**************** IMPORTANT ************************ ********** Read the whole text!! **************** ***************************************************** This text references to version 1.5 and actual 1.6 of EasyMiNT, older versions shouldn't be used anymore! 1. Copyright 2. Requirements 3. Files 4. Summary 1. Copyright ATTENTION! It seems that not all EasyMiNT users have get, that EasyMiNT is Emailware! That means, everybody who uses EasyMiNT have to send an email to me, also when everything works fine, if you don't do that, you're working with an illegal copy! 2. Requirements It is very recommended to have a look at the FAQ (also the NEWS), because there are described and solved many common problems. Please deactivate all AUTO folder or autostart programs during installation process of EasyMiNT, activate them one by one, when installation has finished! Do not install EasyMiNT over an old MiNT installation, this will cause problems, too! The only harddisk drivers that will work are HDDriver and CBHD (only SCSI disks) because they have the latest XHDI specifications, AHDI for example will not work! Attention!! Rootsector and Bootsector write protection from HDDriver must be turned off on ext2 partition!!! 3. Files EasyMiNT Distribution comes with the following archives: The following archives are needed: EM_x_x.ZIP - EasyMiNT installation program EASYMINT.ZIP - Kernel, Driver s, etc. ROOTFS.TGZ - Root filesystem BASIC.TAR - Rudimentary MiNT system Minimum is to install the BASIC package, because 'Login' is only possible when this package is installed, but you can start the system by loading an AES (N.AES, XaAES). If you install only the packages above you will get some error messages during boot process, but you can ignore them so far. They will disappear when you install the STANDARD package, too. These packages are optional: STANDARD.TAR - Extended basic package NET.TAR - Network package DEVEL.TAR - Development package LIBS.TAR - Libraries package X11.TAR - X11 package You have to install the above packages in the above order, because they depending on each other, so when you want to install the development package you have to install net package first!! Since version 1.4 it's possible to start EasyMiNT from CD, but you you have to keep the file and folder structure you can see below, otherwise EasyMiNT will not function correctly! (Sometimes strating from CD does not work, but I have not figured out yet, what the problem is) EASYMINT\ DEUTSCH\ EASYMINT.RSC LANGUAGE.LNG ENGLISH\ EASYMINT.RSC LANGUAGE.LNG PAKETE\ BASIC.LST DEVEL.LST LIBS.LST STANDARD.LST NET.LST X11.LST BASIC.TAR DEVEL.TAR LIBS.TAR STANDARD.TAR NET.TAR X11.TAR EASYMINT.PRG EASYMINT.RSC LANGUAGE.LNG UNZIP.TTP ROOTFS.TGZ EASYMINT.ZIP since version 1.6 XAAES.ZIP TERADESK.ZIP If you don't want to download those fat .TAR packages you can download the single rpm packages from Sparemint homepage and pack them together under their corresponding names. Which rpm packages are in which .tgz package, you can see in the .LST files you will find in EASYMINT\PAKETE, do not change these files, except you're know what you're doing! Since version 1.5 it is possible to install the rpms without the TAR packages, all you have to do is to download the rpm packages you want and put them in a directory (which supports long filenames!) EasyMiNT will ask during installation for the place and install them with the information it gets from the LST files, so, if you know what you are doing, you can create your own LST files and install the rpms with EasyMiNT. Don't care about whether a package is installed or not, rpm is intelligent enough to know that. But the BASIC.TAR have to be installed always!! The archive EM_xxx.zip includes all relevant files and folders, you only have to copy the TAR packages to the EASYMINT\PAKETE folder. If you want to use another language, just copy the RSC and LNG file to the directory where EASYMINT.PRG lies. If you want other languages, than the included, don't be shy and translate RSC and LNG file, if you need help by doing that, ask me. XaAES/TeraDesk installation Version 1.5: If you want to install XaAES you have to download the corresponding package from Henk Robber's Homepage: http://members.ams.chello.nl/h.robbers/Home.html You will be asked for the XAAESxx.zip during the installation, everything else does EasyMiNT for you. But you have to edit the XA_SETUP.SCL and XA_EXEC.SCL to change it to your needs, so that you get a desktop. (You don't have to worry about that, if you install TeraDesk, too). XaAES will be installed on C:\ by default this does not disturb booting from another partition than C:\ EasyMiNT 1.5 only supports the last, from Henk Robbers released version 0.963 of XaAES in the moment. Version 1.6: All you need is included, just select the buttons and paths in the dialogue boxes during installation. 4. Summary Finally some comments about the files and folders EasyMiNT creates during installation. First there's the folder C:\EASYMINT\TMP, in this folder you will find various files, most important file is POSITION.TMP. If this file does not exist, EasyMiNT starts with the first installation step, if this file exists it starts with second step. Furthermore the drive letters of the bootdrive and the ext2 partition are stored in this file. The other files in C:\EASYMINT\TMP are self explanatory and they can be safely deleted after installation. EasyMiNT will create also files with extension .CHK in the C:\EASYMINT\TMP folder, if these files exists, EasyMiNT "knows" which packages are already installed, this is important if you want to install more packages later. You will also find all kernel and device drivers in C:\EASYMINT, if you don't need them anymore, you can safely delete them. Have fun! Marc-Ant¢n Kehr in July 2006 makehr@ndh.net http://atari.st-katharina-apotheke.de