Pre-Installation CheckList to OS Install (tomado de http://members.tripod.com/~algolog/lnxchk.htm) General: CPU type [i386, i486 DX2...]: Mother board chip set [e.g. i810, i815 etc.]: Bus type [ISA, EISA, VESA, PCI, MCA ... ]: Processor speed (MHz) ? What size is your RAM (minimum 64 MB needed) ? Do you want X Window System (i.e.Graphic User Interface for Linux) to be installed on your system ? How many serial ports (COM ports) do you have on your PC ? How many USB ports (USB ports) do you have on your PC ? Are you planning to add dumb terminals to your PC ? How many ? Mouse: To which port is your mouse connected ? What IRQ ? What type of mouse are you using [Microsoft, Busmouse, PS/2, scroll-ring, infra-red, wireless ..] ? How many buttons does the mouse have ? CD-ROM What is the make and type of CDROM drive [e.g. IDE ATAPI, Sony, S-B Pro/Panasonic, SCSI, true IDE ..] ? On which drive interface [1st IDE, 2nd IDE, 3rd IDE, 4th IDE, master/ slave, SCSI, proprietary interface] and which drive [drive 1 , drive 2, SCSI-ID 5] is the CDROM connected (e.g. drive 2 of 1st IDE, SCSI-ID 5 of built- in SCSI interface) ? Is your CDROM a bootable drive ? Is the CDROM drive a CD-writeable drive too ? Floppy Drives (HD) Do you have a 3½" floppy drive? Is the 3½" floppy drive a bootable drive ? Do you have a 5¼" floppy drive? Is the 5¼" drive a bootable drive ? Disk Drives (DD) What type of drive do you have [IDE, SCSI, RLL, MFM ....] ? How many partitions are there on your first disk drive ? Name, type, size ? Collect these details also for other disk drives you may have on this machine. On which drive are you planning to install Linux (e.g. drive 2 of first IDE, or SCSI-ID 5 of built-in SCSI interface) Can we re-partition your disk ? (All existing data will be lost) Have you prepared a "floor-plan" for your disks ? Tip: A floor-plan is a document which lists: each disk, its total size, its connectivity to the PC (primary/ secondary, master/ slave), existing and planned partitions of each disk, and the Linux mount point on each partition which will be used by Linux. A careful planning at this stage will avoid a lot of hassles for you during the installation. You must prepare this step with utmost care and foresight. Which partitions can be reformatted to become Linux partitions ? [Note: All information recorded in this partition will be erased.] Have you decided what kind of file systems are you going to install on each partition ? Do you plan to use journaling file systems ? On which partitions ? How much of disk space can you give for Linux [150 MB minimum] ? Are you sure you have this amount of free disk space ? Usually, the first disk is connected to the primary-master outlet of the disk controller. What is your second hard disk (if any) i.e. to which IDE controller is it connected (Primary-slave, secondary-master/ slave)? What would be the Linux mount point to be mounted on this drive ? What is your third hard disk (if any) i.e. to which IDE controller is it connected (Primary-slave, secondary-master/ slave)? What would be the Linux mount point to be mounted on this drive ? What is your fourth hard disk (if any) i.e. to which IDE controller is it connected (Primary-slave, secondary-master/ slave)? What would be the Linux mount point to be mounted on this drive ? Do you have any SCSI device ? Which SCSI controller do you have (if any)? Do you plan to boot from your hard disk or floppy? On which hard disk partition do you want LILO boot loader to reside? Do you wish to retain the original boot sector/ master boot record that is currently on your hard disk? On which disk partitions will your Linux root reside? Do you access the IDE drive in LBA mode (check your BIOS settings) ? Video Display Units (Monitor and Controller) What kind of monitor do you have [Monochrome, Color] [EGA,VGA, CGA ..] ? What make ? Size of screen [14", 15", 19"] ? Is it an interlaced monitor ? What are the resolutions, and number of colours possible on this monitor [600x480, 800x600, 1024x768]? What is your monitor's vertical refresh rate / vertical sync. frequency (could be a range)? What is your monitor's horizontal refresh rate / horizontal sync. frequency (could be a range) ? Monitor's bandwidth ? Video RAM size ? VDU Control card : make and model ? Chip set used in VDU control card ? Network Are you using an internal modem | external modem ? On which COM port is the modem connected ? What IRQ ? What is the speed of the modem [bps] ? What serial interface chip does your computer use (e.g. 8450, 16550C) ? Is it a "Windows only" modem [WIN-MODEM...] ? Which ethernet card do you have [10base2 or 10baseT; 100base2; 100baseT; NONE for none] ? What type ? Will this machine be a part of Internet or any Intranet ? Will this machine use a dialup connection / PPP connection to an Internet/Intranet server ? Will this machine be used as an Internet or Intranet server ? What will be the hostname of your computer (e.g. penguin) ? What will be the domain name, if any, of your computer (e.g. family_name.city.country) What will be the IP address, if any, of your computer (e.g. 123.1.2.3) ? What is the IP address of the DNS server (can be none) ? What is the IP address of the default router (can be none) ? Impresoras Have you connected any printer on the parallel port of your PC? Do you have a USB port printer ? What is the type, make of the printer ? Laptops Number and type of PCMCIA slots on your Laptop ? PC cards you plan to use ? Built-in devices on your laptop (e.g. trackball, pointer, touchpad) ? COM ports used for the above built-in devices ? Miscellaneous Does your keyboard use a round connector (DIN-5) or PS/2 connector? Do you plan to use keyboard mapping to any non-US keyboards [French, Greek, Cyrillic, ..] ? Are you using any Plug and Play devices ? Are you using any sound card ? What card ? What I/O, IRQ, DMA does it use ? How many ISA spare slots do you have ? How many EISA spare slots do you have ? How many VESA spare slots do you have ? How many PCI spare slots do you have ? How many other (describe) spare slots? What kind of other removable media do you have (can be NONE)? Do you have any other interesting hardware [e.g. scanner, smart-card reader, biometric reader etc.] ? Are you sure you have Linux based drivers and software for the above devices ? Any Comments: ____________________________________________________________