Bering-uClibc 4.x - User Guide

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See notes on the "discussion" page.

Chapters

1. Introduction
   • TODO
2. Hardware Requirements
   • Summary of the main options: Standard PC, PC Engines ALIX and similar. Others?
   • Minimum and Recommended specifications
3. Installing the Disk Image
   • Choosing the best image to download (assuming we provide multiple options)
   • Copying to the installation media:
     • CD-ROM
     • CF Card (via USB card interface in another PC)
4. Basic Configuration
   • Basic System Configuration
     • Configure your Keyboard - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-keybd3.html
     • Configure your Editor - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-editor3.html
     • Configure your Timezone - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-tz3.html
   • LEAF Packages
     • Adding and Removing Packages - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-lrpkg3.html
     • apkg Primer - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-apkg3.html
   • Log Files
     • Location and contents of main log files
     • Configuration of syslog-ng
     • Log file rotation behaviour
5. IPv4 Networking
   • External Network Connections
     • Ethernet (e.g. Cable Modem)
     • Serial Modem - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-ppp3.html
     • PPPoE - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-pppoe3.html
     • PPTP/PPPoA - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-pppoa3.html
     • PPPoA - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-pppoatm3.html
   • Internal Network Connections- Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-network3.html
   • Configure Shorewall - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-shorwall3.html
   • Configure Dnsmasq - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/buci-dnsmasq3.html
6. IPv6 Networking
   • External Network Connections
     • Native IPv6
     • Tunnel from IPv6 Tunnelbroker
       • Freenet6 - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/bucu-freenet6.html
       • SixXS
       • Hurricane Electric
   • Internal Network Connections
   • Configure Shorewall6
   • Configure Radvd
   • Configure DHCP for IPv6???
7. Advanced Topics
   • Setting Up a Wireless Access Point - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/bucu-ap.html
   • Setting Up a VOIP Server - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/bucu-voip.html
     • YATE
     • Asterisk
   • Setting Up a File Server - Copy from http://leaf.sourceforge.net/doc/bucu-nas.html

Appendices

1. Upgrading from Bering-uClibc 3.x
   • Add reference to http://www.shorewall.net/LennyToSqueeze.html for advice on Shorewall configuration upgrade (actually 4.0 to 4.4 but very useful)
2. Overview of the Startup Sequence
   • [SYS|ISO|PXE]LINUX and the relevant configuration file
   • Linux kernel, kernel arguments and initrd
   • Bering-uClibc LINUXRC (/init), LEAFCFG, PKGPATH
   • inittab (especially for serial consoles)
   • /etc/rc?.d/*