Linux - Jnos Setup and Configuration HOW-TOBy John Martin KF8KK Obtaining The Software
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| Thanks to the generous and skillful efforts of Maiko
Langelaar VE4KLM, and countless others who have contributed to Jnos over
the years, we have a version of Jnos that runs on Linux and is currently
being maintained.
The current version can be downloaded for free from Maiko's server at: http://www.langelaar.net/projects/jnos2/index.html . Since Maiko has gone on vacation, the 'normal' links are inoperative and you can download the current version of jnos and it's source code and documentation from a temporary mirror site at: http://www.physics.umanitoba.ca/~maiko/jnos2/download.html
Documentation for his 'Jnos2' is also available at his site. The best way to download Jnos2 is to download the source code and then compile a binary of your own. This allows you to enable the features that you plan to use, and not enable features you'll never use. Later in these pages I'll show you how to compile your own Jnos2 to suit your needs. We will, however, also download and install Jnos using Maiko's very handy 'installer package'. This will setup the necessary directories for Jnos (setting permissions and attributes as needed) and get a rudimentary Jnos running on the system.
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| Because Maiko uses the flavor of Linux known as 'Slackware
9' to develop and maintain the Jnos2 source code, we will be installing
a very close cousin to what he uses in order that we encounter very few compatibility problems. This makes our life considerably easier.
You will need to download the ISO CDRom images for the disks that comprise the installation package for 'Slackware 10.1' (and, of course, make CDroms from these). You can find the ISO images at: ftp://slackware.mirrors.tds.net/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1-iso/ Or on links off of: http://alphageek.dyndns.org/linux/slackware-mirrors.shtml If you have no luck at either of these just remember the mantra: GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND! When I downloaded my CD ISO images, I downloaded them from http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=17 . There was just a two disk set for Slackware 10.1. I see that linuxiso.org no longer offers the 10.1 version of Slackware. You could download the current 10.2 version and it likely will work, but my instructions might have inaccuracies due to the newer version.
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| Once you have your Slackware CDroms, you will want to
decide whether or not you want to install a bootable DOS partition on
your machine should you wish to experiment with the DOS version of Jnos
later on (which will reassure you of how nice it is to run Jnos in
Linux).
If you want to have a regular old DOS partition, you will need to have the three disks that comprise the DOS setup package. In my case, I installed DOS 6.22. We will start by setting up the DOS partition first.
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NOTE:
If you plan to install a very pared down 'bare bones' Slackware Linux you only need to download and create the first CDrom. |
| NEXT --> Installing a DOS partition | |
| Introduction Obtaining The Software Installing a DOS partition Slackware Installation A Slackware Installation B Selecting Packages Configuring Linux Linux Network Configuration Starting Slackware Linux Basic Jnos Installation Jnos Localization & Config Starting Jnos Compiling Jnos |
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