NCBridge software installation

V4.0

Example for an IBM AIX host:

Installation

On the boot server mount the NCBridge CD, e.g.:
```
mount -r -v cdrfs /dev/cd0 /cdrom
```
On the boot server, choose/create the target directory, e.g.:
```
cd /applfs/applb00
mkdir NCBridge-4.0
cd NCBridge-4.0
```
extract the install script
```
tar -xvpf /cdrom/ibm/install.tar
```
will create the tekxp directory
run the install script
```
cd tekxp/INSTALL
./INSTALL -f /cdrom/common/tekxp.tar
```
and answer the questions. You may install just everything (approx 150 MB).

Configure the boot server

Adapt the configuration file tekxp/boot/config/xp.cnf:

##***** Network Configuration *****
##
nfs_table "biops5z.gsi.de:/usr/lib/X11/fonts" "/usr/lib/X11/fonts" "8192"
gateway_table "0.0.0.0" "140.181.96.1"

##***** TCP/IP Configuration *****
##
name_server_1 140.181.96.29
name_server_2 140.181.96.11
enable_name_service YES
default_domain_suffix "gsi.de"
dns_retries 5
dns_timeout 5
enable_broadcasts YES

##***** X Environment Configuration *****
##
default_visual TRUECOLOR
root_depth 24
retain_x_settings NO
backing_store ENABLED
enable_access_control YES
host_connect_method tekhostmenu
screen_saver OFF

##***** TekHostMenu Configuration *****
##
thm_broadcast DISABLED
thm_entrybox ENABLED
xdmcp_menu_entry bio.pool
xdmcp_menu_entry aix-pool
xdmcp_menu_entry lx-pool
xdmcp_keepalive OFF

##***** Console Configuration ************
##
console_pages 16

Export the /applfs/applb00/NCBridge-4.0/tekxp/ directory to allow NFS mounts.

In fonts.tbl define additional fonts:

/applfs/applb00/NCBridge-4.0/tekxp/boot/japanese
/applfs/applb00/NCBridge-4.0/tekxp/boot/Speedo
/applfs/applb00/NCBridge-4.0/tekxp/boot/oldx11
/applfs/applb00/NCBridge-4.0/tekxp/boot/tek100dpi

Enable bootp services (on request).

In /etc/bootptab add generic templates as needed:

# For NCD NC900 X-terminals:
nc900:ht=ethernet:hd=/applfs/applb00/NCBridge-4.0/tekxp:bf=/applfs/applb00/NCBridge-4.0/tekxp/boot/os.900:sm=255.255.192.0
# For NCD/TekTronics XP350/400 X-terminals:
xp350:ht=ethernet:hd=/applfs/applb00/NCBridge-4.0/tekxp/boot/:bf=os.350:gw=140.181.96.1:sm=255.255.192.0

In /etc/inetd.conf enable the bootps line and ensure that /etc/services has defined the appropriate port numbers:

bootps          67/udp                          # bootp server port
bootpc          68/udp                          # bootp client port

Refresh
```
refresh -s inetd
```

xdm ?

Apply patches

Fetch them from their current location.
Older patches were at NCD support (dead site)

(offline mirrors exist),
or their ftp server (dead site)

(offline mirrors exist).
Patches come as a bunch of archives in different formats:

pnv40xx.exe
pnv40xx.tar.Z
pnv40xx.tar.gz
pnv40xx.zip

where xx is the current patch level. xx='10' was August 2002, current (Dec 2007) is xx='13'. A particular patch level comprises n=1..4 file sets, for common stuff, model dependent stuff, Netscape, etc., see the README.INSTALL for details.
To install, switch to some temporary directory and unpack (will need about 100MB):

cd /tmp
zcat p1v4013.tar.Z | tar -xvf - 
zcat p2v4013.tar.Z | tar -xvf - 
zcat p3v4013.tar.Z | tar -xvf - 
zcat p4v4013.tar.Z | tar -xvf -

will create a directory patchV4.0.13

cd patchV4.0.13
./INSTALL_PATCH /applfs/applb00/NCBridge-4.0/tekxp/boot

Last updated: 27-Jan-2011, M.Kraemer