Preparing to configure terminals using ncdinstall – Network Computing Devices NCDWare 9300572 Rev. B User Manual

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Installs X servers; server modules containing local clients,
extensions, libraries, and protocols; host system executables
and fonts; color database; X keysym database; and
configuration files (listed in the Release Notes).

Starts the license management software and adds startup
commands to the host startup files.

Configures terminals on the network, updating network and
host databases to include required addressing information. On

UNIX

systems,

ncdinstall

saves the original network and host

database files with the extension

_O

.

Preparing to Configure Terminals Using

ncdinstall

Before you install

NCD

ware and configure your terminals, you

need:

A host system with access to a

CD-ROM

drive.

Super-user access privileges.

Approximately 10 minutes to install

NCD

ware.

Terminals set up and attached to the network (see terminal
installation booklets for instructions).

An empty directory. During installation certain files are
installed in this directory.

Information about the terminals you will be adding to the
network. Set up a table that lists the following information for
each terminal before you start the installation program.

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