Installing the System

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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` 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:

  X331base

    A special device driver and the SuperProbe program

  X331doc

    READMEs and XFree86 specific man pages.

  X331bin

    all of the executable X client applications and shared libs

  X331fnts

    the misc and 75dpi fonts

  emxrt

    Runtime libraries of EMX

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

  X3318514

    the X server for IBM 8514/A and compatible boards

  X331AGX

    the X server for AGX boards

  X331I128

    the X server for #9 Imagination 128 boards

  X331Ma32

    the X server for ATI Mach32 graphics boards

  X331Ma64

    the X server for ATI Mach64 graphics boards

  X331Ma8

    the X server for ATI Mach8 graphics boards

  X331Mono

    the Monochrome X Server

  X331P9K

    the X server for P9000 based boards

  X331S3

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

  X331S3V

    the X server for S3 ViRGE based boards

  X331SVGA

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

  X331VG16

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

  X331W32

    the X server for et4000w32 based boards

OPTIONAL:

  X331man

    pre-formatted man pages for the X11 interface and clients

  X331f100

    100dpi fonts

  X331fscl

    Speedo and Type1 fonts

  X331fnon

    Japanese, Chinese and other fonts

  X331fcyr

    Cyrillic fonts

  X331fsrv

    the font server with man pages.

  X331prog

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

  X331pex

    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 `X331base` 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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