Installation guide

Installing the Auxiliary Linux Software

To enable the L3 controller solution to function, you must install the

following auxiliary Linux software components on the Silicon Graphics

230 visual workstation: pdksh, uucp, inetd, and telnet-server.

To install these packages, follow these steps:

1. Boot the workstation from the hard disk.

2. Log on to the workstation as root.

3. Insert the Red Hat Linux 6.2 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

Note: Click No if a Question dialog box appears that asks, “Do you

wish to run /mnt/cdrom/autorun?”

4. Double-click the Red Hat Linux 6.2 CD-ROM desktop icon to access

the CD-ROM software.

5. Double-click the Red Hat folder icon to open the Red Hat directory.

6. Double-click the RPMS folder icon to open the RPMS directory.

7. To install the pdksh, uucp, inetd, and telnet-server software

components, locate and double-click the names of each of the

component ﬁles listed above in the RPMS directory until they all

have been installed.

8. Remove the CD-ROM from the workstation drive.

9. Install the L3 controller software as described in the next section.

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