Installing Linux.

Insert Red Hat CD # 1 into cdrom drive and start your system. The CD is boot able and will begin the installation automatically. When you see the boot prompt, press ENTER to begin installation.

Step 1 - "Mouse Probe"

• If your mouse is not detected select OK from the "Mouse Not detected" panel.
• Select a mouse from the "Mouse Selection" panel and press OK.
• Select the port your mouse is connected to from the "Device" panel and press OK.

• Select a language from the "Language Selection" panel and press NEXT.

• Select a keyboard Model, Layout and Enable dead keys from the "Keyboard Configuration" panel and press NEXT.

• Confirm your mouse and port choices from the "Mouse Configuration" panel  and press NEXT.

• Read the Red Hat introduction and press NEXT.

• Select the Install/Workstation installation from the "Install Type" panel and press NEXT.

• Select "Automatically partition and REMOVE DATA" choice from the "Disk Partitioning" panel and press NEXT.

• De-Select the DHCP option.
• Select the Activate at boot option.
• Enter "IP Address:" 192.168.0.254
• Enter "Net mask:"    255.255.255.0
• Enter "Network:"    192.168.0.0"
• Enter "Broadcast:" 192.168.0.255"
• Enter "Host name:" sales
• Enter "Gateway:" 192.168.0.254"
• Erase any entries in the Lines "Primary DNS", "Secondary DNS", Ternary DNS"
• and press NEXT

• Select "No firewall" from the "Firewall Configuration panel and press NEXT.

• Select a language from the  "Language Selection" panel and press NEXT.

• Select the time zone you work in from the "Time Zone Selection" panel and press next.

• Enter the "root" password. Choose a password that you will remember. This is the Master system administrators password and cannot be recovered. Place a copy of this password somewhere safe. You will need to install your software package.
• Enter the "root" password confirmation.
• and press NEXT. Note: No other accounts are required.

• Select only the "GNOME" option from the "package Group Selection" panel and press NEXT.

• Select your Video card from the "X Configuration " panel and press NEXT.

• Select  your Monitor from the "Monitor Configuration" panel and press NEXT.

• Select the "Color Depth" and "Screen Resolution" from the "Customize Graphics Configuration" panel.
• Select "Graphical" logon from the the "Customize Graphics Configuration" panel and press NEXT.

• Press NEXT to start installation.

• Insert the Red Hat CD #2 when prompted and press OK.

Step 19 - "Boot disk Creation"

• Insert a blank floppy disk into your disk drive and press NEXT.
• When the "Boot disk" has been made, remove the disk from its drive
• Select "Skip Boot disk Creation" and press NEXT.

• Press "Exit" to complete your installation.
• Remove the CD from the cdrom drive and wait for the system to reboot.

Installing DineAmix

Step 1 - "Logon as root"

• At the logon prompt enter the name "root" and press ENTER.
• At the password prompt enter the password you chose during the installation and press ENTER.

• In the desktop close any warning dialogue boxes and select to not view then again.

• Insert the "DineAmix" CD into your cdrom drive and wait for the "Auto run Dialogue" to appear. Select "Yes" to start the DineAmix installation program.

 
• If the Auto run dialogue (above) does not appear follow the steps below;
• Start a Unix shell by pressing the "TV Screen with Foot" button on your desktop guide bar The "Unix shell" is a program that will accepts typed commands from the keyboard.
• at the prompt "#" type "mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom" followed by the ENTER key.
Note 7.2 Users: If the mount command fails enter the following command at the "#" prompt. "depmod -ae". This is used to properly configure some hardware setups to read the CD-ROM drive.
• at the prompt "#" type "cd /mnt/cdrom" followed by the ENTER key.
• at the prompt "#" type "./install" followed by the ENTER key to start the installation program.

• The first time a message "No Security Kernel Installed" will Appear. Press START to install the security kernel.
• After the kernel has bee installed the message "Your System Needs to re restarted" .Attach the DineAmix security dongle to your computers parallel port. The dongle is a hardware device that has been pre programed with information about your installation. Press RESTART to restart your computer. Remove the CD while your system is restarting.

• Logon as the root user as described above.
• Insert the DineAmix CD into the cdrom drive and wait for the "Auto run" dialogue to appear.
• Press "Yes" to start the installation program.

• From the Configuration Options panel choose the following;
• If the Server (computer) will be used as a POS station choose "Station" in server box otherwise choose "Office".
• Enter a "Greeting" message in the Greeting line. This message will be displayed  in the "Logon" dialogue.
• If a "Modem" has been installed the select the modem port it is attached to so the installation utility can configure it.
• It you would like some Demonstration data installed check the "Demo Data" button.

• Each station must be configured to reflect the type of program and equipment that will be attached to it. Answer the following questions;
• Network MAC Address:  Enter the MAC address of the stations network card. This has no meaning for Server stations. If you cannot locate this number on the card or in the vendors documentation you can create a "Ether boot" diskette. Use the diskette to boot your computer. The diskette will display the network cards MAC address. (see boot disk Creation)
• Usage: Select the program will be used at the station.
• Touch Screen Model: Select the type of touch screen being used at the station.
• Touch Screen Size: Select the size of monitor for the station.
• Touch Screen Limits: Enter the Lower & Upper X/Y values for the station touch screen. You can enter these values at a later time while calibrating your screen. For now simply accept the values that the program presents.
• Attachments Keyboard: Indicate if a keyboard is present at the station
• Attachments Printer: Indicate if a printer is present at the station.
• Attachments Mouse Type: Select the type of mouse connected to the station.
• Ports Touch Screen: Select which port the Touch Screen is attached to.
• Ports Mouse: Select the port the Mouse is attached to.
• Ports Pole Display: Select the port the Display Pole is attached to.
• Press SAVE to record your changes. Press RESET to return the original values and DISMISS to exit without saving your changes..

Step 9 - "Start Installation"

• Press the START button to begin the installation.
• When the installation is complete press the RESTART button for the changes to take effect.  Remove the CD while the system is rebooting.

• Three (3) Logons were created during the installation.
• "postech" used for technical support.
• "posadmin" used by the client to administer the POS.
• "possales" use to start the POS application at the server.
• Each user has a password of "1pospass".
• Logon as "postech". When the initial dialogue box appears select "Don't Show me Again" and select Dismiss. An icon has been placed on the desktop to allow you quick access to the Configuration and POS utilities. The entire Red Hat suite of applications are available from this logon.
• Logon as "posadmin". This logon takes you directly the POS configuration utilities.
• Logon as "possales". This logon takes you directly to the POS program selected during the installation.