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  <H2><A NAME="7"></A>5. Installing the System</H2>
<p>The binary distribution is composed of a number of zip archives
which are the executables, servers, fonts, libraries, include files,
man pages, and config files.  The full distribution requires about 
40-55MB of disk space.  </p>
<p>All archives of this alpha version are packed with the <code>info-zip</code> utility, 
which is available under the name <code>UNZ512X2.EXE</code> (or a later version)
from many OS/2 archives. Please obtain a native OS/2 version of this unpacker.
DOS <code>PKUNZIP</code> does not work, because it cannot unpack long file names and
extended attributes.</p>
<p>At this moment, the distribution covers only the ``core'' distribution
which somewhat reduces the usability. Refer to WWW sites and archives listed 
in the XFree86/OS2 FAQ and elsewhere to obtain pre-built X clients which
were ported to XFree86.</p>
<p>The contents of the packages are:</p>
<p>
<dl>
<dt><b>REQUIRED:</b><dd><p>
<dl>
<dt><b>Xbase</b><dd><p>A special device driver and the SuperProbe program</p>
<dt><b>Xdoc</b><dd><p>READMEs and XFree86 specific man pages.</p>
<dt><b>Xbin</b><dd><p>all of the executable X client applications and shared libs</p>
<dt><b>Xfnts</b><dd><p>the misc and 75dpi fonts</p>
<dt><b>emxrt</b><dd><p>Runtime libraries of EMX</p>
</dl>
</p>
<p>Choose at least one of the following to match your hardware:</p>
<p>
<dl>
<dt><b>X8514</b><dd><p>the X server for IBM 8514/A and compatible boards</p>
<dt><b>XAGX</b><dd><p>the X server for AGX boards</p>
<dt><b>XGlnt</b><dd><p>the X server for Permedia / GLINT boards</p>
<dt><b>XI128</b><dd><p>the X server for #9 Imagination 128 boards</p>
<dt><b>XMa32</b><dd><p>the X server for ATI Mach32 graphics boards</p>
<dt><b>XMa64</b><dd><p>the X server for ATI Mach64 graphics boards</p>
<dt><b>XMa8</b><dd><p>the X server for ATI Mach8 graphics boards</p>
<dt><b>XMono</b><dd><p>the Monochrome X Server</p>
<dt><b>XP9K</b><dd><p>the X server for P9000 based boards</p>
<dt><b>XS3</b><dd><p>the X server for S3 based boards (excluding S3 ViRGE)</p>
<dt><b>XS3V</b><dd><p>the X server for S3 ViRGE based boards</p>
<dt><b>XSVGA</b><dd><p>the 8-bit pseudo-color X server for Super VGA cards</p>
<dt><b>XVG16</b><dd><p>the 4-bit pseudo-color X server for VGA &amp; SVGA cards.</p>
<dt><b>XW32</b><dd><p>the X server for et4000w32 based boards</p>
</dl>
</p>

<dt><b>OPTIONAL:</b><dd><p>
<dl>
<dt><b>Xman</b><dd><p>pre-formatted man pages for the X11 interface and clients</p>
<dt><b>Xf100</b><dd><p>100dpi fonts</p>
<dt><b>Xfscl</b><dd><p>Speedo and Type1 fonts</p>
<dt><b>Xfnon</b><dd><p>Japanese, Chinese and other fonts</p>
<dt><b>Xfcyr</b><dd><p>Cyrillic fonts</p>
<dt><b>Xfsrv</b><dd><p>the font server with man pages.</p>
<dt><b>Xprog</b><dd><p>the X11 header files and programmer's utilities
for compiling other X applications</p>
<dt><b>Xpex</b><dd><p>PEX fonts and libraries required for PEX applications</p>
</dl>
</p>
</dl>
</p>
<p>In order to save space on your disk and reduce net bandwidth, choose the
software to obtain carefully. Each X server is an archive of about 1.2MB
and occupies 3.0MB on the disk. You won't normally need more than the
single Xserver tailored to your video card.</p>
<p>If it is your first time install, get the <code>Xbase</code> archive before any
of the other packages. This package contains a driver and a test program,
which analyzes your video hardware. If this program fails or reports an
incompatible hardware, it makes no sense to obtain the other packages in
the hope that they would magically work.</p>

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