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- Cooperative Linux 0.6.x - 'starting to be stable' test binaries
- -----------------------------------------------------
-
- WARNING:
-
- Although this binary release of Cooperative Linux may be actually useful on
- some setups (e.g, stable setups), it is meant for testing purposes only,
- which means that running it may crash your Windows system.
-
- PLEASE REPORT and read about problems on the colinux-devel@sourceforge.net mailing list.
-
- NOTE: If upgrading, please backup or copy your current default.colinux.XML file
- before installing!
-
- To run Cooperative Linux, please follow these instructions before trying to run
- anything.
-
- 1. Run the downloaded installer file to begin the installation.
-
- 2. Choose an installation directory. It is better to choose c:\coLinux because
- this way you don't need to edit the configuration XML since the pathnames
- of block devices files are currently aboslute. However, note that any
- directory should be acceptable.
-
- 3. Choose networking method(s) to install. Currently there are two choices:
-
- a. TAP driver - This method installs a virtual network adapter that can
- then be either shared or bridged with a physical network connection.
- Note that this requires Internet Connection Sharing or Bridging
- (Windows XP or higher)or a 3rd party Internet connection sharing
- application. See the Wiki at www.colinux.org for more information/help.
-
- b. Bridging - This method allows the Cooperative Linux network
- interface to directly interoperate with one of your built in networking
- interfaces. You'll need to edit the configuration XML file to reflect
- that type="bridged" and the 'name' parameter needs to be set to a
- substring of the network adapter name that you will be bridging with.
- Go the the network properties of your machine, and get the properties
- of the adapter you will be bridging. Look at the text under the
- 'Connect Using' label. If it says, for example "Intel Pro Adapter",
- then you would set the 'name' in the XML file to: name="Intel Pro".
- See the Wiki at www.colinux.org for more information/help.
-
- 4. Choose whether to download a root file system from the Cooperative Linux
- sourceforge page. The installer will try to download directly in
- the next step but if you experience any issues you can visit the
- Sourceforge page directly at:
-
- http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=98788&package_id=108058
-
- NOTE ABOUT DISK SPACE: Each image extracts to over 1GB (or more), so make
- sure you have enough space there before you start downloading/extracting
- it. If you are manually downloading, put the extracted file in the
- installation directory. To unzip .bz2 files, you can use Winzip or 7-Zip
- (or the bzip utilities in Cygwin, etc). The image MUST be extracted from
- the .bz2 archive before use!
-
- 5. Edit the XML file to point to whatever root file system you downloaded.
-
- 6. The installation directory should include vmlinux, default.config.xml, the
- supplied linux.sys driver, executables and dlls, and probably the root
- filesystem image. Be sure to review the XML file for any additional
- configuration that may be needed.
-
- 7. Run coLinux-daemon.exe. The current directory should be the installation
- directory, because that is where it will look for default.colinux.xml.
-
- The console window opens and you would see a Linux machine booting in
- that window.
-
- Post Installation
- -----------------
-
- You may wish to set up some post installation parameters, including increasing
- the amount of memory allocated to Cooperative Linux, or adding a swap
- partition. See the Wiki at www.colinux.org for additional help on these tasks.
-
-
- Command Line Parameters
- ------------------------
-
- The following command line paramaters may be useful in operating Cooperative
- Linux.
-
- -c filename.XML
- Allows you to choose a specific XML configuration file to use.
-
- -t consoletype
- Allows you to specify either the FLTK (default) or NT (-t nt)
- console to use on startup.
-
- -i servicename
- Allows you to install Cooperative Linux as a service. Also
- use the -c parameter to specify your configuration file when
- doing this. <servicename> is whatever you want it to be called.
-
- -r servicename
- Allows you to remove the Cooperative Linux service.
-
-
-
- Common Problems
- ---------------
-
- "Unable to mount root fs"
- Generally this means that the root filesystem image is
- missing, or was specified incorrectly.
-
-
- Getting Help
- ------------
-
- The following resources are available if you need help getting going, or find
- bugs, etc.
-
- IRC
- The official IRC location is at server irc.oftc.net,
- channel #colinux.
-
- WEB
- The official website, containing downloads, documentation,
- FAQ, WIKI, etc., is at http://www.colinux.org.
-
- Mailing Lists
- Visit the colinux.org website and choose from the available
- mailing lists (user and devel) to join, view archives, etc.
-
-
-
- -
- Dan Aloni
- da-x@gmx.net
-
- Richard Goodwin (readme portions)
- colinux@newdiversions.com
-