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5. Installing the System

The binary distribution is composed of a number of zip archives which are the executables, servers, fonts, libraries, include files, man pages, and config files. The full distribution requires about 40-55MB of disk space.

All archives of this alpha version are packed with the info-zip utility, which is available under the name UNZ512X2.EXE (or a later version) from many OS/2 archives. Please obtain a native OS/2 version of this unpacker. DOS PKUNZIP does not work, because it cannot unpack long file names and extended attributes.

At this moment, the distribution covers only the ``core'' distribution which somewhat reduces the usability. Refer to WWW sites and archives listed in the XFree86/OS2 FAQ and elsewhere to obtain pre-built X clients which were ported to XFree86.

The contents of the packages are:

REQUIRED:

X332base

A special device driver and the SuperProbe program

X332doc

READMEs and XFree86 specific man pages.

X332bin

all of the executable X client applications and shared libs

X332fnts

the misc and 75dpi fonts

emxrt

Runtime libraries of EMX

Choose at least one of the following to match your hardware:

X3328514

the X server for IBM 8514/A and compatible boards

X332AGX

the X server for AGX boards

X332I128

the X server for #9 Imagination 128 boards

X332Ma32

the X server for ATI Mach32 graphics boards

X332Ma64

the X server for ATI Mach64 graphics boards

X332Ma8

the X server for ATI Mach8 graphics boards

X332Mono

the Monochrome X Server

X332P9K

the X server for P9000 based boards

X332S3

the X server for S3 based boards (excluding S3 ViRGE)

X332S3V

the X server for S3 ViRGE based boards

X332SVGA

the 8-bit pseudo-color X server for Super VGA cards

X332VG16

the 4-bit pseudo-color X server for VGA & SVGA cards.

X332W32

the X server for et4000w32 based boards

OPTIONAL:

X332man

pre-formatted man pages for the X11 interface and clients

X332f100

100dpi fonts

X332fscl

Speedo and Type1 fonts

X332fnon

Japanese, Chinese and other fonts

X332fcyr

Cyrillic fonts

X332fsrv

the font server with man pages.

X332prog

the X11 header files and programmer's utilities for compiling other X applications

X332pex

PEX fonts and libraries required for PEX applications

In order to save space on your disk and reduce net bandwidth, choose the software to obtain carefully. Each X server is an archive of about 1.2MB and occupies 3.0MB on the disk. You won't normally need more than the single Xserver tailored to your video card.

If it is your first time install, get the X332base archive before any of the other packages. This package contains a driver and a test program, which analyzes your video hardware. If this program fails or reports an incompatible hardware, it makes no sense to obtain the other packages in the hope that they would magically work.


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