Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER STARTER SYSTEM, Installation Manual

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Where to Get the Components
Once you have verified that your system can physically support the starter system
requirements,you need to acquire the pieces of the starter system and the disk images.
The following sections describe where to obtain each piece.
Obtain All Pieces Before Beginning Installation
Complete the planning worksheet and download all the components before you begin
installing the starter system. Having all the parts at the beginning of installation
avoids problems or missing data in the installation process.
All of the following files can be obtained from:
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=M5V5-w8h2M0-
Any references in the following sections to file names or locations should refer to this
location (e.g., prepend this URL path to the name of the listed file to download that file.
Documentation
The documentation (including this file) can be obtained from the download location noted
above. Text and PDF versions of the document are available.
Sample Directory Entry
A sample CP directory entry can be downloaded from the location referred to above. Two
versions are available:
NOVSTART SAMPDIR
The sample directory entry in EBCDIC. This version is suitable for direct submission
to directory managers or editing on CMS.
NOVSTART SAMPASC
The sample directory in ASCII. This version is provided for viewing on ASCII-based
hosts. It can be used to preview what will need to be done before uploading the files
to the VM system.
CMS Utilities
The CMS utilities required provide the ability to compress and manage disk images. Both
utilities shown below are available from the download location noted above.
VMARC The VMARC file archive utility for CMS, which allows decompressing the
disk image files before restoring.
CMSDDR A modified version of the CMS DDR command which supports reading and
writing disk image data to and from CMS files.
The most current versions of these tools are also included inside the starter system disk
images, and may be newer than the ones available from the Novell web site.
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