September 2004
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
10h 17m
English
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Installing JDS
As described earlier, installing JDS involves inserting the first CD-ROM from the JDS distribution into your CD-ROM drive and powering up the computer again so it boots from this CD-ROM. At that point, the installation procedure displays a list of options:
Boot from hard disk
Installation
Installation—ACPI Disabled
Installation—Safe Settings
Manual Installation
Rescue System
Memory Test
The first option is provided in case you left your installation CD in your CD-ROM drive by mistake but don’t want to start an installation. If so, choose the first option. Otherwise, choose the installation option that pertains to you, and press the Enter key.
The installation program then displays Sun’s Binary Code License Agreement. If you accept the agreement, click on Accept and the installation will continue. If you do not accept the agreement, the installation will not continue and you will have to abort the installation. For Linux users who have installed free distributions, accepting the Binary Code License Agreement may be a new twist for you. JDS contains proprietary components that require the agreement. Installation is not an irreversible decision, however. If you decide later that you do not want to continue using JDS because of the license or for any other reason, you can wipe the drive clean and change to a free Linux distribution.
Now, you should be in the installation program. You will notice several sections of dialog boxes. Follow the procedure as they appear.
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