X/OS LINUX 5.1 — README — i386 VERSION

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DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION

   X/OS  Linux is available on multiple CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs. Most modern
   systems  allow  booting  from  the first CD/DVD-ROM drive to start the
   installation (see the installation section below).

   The dvd2cd utility is provided to optionally create CD-ROM images from the
   DVD with binary packages — to install X/OS Linux on systems with a CD-ROM
   drive only (see the section about creating CD images below).

   The media set for the i386 version of X/OS Linux consists of 6 CD-ROMs and 1
   DVD-ROM, containing the binary packages needed for installation. The DVD-ROM
   has exactly the same contents as the CD-ROM set. In addition to the media
   with binary packages, there is also an architecture-independent DVD-ROM
   containing all source packages. For installing X/OS Linux on your system,
   only the media containing the binary packages are required.

   The directory structure on the distribution media is as follows:
   |----> RepoitoryName         -- binary packages
   |        |
   |        `----> repodata     -- package metadata used by the installer
   |----> SRPMS                 -- source packages
   |----> images                -- boot and driver disk images
   |----> isolinux              -- files used for booting from CD/DVD
   |----> dvdutils              -- files used for to create CDs from a DVD
   |----> README                -- this file
   |----> RELEASE-NOTES         -- the latest information about this release
   |----> EULA                  -- the X/OS Linux End User License Agreement
   `----> RPM-GPG-KEY-xoslinux  -- GPG signature for packages from X/OS

   Each medium contains only a subset of this directory structure, depending on
   its purpose. For example, on the CD-ROMs and the binary DVD-ROM there is no
   SRPMS directory, while on the source DVD-ROM there are no directories with
   binary packages.

   The RepositoryName directory in the layout actually stands for directories
   with various names, used for grouping packages into repositories which can
   be selected during installation. See the release notes for more information.

INSTALLATION

   On most computers you can boot directly from the first CD or DVD. Both discs
   are  bootable ISO9660 images, compliant with the widely used El-Torito
   standard for PCs.

   The images directory on the distribution media contains the (small) boot.iso
   file.  When  burned  onto  a CD, it can be used to boot the X/OS Linux
   installation program as an alternative for using the CD set or DVD. After
   booting  from  this  CD, you can choose an installation method such as
   installing from a network server.

   The file diskboot.img is also included in the images directory. This file is
   provided for use with a USB pen drive or another bootable device. Use the
   UNIX/Linux dd command to write this image to the device.

   Note that as of X/OS Linux 4, booting from a standard floppy drive is not
   supported anymore. The reason is that the boot kernel no longer fits on a
   1.44 MB floppy disk.

   See the release notes for more information about the possibility to select
   repositories during installation, which is especially useful for users of
   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 who require maximum compatibility between their
   RHEL5 and X/OS Linux 5 systems.

CREATE CD IMAGES

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

   The first parameter of the dvd2cd utility must be the path where the DVD
   file tree can be found, in most cases the mount point of the DVD. The second
   and  following parameters are interpreted as CD numbers, for which the
   ISO9660 CD images must be created. For example, the command

   /mnt/cdrom/dvdutils/dvd2cd /mnt/cdrom 1 2 3 4

   creates the first four CD images from the DVD mounted on /mnt/cdrom. The CD
   images are created in the directory from which the command is called, so
   make sure that enough space is available.

GETTING HELP

   For more information about X/OS Linux, please visit the X/OS Linux home page
   at http://www.xoslinux.org/.

   Supplementary services for X/OS Linux are available via X/OS Experts in Open
   Systems  BV,  ranging from commercial support plans, system management
   solutions  and professional services. Please visit the X/OS website at
   http://www.xos.nl/ for more information.