DX can be run directly from the CD on platforms that support either the RockRidge extensions to the ISO9660 CD format standard, or are case insensitive with respect to file names. Platforms that this will work on are the following:
- AIX 4.1 and 3.2.5 (3.2.5 requires PTF 422452)
- Solaris 2.3
- IRIX 5.2
- DEC OSF/1 V2 and V3 (requires '-o rrip' option on the mount command)
- SunOS 4.1.3
- DG-UX 5.4.2
Platforms that this will NOT work on are the following:
After mounting the CD, simply set your DXROOT environment variable to the path of the DX directory. For example,
- csh users: setenv DXROOT /cdrom/dx
- ksh users: export DXROOT=/cdrom/dx
- sh users: DXROOT=/cdrom/dx; export DXROOT
and set your PATH environment variable to include /cdrom/dx/bin as follows,
- csh users: setenv PATH $PATH:/cdrom/dx/bin; rehash
- ksh users: export PATH=$PATH:/cdrom/dx/bin
- sh users: PATH=$PATH:/cdrom/dx/bin; export DXROOT
DX requires an enabling key to run. If you have already installed a nodelocked or concurrent key, then DX running from the CD will use those. If you have a trial key, then you should put the trial key code in the environment variable DXTRIALKEY. For example,
- csh users: setenv DXTRIALKEY "adfadf45kvk43ls.lerf"
- ksh users: export DXTRIALKEY="adfadf45kvk43ls.lerf"
- sh users: DXTRIALKEY="adfadf45kvk43ls.lerf"; export DXROOT
If you need to obtain a trial enabling key, run /cdrom/dx/bin/NodeID.
Note: DX will NOT start up as quickly as it would from a hard disk. If you are concerned about performance, we strongly recommend that you install DX to your hard disk and then try DX.
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