Download:
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You can download the SoL 17.00 BETA ISO9660 image from
ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/sol/SoL-17.00BETA/
BUG REPORTS
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Since this is a BETA release please feel free to report all bugs in the SoL
forum http://forum.sol-linux.com
Short Installation Notes:
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1) Insert SoL 17.00 BETA CDROM and boot from it
2) If you have an IDE only system press [ENTER], else type installscsi and
press enter.
3) Follow the installation menu to install SoL 17.00 BETA. All menues have
instructions on how to use them. Please READ those instructions!
4) After the installation has finished reboot the system, remove the CDROM and
boot your new SoL 17.00 BETA system.
5) If you want to configure X11 login as root and type: ./ConfigureX11 . This
starts a tiny, guided configuration of X11 (experimental).
New Features in SoL 17.00 BETA:
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* Brand new installer SoLI2 v2.0 BETA
-> Smart NIC Setup
-> Creation of SW-RAID systems
-> Better LILO configuration
-> More eye candy :-)
-> User disk support.
-> The famous QUICK-install mode. This mode makes is possible to build,
partition and configure SW-RAID systems and to install SoL fully
automatically. This is was made to make life easier for all of you who
want to install SoL fast and easy.
-> Better dialog handling
-> Partitionsize checking
* SoL-diag 2.0
-> The installation base system is now built on SoL-diag 2.0, the small
diskless SoL system.
* SoL 17.00 itself
-> Almost all packages are updated
-> Kernel 2.4.22 comes with ALL configurations that were used to build the
original SoL kernels.
-> Added packges: Zope, Qmail, Ermixer, MozillaFirebird
-> X11 (gtk): offers TTF fonts in MozillaFirebird
-> Lots of fixes and smaller changes
-> New startscripts
* runsol XML boot technology
-> Background starting of processes
-> Sticky bits for modules
-> Autogeneration of id fields
-> Fixes for shutdown order
* Boot options
-> SoL 17.00 offers lots of kernels to boot from:
install, installscsi, minstall, minstallscsi, diag, diagscsi, system,
systemscsihm and memtest
The m* install-systems are for systems with less than 128MB RAM
The *hm kernels are for >1GB systems!
-> Better boot-help screens with more information about boot-parameters
* SoL desktop 0.2
-> SoL 17.00 is compatible with SoL desktop 0.2
-> There will be a new desktop release after the final release of SoL 17.00
The final release SoL 17.00 will be out middle of September 2003.
Contact Information
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SoL - Server optimized Linux 17.00 was developed by:
antitachyon - Manalo & Willner OEG
Base: , , Austria
Linux Competence Center: Holzhausergasse 3/9A, 1020 Wien, Austria
Website: https://antitachyon.com
Email:
Tel/Fax: +43 (0) 1 2198700
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