Introduction:
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Starting with IFL v2.67 (and IFL Boot Disk version LBD227EN), the IFL Boot Disk
is available in two major versions; The console version (CLI version), and the 
GUI version. For each of these two major versions, there is a full version with
network support, and a smaller version (nonet) with no network support.

This readme applies to the individual IFL packages that are downloaded 
separately as zip files. Of those, the following variations are available for
the registered version of IFL:

ifl_en.zip - full console version with network support (for Linux & Windows)
ifl_en_gui.zip - full GUI version with network support (for Linux & Windows)
ifl_nonet_en.zip - console version w/o network support (for Windows only)
ifl_nonet_en_gui.zip - GUI version w/o network support (for Windows only)

Note that for Linux, the "nonet" version is included in the full network 
version, and therefore does not require a separate download. The nonet version 
is created from the network version when you extract and set up the contents of 
the full (network) zip file in Linux. This happens when you run the included 
'setup' script as described below. This is true for both the console and GUI 
versions.
 
Note that the equivalent trial versions of IFL work the same way as described
here, with the one exception being that there is no Product Key invloved.


1. How to start using the disk right away (Windows or Linux)
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From Windows: 

 - Extract the IFL zip archive to a directory of your choice

 - Run the included MakeDisk.exe program to create a bootable CD/DVD disc or
   USB flash drive.

 - For the registered version, MakeDisk will prompt you for the Product Key, 
   which should be entered in the XXXX-YYYY-ZZZZ format.

From Linux: 

 - Extract the IFL zip archive to a directory of your choice on a Linux 
   partition (not FAT/FAT32 or NTFS). 
 
 - Change to the directory extracted to, and run the included setup script
   from a terminal with the command './setup'. The 'setup' script will prompt
   you for the Product Key, and provide other options that you can choose as 
   desired. Please see the tutorial referenced in section 2 below for more 
   information on running 'setup'.

 - A bootable CD/DVD disc can then be created by burning iflnet.iso (network)
   or ifl.iso (no network) to CD/DVD using the burner software of your choice
   (such as K3b). A USB flash drive can also be created by using the included 
   'makeHDD' script. For more information on using 'makeHDD', please see the 
   link to the tutorial on creating boot media in section 2 below.


This will be the default configuration of the boot disk. The network versions
will bring up the network automatically, provided the system has at least one
wired interface, and DHCP is available on the network. After boot, a static IP
address and/or a wireless network adapter can be configured manually by using 
the Network Configuration utility on the GUI Desktop menu, or on the main menu
of the console version. Note that it is possible to pre-configure network
interfaces by creating a custom version of the boot disk. See the tutorials
linked to in the next section.


2. Additional information on setup and creating boot media from Linux:
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The following tutorials are available for help with setting up IFL on a 
Linux distribution, and then creating various types of boot media. This
includes installing IFL to a hard drive partition, booting IFL from a PXE
network boot, and creating custom boot media.

Setting up IFL on a Linux Distribution:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto/ifl_setup_linux.htm

How to create IFL boot media from a Linux Distribution:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto/ifl_boot_media_inux.htm
