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Client Setup

Client Hardware

Now considered slow Pentium 1 computers have more than enough resources to be useful as client machines. Both client and server can run on one PC.

Recommended minimum

Pentium
64Mb
1 Gig HD
CD Drive (for install, can be removed after)
Ethernet card
3.5 floppy

Software

Red Hat 7.3 (or the Unix/Linux of you choice, we use RH for testing)
Sever Installation (you will not need X Windows)
Configure the BIOS to boot without a keyboard
Static IP or dynamic IP Address
Lynx-SSL

As ROOT create a new user called client.

adduser client
passwd client

Download the FDSclient Tarball

FDSclient.tar
Untar in the /home/client directory
tar -xvf FDSclient.tar

Install sync.exe

Follow README file directions.

Time

Keep your computer on time with NTP. It makes small changes in your computer's clock to keep it in time with atomic clocks around the world.
NTP Installation


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