home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
OS/2 Shareware BBS: 8 Other
/
08-Other.zip
/
dnetc.zip
/
readme.os2
< prev
Wrap
Text File
|
2002-06-08
|
4KB
|
82 lines
distributed.net client for OS/2 3.0 or above
Released by Trevor Hemsley <Trevor-Hemsley@dial.pipex.com>
Document revision $Id: readme.os2,v 1.4.2.3 2000/04/21 13:27:46 cyp Exp $
Welcome to the distributed.net client.
This document covers information specific to the client for OS/2.
Refer to other enclosed documentation or browse the online FAQ at
http://www.distributed.net/FAQ for non-platform-specific documentation.
1.0 Getting started
1.1 Runtime library requirements
1.2 Running the client
2.0 OS/2 specific notes
1.0 Getting started ------------------------------------------------
Beginning with v2.8008.459, the distributed.net client for OS/2
requires the EMX runtime libraries.
1.1 EMX runtime library requirements -----------------------------
You MUST have the EMX runtime libraries installed on your machine
in order to run version 2.8008.459 and higher. The easiest way to
check if you have this installed already is to open an OS/2 command
prompt and run EMXREV. The output should say the following (higher
numbers are OK, lower ones mean that you should update to a newer
version).
emxrev
EMX : revision = 60
EMXIO : revision = 60
EMXLIBC : revision = 60
EMXLIBCM : revision = 62
EMXLIBCS : revision = 62
EMXWRAP : revision = 60
If you get a SYS1041: message instead of this output then you do
not have any version of EMX installed. If the numbers listed on
your output are all in the range 50-59 then you should upgrade to
v0.9d. You can obtain the latest version of the EMX runtime library
from your favorite OS/2 program archive. It can be definitely found
at ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/emx/ [currently v0.9d/emxrt.zip]
Installation instructions are included in the archive.
1.1 Running the client--------------------------------------------
Once you have installed EMX then you are ready to run the latest
version of the distributed.net client for OS/2. Just unpack the
client in a directory of your choice and fire it up.
If you have never run the client before, it will initiate the
menu-driven configuration. Save and quit when done, the
configuration file will be saved in the same directory as the
client. Then, simply restart the client. From that point on it will
use the saved configuration.
The configuration options are fairly self-explanatory and can be run
at any time by starting the client with the '-config' option.
A list of command line options is available by starting the client
with '-help'.
If you prefer to have the client start automatically when the computer
is powered up, run the client with the -install switch. To remove the
client from the startup folder, run the client with -uninstall. If you
want the client to run detached when you boot your computer then run
the client with both the -hide and -install switches. If you do this
then you may be wise to setup logging first by running -config and
pointing it to a file.
A "Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Running Your First Client" is
available at http://distributed.net/FAQ/
2.0 Notes: ---------------------------------------------------------
The distributed.net client for OS/2 has been greatly overhauled
and now uses the same source code base as all the other clients on
all the other platforms. This has improved reliability since the
chances that a bug will go unnoticed for any length of time has been
greatly reduced.