Title: SCO OpenServer installation ultimate Author: cc (SMTH) cc@huhao.net================================ ====================================== ◎ related to the optical drive installation problem
SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 supports the installation of direct boot from the optical drive. During the installation process, you will first check the hardware detection information. If there is a CD-ROM, you have found your IDE CDROM, at this time That is, it can be carried out ... as long as you choose the correct (primary / secondary) => (master / slave)
In many cases, the system will not find CDROM, according to my personal experience and practice on multiple computers, only need to get CDROM to find on the master, which is usually a secondary-> master, and if connected There is no way to find on slave. (I think this SCO is too broken)
If it is the optical drive of SCSI, then it is easy to find according to the setup of SCSI. At least I used my SCSI burner to do the test and found it very easy. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================= ==================== ◎ related serial number issues
I give a detailed serial number in front, give one here again, save the query:
SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 Enterprise System License Number: 1NC045531 License Code: GWNFNOZP LICENSE DATA: C1; G0; K1; Q1; MYMU05R
SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 Development System license number: 2nc012720 license code: xphhbver license data: g0; k0; q1; m3yk2s8
The rear development package serial number is only used when the compiler package is installed after the system installation is complete, ============================ =================================================== ◎ related partition problems SCO needs their files The cylinder of the system (at least its kernel) is before 1024 so that it can address correctly. So it is recommended to install the SCO on the disk partition against the front. The SCO system occupies a disk partition record separately. Advising the Advanced User Select an interactive partition program when partitioning is recommended, and the primary user selects a custom method. No matter what the situation is ***, it is not recommended to perform bad track detection to the disk, so time. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================= ==================== ◎ related network card issues
The SCO system itself can be found in the network card type, but most of the network cards (under x86) Because SCO is a popular Unix system under x86, SCO Open-Server comes in the drive disk of the NIC. The driver only needs to install the NIC driver after the installation is complete and configure the network parameters with NetConfig. You can install the network card driver to see the SCO directory on the drivers of different NICs, usually 5.x Directory (installed in Sco OpenServer) On 5.0.x)
============================================================================================================================================================================================================= ==================== ◎ about graphical interface issues
The graphical interface under the SCO is also supported by x window system, then the 2 main issues involved are: 1. Display card support 2. Mouse support
1. There are not many graphics cards supported by SCO itself, but it supports most PCI (AGP) graphics cards, that is, the FrameBuffer mode of the VGA graphics card, that is, can go to 800x600x256 colors. So all the basic graphics cards can be 800x600 256 colors, so that this color is already possible for UNIX. 2. The mouse option SCO is also broken, which makes people don't understand which one is to choose. Generally, if it is the mouse of the PS / 2, select the first / second. That is, the high (low) resolution keyboard mouse.
============================================================================================================================================================================================================= ==================== ◎ related network configuration issues
The basic script of the network configuration is / etc / tcp, and you can achieve your desire for this script. For example, you need to add a gateway, just add appropriate places: Route add default your.gate.way.ip, you can know that you can see yourself, you can add a line in a row with the route command.
And if you are domain name, all UNIX machines I have ever used to use /etc/resolv.conf to configure DNS servers, just create such a file, join: Nameserver Your.first.Nameserver.ipnameserver Your.second .nameserver.IP, etc. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================= ==================== ◎ related to compilation environment
A UNIX system without a compiler is simply a somatostat, and you must install the compiler to a compiler to make it a living. SCO's installation dish will have a SCO compiler, just use the Custom command to successfully install the CC compiler in its waters. However, you need to enter a serial number, I list the serial number of a development package for reference. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================= ==================== ◎ Issue about free software SCO provides a free software package such as Skunkware, which is basically developed under GNU standards. Modular excellent free software, but source code may change, they can be successfully compiled under the SCO. Of course, Skunkware also provides compilation binary. Download Skunkware to the official site of SCO, you can also go to http://ftp.huhao.net/unix/sco_openserver/skunk2000.io===================== ================================================== ◎ Related to new features
Everyone is old saying that Bash under Linux is easy to use, LS has colors, and so on. These are the results of the GNU development corresponding to free software, and only these good features can be made for transplants. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================= ==================== ◎ Final summary
In all UNIX systems that I have used, I feel that SCO is a very promising UNIX system, and there are many places to be strange, and it is not interest. I recommend:
