 - March,16 2002
Version: beta4 - February 2002
Version: beta3 - February 2002
Version: beta2 - January 2002
Older versions
3. Available packages on the LEAF "Bering" floppy
The LEAF "Bering" floppy disk content
Description
4. Installation - step 1: download the distribution
Linux users
Windows users
5. Installation - step 2: download the modules
6. Installation - step 3: Add/remove the (un)needed packages and modules
Removing unneeded packages
Edit the syslinux.cfg file
Removing unneeded modules
Adding a new package
Adding extra modules in /lib/modules
Adding extra modules in /boot/lib/modules
7. Installation - step 4: configure your keyboard
8. Installation - step 5: configure your network
interfaces file (/etc/network/interfaces)
network options file (/etc/network/options)
hosts IP addresses (/etc/hosts)
hostname (/etc/hostname)
resolv.conf (/etc/resolv.conf)
Super server daemon configuration (/etc/inetd.conf)
hosts.allow (/etc/hosts.allow)
hosts.deny (/etc/hosts.deny)
network (/etc/network)
9. Installation - step 6: configure Shorewall
10. Installation - step 7: configure your system
Master LRP settings (/etc/lrp.conf)
POSIXness setting (/etc/POSIXness.conf)
File system mounts (/etc/fstab)
Lowest level boot-up configuration (/etc/inittab)
System wide profile (/etc/profile)
Ports root is allowed to login to (/etc/securetty)
System logging configuration (/etc/syslog.conf)
Service name to number translation (/etc/services)
11. Information on packages provided on the Bering floppy disk
bridge.lrp
dhcpd.lrp
dnscache.lrp
etc.lrp
initrd.lrp
iptables.lrp
keyboard.lrp
local.lrp
log.lrp
modules.lrp
ppp.lrp
pppoe.lrp
pump.lrp
root.lrp
shorwall.lrp
ulogd.lrp
weblet.lrp
12. Information on packages provided in the Bering packages download area
dhclient.lrp
dhclt3.lrp
dhcpcd.lrp
dhcpd3.lrp
dhcrel3.lrp
ebtables.lrp
etherw.lrp
ipsec.lrp
ntpdate.lrp
ntpsimpl.lrp
pcmcia.lrp/pcmcia_hostap.lrp/pcmcia_orinoco.lrp/pcmcia_wlan.lrp/pcmcia_xircom.lrp
pcmutils.lrp
pppatm.lrp
pptpd.lrp
vlan.lrp
qos-htb.lrp
tc.lrp
wireless.lrp and wireutil.lrp
wlan-ng.lrp

List of Tables

3.1. Available LEAF packages
3.2. Other files