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Installing BlackRoute
Boot from CD login as root, stay in the command line mode. Spare two new partition one for swap, one for real mode blackroute.
Preparing the Disks
# hda1 is Windows XP # hda2 is swap 512M # hda3 is for BlackRoute # you need minimum 3GB partition mkswap /dev/hda2 mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda3 mkdir /mnt/blackroute mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/blackroute
Installing the BlackRoute Base System
cp -pR /{bin,dev,etc,home,lib,root,sbin,usr,var,opt} /mnt/blackroute
mkdir /mnt/blackroute/{boot,mnt,proc,sys,tmp}
cp /boot/boot/vmlinuz /mnt/blackroute/boot
mount -t proc proc /mnt/blackroute/proc
mount --bind /dev /mnt/blackroute/dev
Configuring the Bootloader
grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/blackroute /dev/hda cd /mnt/blackroute/boot/grub vi grub.conf
Contents of /boot/grub/grub.conf
# Which listing to boot as default. 0 is the first, 1 the second etc. default 0 # How many seconds to wait before the default listing is booted. timeout 30 title=BlackRoute 0.1 RC4 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz max_loop=255 init=linuxrc root=/dev/hda3 # The next four lines are only if you dualboot with a Windows system. # In this case, Windows is hosted on /dev/hda1. title=Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1
Setting up GRUB using Manual Instructions
grub --no-floppy grub> root (hd0,0) (Specify where your /boot partition resides) grub> setup (hd0) (Install GRUB in the MBR) grub> quit (Exit the GRUB shell)
