Installing PCQLinux 2005 SP1

Service Pack 1can be used to get bug fixes for common problems and updates for some of the software in

PCQLinux2005, the OS we released this March

We are releasing the much-awaited update to our Linux distro with this issue that will provide you with the latest critical patches and updates for the distro. There is a separate CD for it along with this

issue. There are two major updates-the kernel update to version 2.6.11-1.14 and the latest version of Glibc, which is 2.3.5.

Besides these, we've also given fixes to problems based on the feedback from our readers. These include a fix to print on HP printers and automatically mounting NTFS partitions. The update is easy to install. Pop the PCQLinux 2005 SP1 CD in your machine's optical drive and boot from it. If you don't have any version of PCQLinux installed, it will detect that and terminate after the second screen with a message that no installation of PCQLinux was found. Otherwise, it will continue. Note that this is only meant for PCQLinux 2005 installations, and not for the older versions of PCQLinux. 

The first screen you see after booting. Simply press Enter to continue, or type 'text' and press enter to undertake a text-based installation After a few screens, it asks you to do a media check . We strongly recommend that you do so. Once you have done that, click on OK Old, slow computers might get text based installation automatically, otherwise it uses graphical installation You will see multiple instances of PCQLinux here, if any. Select one you want to upgrade and click on Next Here you will be prompted to upgrade the boot loader, but we recommen against it. So choose the 'Skip the Boot Loader upgradation' option If you want to go back and modify any changes you made so far, do it here. You can't go back and do it once you click on Next here This screen shows the installation progress and estimated time left for completion If installation is successful, you'll get a Congrats screen. Simply reboot your machine and you're done After first reboot, the system automatically starts the  advanced installation process and reboots into PCQLinux The upgrade process will terminate with this message if it finds an older installation of PCQLinux

Source: PCQuest