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Note for version 1.20!
Packages are now in TAR format, if you've already downloaded the tgz
you have not to download the packages devel, net and libs again, 
because they have not changed, you can depack them with 'gunzip 
package.tgz' at the bash prompt!

EasyMiNT Distribution comes with the following archives:

The following archives are needed:

EM_x_x.ZIP		- 	EasyMiNT installation program
EASYMINT.ZIP	-	Kernel, Drivers, etc.
ROOTFS.TGZ		-	Root filesystem
BASIC.TAR		-	Rudimentary MiNT system

It's recommended to install the BASIC package, because 'Login' is 
only possible when this package is installed, but you can start the 
system by loading an AES (N.AES, XaAES). If you only install the 
above packages you will get some error messages during boot process, 
but you can ignore them so far. They will disappear when you install 
the STANDARD package, too.

These packages are optional:

STANDARD.TAR	-	Extended basic package
NET.TAR			-	Network package
DEVEL.TAR		-	Development package
LIBS.TAR			-	Libraries package

You have to install the above packages in the above order, because 
they depending on each other, so when you want to install the 
development package you have to install net package first.

Now follows the filetree of EasyMiNT:

EASYMINT\
	DEUTSCH\
		EASYMINT.RSC
		LANGUAGE.LNG
	ENGLISH\
		EASYMINT.RSC
		LANGUAGE.LNG
	PAKETE\
		BASIC.LST
		DEVEL.LST
		LIBS.LST
		STANDARD.LST
		NET.LST
		BASIC.TAR
		DEVEL.TAR
		LIBS.TAR
		STANDARD.TAR
		NET.TAR
	EASYMINT.PRG
	EASYMINT.RSC
	LANGUAGE.LNG
	UNZIP.TTP
	ROOTFS.TGZ
	EASYMINT.ZIP

Only with this file/directory structure EasyMiNT will work 
correctly!

If you don't want to download these fat .tgz packages you can 
download the single rpm packages from Sparemint Homepage and pack 
them together under their corresponding names. Which rpm packages are 
in which .tgz package, you can see in the .LST files you will find in 
EASYMINT\PAKETE, do not change these files!

First of all, you should depack EM_x_x.ZIP archive, you will get a 
folder named EASYMINT.
The packages EASYMINT.ZIP and ROOTFS.TGZ you have to copy directly to 
this folder, the other packages, basic, standard, net, devel, libs 
you have to copy to EASYMINT\PAKETE!

If you want to install XaAES you have to download the corresponding 
package on Henk Robber's Homepage:

	http://members.ams.chello.nl/h.robbers/Home.html

and unpack it to the EASYMINT folder, only when XAAES folder exist it 
is possible to install XaAES with EasyMiNT.

If you want to use an english version of EasyMiNT, please copy RSC 
and Language file from folder ENGLISH to your EASYMINT\ directory.
If your native language isn't english, it will be welcomed when you 
translate the LANGUAGE.TXT to your native language, so that EasyMiNT 
will become more multilingual.:)

Finally some comments about the files and folders EasyMiNT creates 
during installation. First there's the folder EASYMINT\TMP, in this 
folder you will find various files, most important file is 
POSITION.TMP. If this file does not exist, EasyMiNT starts with the 
first installation step, if this file exists it starts with second 
step. Furthermore the drive letters of the bootdrive and the ext2 
partition are stored in this file. The other files in EASYMINT\TMP 
are self explanatory and they can be safely deleted after 
installation.
EasyMiNT will create also files with extension .CHK in the 
EASYMINT\TMP folder, if this files exists EasyMiNT knows which 
packages are already installed, this is important if you want to 
install more packages later.


Have fun!

Marc-Antn Kehr November, 2001


