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08-17-2005, 03:56 PM
So I was going to install onebase but then my laptop died. Today I got it back and i can finally do what I have been waiting for a month to do. Excellent.
The Machine: Ibuypower Battalion 101 S-Turbo AMD-3
The OS: Onebase linux
The plan: do a base install and tweak it to work sweetly. Since the KDE binary install was slow on my Thinkpad, figure a customized source install with gnome would speed things up a bit.
So as I write this up i am doing the install. The installer offers a Baisc and Advanced install option (both require internet connection). Basic just asks you for partitions, to connect to the internet, and then asks you if you want gnome or kde. The install is then done using .olm binaries and takes about 2 hours.
The Advanced install takes a bit more. First you partition and select partitions using fdisk. Then you connect to the net using the "ol-connect" script. You can go ahead and ping google or yahoo to confirm your connection. Next you install base files in either binary or source as you wish doing "olm -b olm" or "olm -s olm" to update the OLM tree (works much like when you sync portage or apt-get update APT). Next step requires to install the base packages. This you can do again via binary or source. In binary you would "oml -b basepacks" or since i am doing it in source, i chose "olm -s basepacks". This step surely will take a while since there are a few hundred things to install from source. Next up will be the kernel which is done in a similar fashion for "olm -b linux" or "olm -s linux" for binary or source install respectibly. After the kernel is done and ready I am going to go ahead and install the desktop, my options are unlimited: KDE, Gnome, Fluxbox, Icewm, etc. I will do gnome in source mode, so its time for "olm -s gnome". As soon as that is done, installation is complete and i may begin the configure stage.
I'll keep this thread updated as things develop.
Although time is a bit of a factor in my life, the goal of this install is maximum speed, that is why i chose maximum optimization level and all my installs are from source. If time is a problem for you, go with binary install and low level, or no optimization.
The Machine: Ibuypower Battalion 101 S-Turbo AMD-3
The OS: Onebase linux
The plan: do a base install and tweak it to work sweetly. Since the KDE binary install was slow on my Thinkpad, figure a customized source install with gnome would speed things up a bit.
So as I write this up i am doing the install. The installer offers a Baisc and Advanced install option (both require internet connection). Basic just asks you for partitions, to connect to the internet, and then asks you if you want gnome or kde. The install is then done using .olm binaries and takes about 2 hours.
The Advanced install takes a bit more. First you partition and select partitions using fdisk. Then you connect to the net using the "ol-connect" script. You can go ahead and ping google or yahoo to confirm your connection. Next you install base files in either binary or source as you wish doing "olm -b olm" or "olm -s olm" to update the OLM tree (works much like when you sync portage or apt-get update APT). Next step requires to install the base packages. This you can do again via binary or source. In binary you would "oml -b basepacks" or since i am doing it in source, i chose "olm -s basepacks". This step surely will take a while since there are a few hundred things to install from source. Next up will be the kernel which is done in a similar fashion for "olm -b linux" or "olm -s linux" for binary or source install respectibly. After the kernel is done and ready I am going to go ahead and install the desktop, my options are unlimited: KDE, Gnome, Fluxbox, Icewm, etc. I will do gnome in source mode, so its time for "olm -s gnome". As soon as that is done, installation is complete and i may begin the configure stage.
I'll keep this thread updated as things develop.
Although time is a bit of a factor in my life, the goal of this install is maximum speed, that is why i chose maximum optimization level and all my installs are from source. If time is a problem for you, go with binary install and low level, or no optimization.