Installation
Overview
ThinIT comes on a bootable CD. For older machines, bootable floppies can be built (2
floppies will be required). Before beginning the installation proper, you may test that video,
network and sound hardware is supported. During the installation process all data on the
hard drive will be destroyed, so any crucial data should be backed up elsewhere. Installation
is a quick 5-minute process which requires no technical knowledge.
Methods of booting to the installation screen
Booting from CD and installation from CD
Put the ThinIT CD in the CDROM drive of the PC and switch it on. You may need to
alter the BIOS settings on the PC to allow boot from CDROM or drive D. If you do not
see any options similar to this and the CD is ignored, it is likely that your PC does not
support booting from CDROM.
Booting from floppy and installation from CD
You may run the installation program on your PC by booting from floppy discs. To
make the boot discs you will need two formatted 1.44MB MS-DOS floppies. From a PC
with a floppy drive and CDROM drive, run the MAKEFLPS.BAT file from the
FLOPPIES folder on the CDROM and follow the on-screen instructions. You may
create boot floppies with the experimental snapshot kernel (see Advanced Topics -
Using different kernels) by running TESTFLPS.BAT.
Once you have built the boot floppies, you can boot the PC using them and run network
and sound tests. To install ThinIT or do a graphical test, you will need to insert the
CDROM.
Booting from Windows/DOS and installation from CD
Copy the DOSBOOT folder from the onto your local harddisc. From DOS/Windows 3.1
and Windows 95, you can go to a DOS prompt and type the following:
• cd \dosboot
• install thinit.ins
From Windows 98, you will need to boot into DOS by choosing Shutdown and then
Reboot into MS-DOS before typing the above commands.
Installing from a NetManager over your network
Put the CDROM in your NetManager and from a command line type: cdromupdate and
choose the appropriate option (probably A - all tasks). You may then boot your PC from
floppy discs or CDROM (as above). As soon as text starts scrolling up the screen, you
may remove the floppy discs or CDROM and move onto a new machine. Choose to test
or install over the network. As long as your NetManager is running DHCP, all
operations will be carried out over the network. This option in unavailable in the
demo and single-user versions.
ThinIT manual v1.29 (Installation)
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