From 18913de8b41f4abfed654811efc5543f724419de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pktsurf <smlinux@pktsurf.in>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 20:26:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Added several subsections to the guide.

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 ## 7. Installation
 All SMLinux images can be used for offline/standalone installation. No pre-installation network setup is required. After downloading, decompress using the unzip utility. The x86_64 image can be dd'd onto a flash drive. This entire section assumes that /dev/sdb is your target storage device.
 
-### 7.1 x86_64
-
 > The x86_64 image does not support booting from UEFI yet. Support for UEFI coming soon.
 
 The x86_64 image also has two partitions with the above partition layout. However, this image comes with a separate package directory /root/packages containing the packages that can be installed onto the target system. dd the x86_64 image to a flash drive of a size 4GB or larger:
@@ -78,4 +76,124 @@ Boot up the target system, select "Boot from USB" or equivalent BIOS boot up opt
 
 Username: **root**
 
-Password: **smlinux**
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+Password: **smlinux**
+
+Partition the target storage drive using a tool of your choice. If using syslinux, you need two partitions: 
+
+-  /boot to be formatted as an FAT32 partition and
+-  / to be formatted as any journalling partition
+
+Then format the partitions, assuming /dev/sdb is your hard disk/SSD
+
+`# mkfs.fat /dev/sdb1`
+
+`# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb2`
+
+Creation and formatting of RAID partitions or encryption partitions is beyond the scope of this guide.
+
+`# mkdir /mnt/boot`
+
+`# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/boot`
+
+`# mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt`
+
+The installer packages for the target rootfs are available in /root/packages/x86_64 of the SMLinux boot drive. Install them using **installpkg**.
+
+`# cd /root/packages/x86_64`
+
+`# installpkg --root /mnt */*`
+
+Install the **bootloader** on /dev/sdb:
+
+`# dd if=/lib/syslinux/bios/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdb`
+
+If you use syslinux, assuming you have TWO partitions, one FAT for /boot and one journalling partition for /
+
+`# syslinux -i /dev/sdb1`
+
+**OR**
+
+If you use extlinux, assuming you have on ONE journalling partition, like ext4 for /
+
+`# extlinux -i /dev/sdb1`
+
+## 8. Post-Install Tasks 
+
+### 8.1 Basic Networking
+
+After a reboot, login when presented with a tty1 prompt: 
+
+Username: ***root***
+
+Password: ***smlinux***
+
+This section assumes that the system has eth0 network interface.
+
+To setup hostname for the current session, run 
+
+`# hostname example.com`
+
+Edit ***/etc/hostname*** with your choice to set it permanently.
+
+DHCP
+
+**dhclient** is a wrapper around the busybox udhcpc DHCP client. Run the following to get a DHCP lease:
+
+`# dhclient eth0`
+
+Static IP
+
+Use the ***ifconfig/route*** commands from the old net-utils package or the new ***ip*** command from the iproute2 package
+
+`# ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.2525.0`
+
+`# route add default gw 192.168.0.1`
+
+`# ifconfig eth0 up`
+
+**OR**
+
+`# ip addr add 192.168.0.2/24 dev eth0`
+
+`# ip route add default via 192.168.0.1`
+
+`# ip link set eth0 up`
+
+Add your DNS servers to ***/etc/resolv.conf***
+
+`# vi /etc/resolv.conf`
+
+`nameserver 8.8.8.8`
+
+Verify network connectivity 
+
+`# ping google.com`
+
+Add all your preferred connectivity method(s) to ***/etc/rc.d/rc.local***
+
+### 8.2 Setting up Time Zone
+
+The default timezone is **UTC**. The timezone can be changed permanently in two ways 
+- By creating a symlink:
+ 
+- `# ln -sf /user/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime`
+
+**OR**
+
+By adding **export TZ="Asia/Kolkata"** to ***/etc/profile***
+
+### 8.3 Set System Time and NTP
+
+Run the date command to set the correct time and date - 
+
+`# date -s "2025-01-01 12:00:00"`
+
+Optionally, you can use **chrony** to keep the clock more accurate. Delete the service ***down*** file to auto start chrony at boot time.
+
+`# rm /etc/service/chrony/down`
+
+Edit ***/etc/chrony.conf*** and start the chrony daemon
+
+`# sv start chrony`
+
+Chrony daemon customisation is beyond the scope of this guide. Run `# man chronyd.conf` for detailed options.
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