Am 31.08.2010, 22:29 Uhr, schrieb Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no>:
Very nice :) The formatting looks pretty decent already. How does it look when you convert to UDO? A ST-Guide version of the wiki would be fantastic!
Not much missing: - The <pre>-stuff using indented lines (use : instead) - What to do with links for stg? Like for ascii-version? Fortunately no one uses tables and other fancy stuff yet ;-)I attached an example that was converted to udo from wiki, and then by udo to html.
For simple layouts it is already enough I think.
I misunderstood the purpose of this article, I though it was about the FreeMiNT tools. I created a new link "Wikitools" in the Wiki-section of the sidebar and moved the article there.
That's better. -- Helmut KarlowskiTitle: Installation guide
August 31, 2010
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FreeMiNT runs on anything from a 4Mb ST and upwards, but 14Mb should be considered the minimal memory requirements for a usable system. A harddrive isn't required but highly recommended. There are some distributions which aim to fit on one floppy like CrippleMiNT
Depending on your needs, FreeMiNT can be set up in many different ways. There are three common FreeMiNT setups:
XaAES replacing the TOS desktop and AES.
The first two are covered by this installation guide. The last is covered by the SpareMiNT installation guide or by other FreeMiNT distributions like EasyMiNT (based on SpareMiNT and highly recommended!).
FreeMiNT can be installed using a simple installer, see below. But in some cases you'd want to do this manually. If so, please check this guide.
NB! This installation guide refers to a setup utility that's still in development.
To install FreeMiNT, you need to go through the following steps:
This means disabling all your autobooting stuff, autofolder-programs, accessories etc. It's important to do this to avoid initial confusion. When FreeMiNT is up and running you can enable the stuff you need. Very often you'll find that most of the stuff you had in your autofolder is no longer needed when running FreeMiNT. Some of it might even prevent FreeMiNT from working properly.
You must also make sure that there is enough free space on your boot drive. You only need enough to unpack the FreeMiNT archive.
Exception - some systems requires additional drivers or system tools to be installed before you can install FreeMiNT. Don't disable these!
Unpack the freemint.zip archive in the root of your boot drive. You will now find a folder called MINT on your boot drive. Optionally, unpack the archive minttool.zip in the same place. This archive contains some useful extras.
It is safe to unpack these archives to your boot drive even if you already have a working MiNT/FreeMiNT setup. No files will be overwritten.
Open the MINT-folder. You will find a program called install.prg. Start this program. It will now ask you a series of questions you need to answer.
home folder (optional). XaAES? (recommended!)
When you've answered these questions, the installer will configure FreeMiNT for you. It will also detect your hardware and copy the correct kernel to your auto-folder.
You will now boot into FreeMiNT :-) If something goes wrong, you will see it now. Please refer to the troubleshooting guide and the user manual if there are any problems.
You can now start using FreeMiNT. You will probably want to tune it to suit your needs. Please refer to the user manual for details on how to configure and tune your FreeMiNT setup.
NB! If you use one of the systems mentioned in step 1, you will probably want to check and possible re-order the running order in your auto-folder before rebooting. </revision> </page> </mediawiki>
1. Make sure you have a clean system
Installing FreeMiNT
Installing FreeMiNT "by hand"