Installation manual

Installing the OpenVMS VAX Operating System
3.2 Creating the System Disk
If you... Then choose...
Are not planning to install the DECwindows
Motif for OpenVMS VAX layered product but
are installing OpenVMS VAX on a workstation
or on an OpenVMS Cluster system that
includes workstations
DECwindows base support and
DECwindows workstation support
Want to provide font files for X terminals DECwindows base support and
DECwindows workstation support
Have a workstation monitor (for example,
a VR150, VR160, or VR295) capable of
displaying 100 dots/inch or a VAXstation 4000
series computer, which uses 100 dots/inch
video fonts by default
DECwindows base support and
DECwindows workstation support with
the 100 dots/inch option.
By selecting the workstation support
files, you automatically get 75 dots/inch
video font files, and you will be prompted
to indicate if you want to install 100
dots/inch video font files
The procedure displays the following:
You can select DECwindows support now, or you can use the DECW$TAILOR utility
to provide or remove DECwindows support after the installation.
Some media, TK50s in particular, can be very slow when tailoring on files.
You might want to select DECwindows now and tailor off unwanted files later.
NOTE: This kit does NOT contain full DECwindows.
To obtain full DECwindows, you must also install the separate
layered product, DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS VAX.
Version 1.2-4 is the minimum version of DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS VAX
that can be used with OpenVMS VAX V7.3.
The DECwindows components provided in this kit require appro ximately
34400 blocks, broken down as follows:
o DECwindows base support - 4400 blocks
o DECwindows workstation support - 23800 blocks
- 75 dots per inch video fonts (included)
- 100 dots per inch video fonts (optional) - 6200 blocks
You must select the DECwindows base support option if
- you plan to run DECwindows software, or
- you are installing this kit on
* a workstation or
* an OpenVMS Cluster that contains workstations, or
- you want to provide font files for Xterminals.
If you are installing this kit on a system that includes Xterminals
and you do NOT select DECwindows base support, then you will have to use
the DECW$TAILOR utility to provide font files.
* Do you want the DECwindows base support? (Y/N) y
Space remaining: 1908594 blocks
You must select the DECwindows workstation support option if
- you are installing this kit on
* a workstation or
* an OpenVMS Cluster that contains workstations, or
- you want to provide font files for Xterminals.
If you are installing this kit on a system that includes Xterminals
and you do NOT select DECwindows base support, then you will have to use
the DECW$TAILOR utility to provide font files.
* Do you want to install DECwindows workstation support? (Y/N) y
Space remaining: 1884794 blocks
DECwindows workstation support includes the 75 dots per inch video fonts.
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