SCO Skunkware 96 Release Notes

To Get Started

On an SCO OpenServer Release 5 system :

    # mount -r -f RCKRDG /dev/cd0 /mnt
    # /usr/bin/X11/netscape file:/mnt/index.html

If you do not have or want a graphical browser, you can install Lynx 2.5FM (a character browser) off of this CD. The custom installable media images are in ./inst/lynx.

If you've ignored the previous two paragraphs and your browser does not provide proper support for tables, then you should use the "non-table version" link at the top of any page that uses tables.

Unlike previous versions of SCO Skunkware, Skunkware 96 does not provide a set of binaries runnable from the mounted CD-ROM. Rather, we chose to fill up the CD with custom installable media images. What this means is that in order to take full advantage of SCO Skunkware 96, you'll need to utilize the SCO custom utility to install the Skunkware 96 packages.

All of the media images are located in their respective directories in /inst on the CD-ROM. To install a particular package, locate the directory (e.g. /mnt/inst/perl), as root run /etc/custom and choose to install from "media images". Finally, enter the pathname of the media images (e.g. /mnt/inst/perl) and choose to do a full install.

To install all of the SCO Skunkware 96 custom installable packages (with the sole exception of the GNU Dev Sys package inst/gds, use the media images in /inst/All (requires 80 Mb of free disk space in /opt which is typically on the root filesystem).

You must be running SCO OpenServer 5 to take advantage of these custom installable media images. SCO UnixWare users should look in the directory /UnixWare. SCO ODT 3 users should look in /TLS.

If, as root, you are running the X.Desktop, then you can configure your system to mount the SCO Skunkware 96 CD-ROM by double-clicking the System Administration folder -> Filesystems -> Filesystem Manager. Alternatively, at a root shell prompt, type "scoadmin f" to bring up the Filesystem Manager. Next select Mount -> Add Mount Configuration -> Local and enter /dev/cd0 for the device and a mount point. Change the "Can Users Mount" to Yes and uncheck the "At System Startup" mount. After completing this operation, you should be able to mount and unmount the SCO Skunkware 96 CD-ROM by typing "mnt " and "umnt " as any user.

NOTE TO SCO ODT 3.0 USERS :

The Rockridge extensions to the High-Sierra filesystem format are not supported under SCO ODT 3.0. In order to mount the SCO Skunkware 96 CD-ROM on an ODT 3.0 system, use the command :

    # mount -r -f HS,lower /dev/cd0 /mnt

    # mount -r -f RCKRDG /dev/cd0 /mnt

    $ gzcat //src//.tar.gz | tar xf -

    # custom -p SCO:Gzip -i -z //Tools/gzip