X/OS LINUX 3.0 -- README

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Hardware Requirements

Minimum

CPU

     300MHz, i686 Pentium 2 or higher

Memory

     text-mode: 128MB

     graphical: 256MB

File System

     Custom Installation (Minimal): 700MB

     Server: 1GB

     Personal Desktop: 1.5GB

     Workstation: 2.1GB

     Custom Installation (Everything): 4.7GB

Installing

If your computer supports it (most do), you can boot automatically from DVD
or CD#1 to install X/OS Linux. You may have to turn the "boot from CD"
option on using your system's BIOS settings utility.

Some hardware configurations require the use of a boot diskette and/or one
or more driver diskettes. The diskettes needed can be created by using the
image files located on the installation media, in the directory /images.

   * bootdisk.img -- primary boot diskette image file.

     A diskette created from this file can be used for all installation
     methods.

   * drvblock.img -- image file containing supplemental block device
     drivers.

     A diskette created from this file is required when the system contains
     any non-IDE mass storage devices (i.e. SCSI disk).

   * drvnet.img -- image file containing supplemental network drivers.

     A diskette created from this file may be required when a network-based
     installation method is used.

   * pcmciadd.img -- PCMCIA driver image file.

     A diskette created from this file is needed when PCMCIA devices (i.e.
     PCMCIA-based network adapter) is used during installation.

To write an image file to diskette, use either the dd command under any
Linux-like system, or the rawrite program in the /dosutils directory. For
example, to create an installation boot diskette: insert a blank diskette,
change directory to /images on the DVD or CD#1 and execute the following
command:

dd if=bootdisk.img of=/dev/fd0

The boot.iso file in the /images directory is an ISO image that can be used
to boot the X/OS Linux installation program and allows you to start
network-based installations without having to use multiple diskettes. To use
boot.iso, your computer must be able to boot from its CD-ROM drive and its
BIOS settings must be configured to do so.

dvd2cd Utility

The dvd2cd utility in the /dvdutils directory on the DVD can be used to
create the raw ISO9660 CD images from the DVD. The mkisofs tool (available
on most Linux systems) is required to run dvd2cd.

To create the first three CD images from the DVD mounted on /mnt/cdrom:

dvd2cd /mnt/cdrom 1 2 3

The first parameter specifies the top directory of the DVD tree. Second and
further parameters specify the CD's to write as ISO image file. CD's 1, 2
and 3 together contain the binary distribution (CD#1 is a bootable CD). CD's
4, 5 and 6 contain the source packages.

Note

dvd2cd will create the CD images in the current directory. Another tool
(i.e. cdrecord) must be used to write the image to CD.