<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Requirements</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="TimeSys Linux Install HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Install the packages" HREF="install_packages.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="sect1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >TimeSys Linux Install HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="install_packages.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="sect1" ><H1 CLASS="sect1" ><A NAME="requirements" ></A >2. Requirements</H1 ><P > For this HOWTO, I assume that you have the following: </P ><P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > <A HREF="ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/" TARGET="_top" >Red Hat Linux 9</A > <A NAME="AEN67" HREF="#FTN.AEN67" ><SPAN CLASS="footnote" >[1]</SPAN ></A > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > <A HREF="http://timesys.com/index.cfm?bdy=linux_bdy_download.cfm&item_id=3827" TARGET="_top" >TimeSys Linux 4.1 Build 155 for the generic Pentium</A > <A NAME="AEN72" HREF="#FTN.AEN72" ><SPAN CLASS="footnote" >[2]</SPAN ></A > </P ></LI ><LI ><P > Pentium-class computer capable of running Red Hat Linux 9 </P ></LI ></UL ></DIV ><H3 CLASS="FOOTNOTES" >Notes</H3 ><TABLE BORDER="0" CLASS="FOOTNOTES" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="5%" ><A NAME="FTN.AEN67" HREF="requirements.html#AEN67" ><SPAN CLASS="footnote" >[1]</SPAN ></A ></TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="95%" ><P >Other Linux distributions are compatible with TimeSys Linux, but I find that RHL9 is the most TimeSys-friendly.</P ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="5%" ><A NAME="FTN.AEN72" HREF="requirements.html#AEN72" ><SPAN CLASS="footnote" >[2]</SPAN ></A ></TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="95%" ><P >Other versions should work, of course, but this is the one I tested. Note, too, that TimeSys may occasionally update its kernel with security fixes, so obtaining the most recent build is recommended.</P ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="install_packages.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Install the packages</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >