Linux Package Selection
The next step is package selection; you have two options workstation and server. Observe the following table for the package selection. Package Group Selection Workstation Server Office workstation Web/FTP Game station Mail Multimedia station Database Internet station Firewall/Router Network computer client DNS/NIS Configuration Network computer server Scientific workstation KDE Workstation Console tools Development Documentation LSB Table 1.3 You can select all the packages from this screen if you need them, but the screen is split in two in order to differentiate the installation. If you are planning to use your computer as a client in your network choose the workstation packages, with the workstation you have all the office applications including the internet applications. On the other hand, if you are planning to use this as a dedicated server, just install the server and server packages you need (with the Internet station from the workstation package) For educational purposes you can select them all, if you have enough hard drive space, or follow the above table and install only the dotted packages. Once your selection is complete, click Next and a warning of services will display explaining that they will run at boot.
Select yes Click next
The software is being copied onto the hard drive, depending on your packages selection; you will be prompted to swap CDs.
When finished copying all selected packages, you will be prompted to enter a password for your root account.
Fig. 1.47 Creating a password for root
Enter the password for root Click next
After entering the password for root, you can also create a regular user
Fig. 1.48 Creating a user
Enter the user name Enter the user's password Click on the icon, to select an appropriate icon for the user if you wish (optional). Click next
Unselect the option that says “I can set up your computer to automatically log on one user”
Click next
Fig. 1.49 Installing the boot loader
Select master boot record of drive (MBR) Click next
The next screen is the global system hardware configuration in the system and most are detected automatically. There will be some that are not configured or detected properly. Most likely the hardware that is not configured properly will be highlighted in red.
Fig. 1.50
A primary example here might be the graphical interface. To configure it click on the configure button on the right. When you click on configure, the monitor is probed and the refresh rate is detected. The detected mode is highlighted, leave as default and click next