SCO Skunkware Download/Install Instructions

SCO OpenServer Custom Installable Media Images

Note: Compressed tar archives of binary distributions for SCO OpenServer are also available. Many of these have not yet been engineered for installation with SCO custom. You can find these manually installable packages via ftp://ftp.sco.com/skunkware/osr5/dist/

If you'd like to install all of the custom installable Skunkware 97 OpenServer components and don't have the Skunkware 97 CD-ROM, follow these instructions :

Make sure you have 60MB free in your root filesystem.
Also, make sure you have another 60MB available either in root or in another filesystem.
Be prepared to spend some time waiting. See table below.
Create an empty directory on your machine to hold the images:
```
   # mkdir /tmp/sw97media
```
Note: This is where your media images will be downloaded. If necessary, make this empty directory on another filesystem.

Establish an anonymous ftp connection to ftp.sco.com

   # cd /tmp/sw97media
   # ftp -i ftp.sco.com
   Name: ftp
   Password: your e-mail address

Change working directory to the Skunkware media images directory
```
   ftp> cd skunkware/osr5/cdmt/archives/TAPE
```
Setup for automatic download of binary images
```
   ftp> bin
```
Download media images - there are about 100 VOL files.
```
   ftp> mget *
```
After completing the transfer, exit the ftp session
```
   ftp> quit
```
Now, install the Skunkware 97 OpenServer components by issuing the following command (as root) :
```
   # custom -p SKUNK97:default -i -z `pwd`
```

Note that the Xmcd installation will ask if you want to connect to "remote CD database servers". You can safely say "no" and set this up later.

Xmcd installation will also undertake to run mkdev cdrom if the cdrom device is not fully configured.

You can now remove the media images, or archive them to tape for use on other systems.

If you wish to remove them now :

   # rm -f VOL*

Transfer times via ftp will depend on the speed of your connection. Here are some (optimal) ballpark estimates of the download times for various download speeds :

 a) 28.8kb (typical modem) transfer duration:
 ( (50 * 1024 * 1024) / ( 28.8 * 1024 / 8) ) / (60 * 60)
 4 hours

 b) 56kb (Frame Relay) transfer duration:
 ( (50 * 1024 * 1024) / ( 56 * 1024 / 8) ) / (60 * 60)
 2 hours

 c) 64kb (single B channel ISDN) transfer duration:
 ( (50 * 1024 * 1024) / (64 * 1024 / 8) ) / (60 * 60)
 1 3/4 hours

 d) 128kb (dual B channel ISDN) transfer duration:
 ( (50 * 1024 * 1024) / (128 * 1024 / 8) ) / (60 * 60)
 40 minutes

 e) 1.544mb (max T1 line) transfer duration:
 ( (50 * 1024 * 1024) / (1.544 * (1024 * 1024) / 8) ) / 60 
 4 1/2 minutes