Notes on setting up the t9h (TCS3 LabMotor Tachometer Computer) 

Date: 2008/05

1. General Info

   Partitions: 8GB IDE Flash disk

      /dev/hda1 - swap    512MB  
      /dev/hda2 - /       ~3.7 GB  - / (CentOS 5.6 installation)
      /dev/hda3 - /r1     ~3.4 GB  - / (restored slackware installation from older harddisk)

2. Tried installed centos5.1 using CD-ROMs (DVD boot didn't work).
   Centos 5.1 failed on numerious tries, then when to centos 4.6.

   4.6 installed, rebooted. (minimal install, no gonome or kde, used 2.0g of space).
   Did a 'yum update' , rebooted.


  Edit and fix:
   /boot/grub/menu.lst tweeks:
   /etc/fstab fixes

  system-config-authentication
  system-config-services
   Enable ntp, nfs, automount, nis
   Disable sendmail, cups.

3. Get sim_tac working
   Install slalib, esla, 

4. Restore my slackware OS.

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