LynxOS Installation Guide

Preface

This document provides detailed installation instructions for LynxOS for various configurations. This document includes topics on:

• Cross-development installations

• Native development installations for x86 and PowerPC platforms

• The LynuxWorks installit installation utility

• Booting LynxOS

• X & Motif Installation instructions

• X & Motif Configuration options

For More Information

For information on the features of LynxOS, refer to the following printed and online documentation.

• Release Notes

This printed document contains details on the features and late-breaking information about the current release.

• LynxOS User's Guide

This manual details system administration concepts, building custom LynxOS kernels, and additional features available in LynxOS.

• LynxOS Networking Guide

This guide contains configuration and usage information on the networking capabilities in LynxOS. It provides information on supported protocols such as TCP/IP, NFS, DHCP, etc.

• Writing Device Drivers

This guide contains details on writing device drivers for LynxOS.

• Online information

The complete LynxOS documentation set is available on the Documentation CD-ROM. Books are provided in both HTML and PDF formats.

Updates to these documents are available online at the LynuxWorks Website: http://www.lynuxworks.com.

Additional information about commands and utilities is provided online with the man command. For example, to find information about the GNU gcc compiler, use the following syntax:

man gcc

Typographical Conventions

The typefaces used in this manual, summarized below, emphasize important concepts. All references to file names and commands are case sensitive and should be typed accurately.

Kind of Text	Examples
Body text; italicized for emphasis, new terms, and book titles	Refer to the LynxOS User's Guide.
Environment variables, file names, functions, methods, options, parameter names, path names, commands, and computer data Commands that need to be highlighted within body text, or commands that must be typed as is by the user are bolded.	ls -l myprog.c /dev/null login: myname # cd /usr/home
Text that represents a variable, such as a file name or a value that must be entered by the user	cat filename mv file1 file2
Blocks of text that appear on the display screen after entering instructions or commands	Loading file /tftpboot/shell.kdi into 0x4000 ..................... File loaded. Size is 1314816 Copyright 2002 LynuxWorks, Inc. All rights reserved. LynxOS (ppc) created Mon Jul 17 17:50:22 GMT 2000 user name:
Keyboard options, button names, and menu sequences	Enter, Ctrl-C

Special Notes

The following notations highlight any key points and cautionary notes that may appear in this manual.

Note: These callouts note important or useful points in the text.

Caution! Used for situations that present minor hazards that may interfere with or threaten equipment/performance.

Technical Support

LynuxWorks Technical Support is available Monday through Friday (holidays excluded) between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM Pacific Time (U.S. Headquarters) or between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM Central European Time (Europe).

The LynuxWorks World Wide Web home page provides additional information about our products, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and LynuxWorks news groups.

LynuxWorks U.S. Headquarters

Internet: [email protected]
Phone: (408) 979-3940
Fax: (408) 979-3945

LynuxWorks Europe

Internet: [email protected]
Phone: (+33) 1 30 85 06 00
Fax: (+33) 1 30 85 06 06

World Wide Web

http://www.lynuxworks.com

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