Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Setup/Configuration for a Dual Boot Dell T5400 with XP on /dev/sda and Slackware Linux 12.0 on /dev/sdb. Note that some Linux names are system dependent (e.g. an IDE drive may be /dev/hda whereas a SATA drive may be /dev/sda) Also, some sections are marked Legacy: because they may have been useful on earlier systems but are unlikely to be needed now.

Marc Thomas
April 2008


BIOS Settings:
	All Dell BIOS settings set as shipped. Note that during system
	initialization function key F2 takes you into the Dell BIOS 
	and function key F12 gives you a boot menu (which you will 
	want to use when booting the Linux CD). 

Legacy: Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 DOS 2000 Install:
	If the disk is clean install DOS first. 
	Note that the first diskette is a typical 1.44MB but the other
	five diskettes are XDF-format and you must use XDFCOPY (not
	DISKCOPY) .  Also the C: drive primary partition cannot
	exceed 2GB. If the machine ships with Windows but no dual-boot 
	first make a backup of the boot block, registry, etc. (Microsoft 
	calls this making an "Emergency Repair Diskette") with the command

	RDISK /S

	Also make sure that you have the Windows Install floppies
	(we actually have a number of copies of these).  If not, you 
	can put the WIN CD-ROM in the drive, go to the i386 subdirectory 
	on the CD-ROM and then run 

	WINNT32 /OX

	then boot from floppy and install DOS. At this point you have
	to restore the Windows boot block and change BOOT.INI, so
	boot with Windows floppies and after Disk 2 press "R" for
	repair. Deselect ALL OPTIONS EXCEPT "Inspect Boot Sector" and
	continue...Enter to Detect Hardware...Insert Disk 3...and
	finally Windows asks if you have an Emergency Repair Disk,
	say "Yes" and insert it. You should then be able to boot
	Windows from the hard disk.

	Open an MSDOS shell (cmd.exe) and edit C:\BOOT.INI as follows.

	ATTRIB C:\BOOT.INI -R -S
	edit C:\BOOT.INI and insert at the bottom

				C:\="MS-DOS"

	ATTRIB C:\BOOT.INI +R +S

	Now reboot off the hard disk and check both menu entries (DOS and
	Windows).

Making a D: FAT32 Primary Partition (/dev/sdb1) for sharing between XP and Linux:
 On XP go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools
				-> Computer Management
				-> Storage
				-> Disk Management

	and make a 1-2 GByte FAT32 partition on the second drive by
	scrolling down and right clicking and entering partition
	size (1-2GBytes) type (FAT32, because most linux ports can 
	only READ NTFS and not write it), and drive letter. After you 
	make and format the partition, you will have to play the
	let's change drive letters in Windoze shuffle game 
	renaming your CD/DVD drives to free up drive letter D:.	

	second drive (/dev/sdb)
	+-----------------------------------------------------------+
	|             |                                             |
	| 1-2 GByte   |           (unpartitioned for Linux)         |
	| FAT32       |                                             |
	|             |                                             |
	+-----------------------------------------------------------+

Windows System/Unix Utilities:
	Once you have partitioned the second drive add the
	following packages to Windows:

	MKS Toolkit for Developers (Lots of essential stuff, vi,
		ksh, telnetd, etc, if you need to work under both
		Windows and Unix).

	X11-Intensive users may wish to install either Exceed's
		Hummingbird or MKS's XServer for X11 support.
		See section below on X-Windows Support for Windows 
		for more details.

	Sysinternals tools (from http://www.sysinternals.com) for
		Windows. I consider Process Explorer (procexp.exe) 
		and Tcp View (tcpview.exe) almost essential since 
		Windows' task manager is brain-dead and its "netstat" 
		command anemic. There are copies of these at

	    /dist/marc/sysinternals/ProcessExplorer.zip 
	    /dist/marc/sysinternals/TcpView.zip 

	on our server: helios.cs.csubak.edu.

Adding Linux as a Dual-Boot System
   This section describes the addition of Slackware Linux 12.0
	to a Windows XP system. It assumes that you are going to have
	a FAT32 as your first primary partition of the D: drive and
	that it is active , e.g. something like:

	first drive 0 (/dev/sda)
	+-----------------------------------------------------------+
	|                                                           |
	|                                                           |
	| NTFS                                                      |
	|                                                           |
	+-----------------------------------------------------------+
	second drive 1 (/dev/sdb)
	+-----------------------------------------------------------+
	|             |                                             |
	| 1-2 GByte   |           (unpartitioned for Linux)         |
	| FAT32       |                                             |
	|             |                                             |
	+-----------------------------------------------------------+

	The following describes the current Slackware Linux 12.0
	Install process. Note that this changes from time to time
	so the following is NOT set in cement.

	Boot the Dell PC and hit function key F12 to take you to
	the boot menu. Put Slackware CD number 1 into your drive
	and select and boot to it. You should get a boot message
	which tells you options. This is good for recovery
	purposes. Right now, you want to do Installation only.

	Use fdisk or cfdisk (menu driven) to make extended partitions
	on your second drive. I use cfdisk. The extended partitions
	all sit inside of a primary partition and will be numbered: 
	/dev/sdb5, /dev/sdb6, ... etc. I did the following with a 
	160GByte SATA drive. Of course, your entries may well be 
	different. Make SURE you partition the second disk (/dev/sdb) 
	and NOT the first (/dev/sda):

	cfdisk /dev/sdb

	Mount Point	   Type		     Size Range 	    Name
	-----------	------------	--------------------	------------
	[none]		Linux Swap	  4096 MBytes		/dev/sdb5
	/		Linux 		  4096 MBytes		/dev/sdb6
	/usr		Linux 		 16384 MBytes		/dev/sdb7
	/var		Linux 		 32670 MBytes		/dev/sdb8
	/home		Linux		101672 MBytes		/dev/sdb9

	The actual Names are not critical but you will need to record
	the name for '/' for use later when you strip off a copy of 
	the boot block

	dd if=/dev/sdb6 of=/tmp/bootsect.lnx bs=1 count=512

	for later incorporation of Linux in the BOOT.INI menu. You will
	then format the drives. Swap has its own format (type=82);
	the rest have a Linux format (type=83) and I used ext3 (other
	options are ext2 and reiserfs).

	You will next be asked to select components. I selected all
	(takes about 2GBytes) except KDEI (International language
	support for KDE) since I wanted to run fluxbox as my window
	manager.

	You will next be asked if you want to make a USB Boot Stick.
	It used to be possible to make a Boot Floppy but the Linux
	kernel is too large now. If you have a USB Memory Stick you
	can do this; I didn't and did not. In any case, in an
	emergency, one can always boot from the Slackware Install CD
	number 1. See the section  Slackware Recovery Boot From CD 
	for more details.

	You will next be asked where you want to install the Linux
	Loader LILO. BE CAREFUL. You want to select "expert" and put
	LILO in the boot block sector of your root Linux Partition (i.e.
	/dev/sdb6 if partitioned as above). *** NEVER PUT LILO in the 
	MASTER BOOT RECORD (MBR) of your hard drive or YOU WILL WIPE 
	THE WINDOWS BOOT LOADER ***

	You will next be asked to do network configuration. You can
	do this now or you can run 

	netconfig

	later on. I usually do it as part of the install and if
	I need to change something later, I run "netconfig" 
	You will need to specify:

	  (set in /etc/hosts)
	    your hostname	  (e.g. facpc0 in /etc/hosts)

	  (set in /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf)
	    your ip-address (e.g. 136.168.200.150)
	    your mask	  (e.g. 255.255.0.0)
	    your Gateway	  (e.g. 136.168.1.100)

	  (set in /etc/resolv.conf)
	    your domain	  (e.g. cs.csubak.edu in /etc/resolv.conf)
	    your DNS server	  (e.g. 136.168.201.110)
	      alt DNS server(e.g. 136.168.1.4)

	Finally, you need to peel off the Linux 512-byte loader
	from the boot block sector of your root Linux partition
	(i.e. /dev/sdb6 if patitioned as above). Do this with the 
	"dd" command (you may need type "/mnt/bin/dd"). MAKE 
	ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN YOU HAVE TYPED THIS CORRECTLY BEFORE
	YOU HIT :

	dd if=/dev/sdb6 of=/tmp/bootsect.lnx bs=1 count=512

	(actually you can use "bs=512 count=1" as well). This
	copies the 512-byte Linux first stage loader to a binary file 
	with 512 bytes, check with

	cd /tmp
	ls -al 

	Put a DOS-formatted floppy in a: drive and copy the file to 
	it with mtools and check the copy

	mcopy /tmp/bootsect.lnx a:
	mdir a:

	If all looks ok, write protect the floppy and put it in a
	safe place. If you reconfigure LILO at a later time you
	will have to repeat this procedure. Now reboot Linux

	shutdown -r +1 

	and let the PC reboot into Windows XP.

	After logging into XP (as Administrator) copy the file 
	bootsect.lnx from the floppy to the Window root directory
	 C:\.  Make the file C:\BOOT.INI temporarily writeable:

	ATTRIB -S -R C:\BOOT.INI

	If the system won't let you do this, use the MKS Korn Shell
	to "mv" boot.ini to boot.ini_old and, with your favorite
	text editor (vi) edit a copy of this, adding the line

	C:\bootsect.lnx="Linux"

	to the END of BOOT.INI then restore the
	permissions via:

	ATTRIB +S +R C:\BOOT.INI
	
	You can now restart the PC and you should be able to choose
	between "Windows XP" and "Linux" via the boot menu. After
	booting Linux, login and check the directory /boot . You 
	should see symlinks something like the following when you do an
	"ls -lart"

	vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-huge-smp-2.6.21.5-smp 
	config -> config-huge-smp-2.6.21.5-smp 
	System.map -> System.map-huge-smp-2.6.21.5-smp 

	Also check /etc/lilo.conf which should look something like

	  boot = /dev/sdb6
	  prompt
	  timeout = 300
	  # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
	  vga = 773
	  image = /boot/vmlinuz
	    root = /dev/sdb6
	    label = Linux
	    read-only  

	It is a good idea to make a backup of this file.

Slackware Linux Recovery Boot From CD
	If your dualboot fails, either because you forgot to run
	lilo after applying a kernel patch or some other reason
	you can reboot the Dell PC and hit function key F12 to take 
	you to the boot menu. Put Slackware CD number 1 into your 
	drive and select and boot to it. You will get a message about 
	booting options (or installation). For our system, typing

	 hugesmp.s root=/dev/sdb6 rdinit=ro 

	at the "boot" promt will boot the huge kernal from CD but
	mount your filesystems from /etc/fstab. This will 
	hopefully let you run lilo or whatever you need to do to repair 
	the dualboot system.

Add At Least One User for Linux
	You don't want to work as "root" all the time. You will want 
	to have at least one non-privileged user (yourself) on the 
	system. Make (as root) a home directory for the user, for 
	example:

	cd /home/users 
	mkdir demo 
	
	Use the "useradd" command to set a home directory, userid,
	and initial group, for example:

	useradd -d /home/users/demo -u 1024 -g wheel demo 

	Set the initial password for this user:

	passwd demo 
	
	Go back and fix permissions on the user's home directory:

	chown demo /home/users/demo 
	chgrp wheel /home/users/demo 

	You now want to login and test this account on another
	console. Make sure you can "su" to root from this
	account (this is the reason for group "wheel").  You can 
	fully customize this login (.profile, etc.) at a later date.

Linux Network Security
	You may have mistakenly checked services during installation 
	which you really don't want to run. You should double-check 
	what is actually running with

	 netstat -an 

	 I usually tighten up network security by editing 
	/etc/inetd.conf so that the daemons:

			 echo  
			 daytime  
			 discard  
			 chargen  
			 gopher  
			 shell 
			 comsat 
			 exec  
			 {any}talk 
			 {any}finger  
			 pop-2 
			 pop-3  
			 imap 
			 login  
			 time  
			 uucp 
			 tftp 
			 bootps 
			 sysstat 
			 netstat 
			 auth (ident) 
			 linuxconf 

	are all commented out. I also make sure that none
	of the SUN RPC services are running

	rpcinfo -p 
	rpcinfo -T udp 

	In Slackware they should NOT be running, but other Linuxes
	may need minimal RPC support in the form of the portmapper
	daemon, or support for certain desktops (e.g. KDE). You
	do NOT want to run

		rpc.ttdbserverd	(a tooltalk daemon) 
		rcp.cmsd	(a tooltalk daemon) 

	under ANY circumstances.

	Depending on future events one might have to adjust the above 
	in additional ways. You should always check the logs in 
	/var/log regularly.

Linux X11 and Desktop Configuration
 	I usually do the X-Windows configuration for Linux after the 
	main installation.  I used the X11 installer

	xorgsetup

	and let it probe for a generic nVIDIA ("nv" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf)
	I set 24 bits color, a bus mouse, and I set fluxbox as the window 
	manager. If all goes well, try

	startx
	
	and you should get the desktop. If not, check /var/log for
	errors and run xorgsetup again. If is doesn't work, this can 
	become a frustrating exercise in the case of some graphics 
	cards and drivers. Once you get it correct, make a backup
	copy of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

	If your PC is in an open area be aware the a locked X Server
	can be killed by issuing CTRL-ALT-Backspace (bringing 
	the machine back to the shell prompt). For extra security, you 
	might want to start X11 with

	exec startx

	since, then, if someone kills your X Server it will bring the
	machine back to the login prompt (not to the shell).

Linux Post-Installation Issues
	Here are some minor problems which hung me up for a while:

	1. Like many unixes, Slackware lacks an "rexec" command.
	   I got my usual rexec.c source and compiled it and put it 
	   in $HOME/bin so that I can easily start an xterm on helios 
	   as follows:

	xhost +helios.cs.csubak.edu
	rexec helios.cs.csubak.edu -l demo /usr/openwin/bin/xterm
		-display facpc0:cs.csubak.edu:0 -geometry 80x50 -ls

	   Obviously, it is easier to write a short script for
	   this and put it in $HOME/bin, which is what I did after
	   I got it working correctly.

	2. I couldn't get Slackware's lpr command to read
	   the printcap normally. I finally get LPRng from one of
	   the public mirrors, compiled it with some difficulty (got 
	   rid of TERMIOX stuff in ./src/common/stty.c, etc.) to make 
	   LPRng's lpr, which I renamed LPR and put in 
	   my $HOME/bin directory. What I like about LRPng is that, in a 
 	   pinch, you can use it without ANY /etc/printcap entry, e.g.

	LPR -Ptext@cs10.pr.csub.edu mytextfile

	3. My PC has both a CD/DVD and a CD/DVD-RW. The first is E; 
	   under Windows XP (and /dev/cdrom or sr0 under Slackware) and 
	   the second is F: under Windows XP. I wasted some time putting 
	   the CD into the wrong drive.  After uncommenting the "cdrom" 
	   entry in /etc/fstab (which mounts the CD on /mnt/cdrom), I was 
	   then (as root) able to mount/umount the CD in the standard way:

	mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom 
	umount /mnt/cdrom 

	4. Slackware comes with TeX/LaTeX installed (teTeX package)
	   however some of the defaults need to be changed. For example, 
	   "dvips" is set to automatically print to lpr and is set for 
	   A4 paper. To fix these problems

	 cd /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config 
	 cp -p config.ps config.ps_org 
	
	   and edit config.ps changing the line "o | lpr" to 
	   just "o" and commenting out the A4 lines with "%" characters.
	   You should then be able to process and display a TeX file, 
	   e.g. "sample.tex" as follows:

	 tex sample 
	 dvips sample 
	 ps2pdf sample.ps 
	 xpdf sample.pdf & 

	5. Slackware comes with the "vi" editor linked to the "elvis"
	   editor.  The "elvis" editor thinks it can interpret *.tex
	   files but it can't and the results look BAD. To "disable" 
	   this non-capability 

	 cd /usr/share/elvis-2.2_0 
	 cp -p elvis.syn elvis.syn_org 
	 cp -p elvis.arf elvis.arf_org 

	   and edit elvis.syn commenting out all ".tex" 
	   references. Edit elvis.arf and remove the line

	 case .tex set! bufdisplay=tex 

	    Elvis should then work like a proper vi.

	6. Firefox seems to not have Adobe Acrobat reader built in. 
	   Use xpdf instead. When it asks you for an action point 
	   to /usr/bin/pdf and make sure that you check the option 
	   to use this same program from now on. Check with
			Edit-> Preferences
			    -> Content
			    -> Manage
	   to see that type *.pdf is now set to use /usr/bin/xpdf

	7. Firefox Adobe flash plugin works ok. Download the *tar.gz
	   version 9 for linux, gunzip, tar xvf and stuff will be in
	   some directory like

	 ./install_flash_player_9_linux 

	   run flashplayer-installer as root and tell it to put files
	   under /usr/lib/firefox

	8. Still problems with getting any sound from flash and
	   the Intel 631 sound chipset on the Dell T5400. Usual way
	   is to just run as root:

	 alsaconf 

	    and check with

	 lsmod 
	 lspci 

	    apparently the kernel is still not supporting this
	    sound chipset on the Dell T5400 (as of Sept 2008).

Legacy: BIOS Tricks With LILO:
	It is possible to swap drives (drive 0 and drive 1) with
	LILO so that, for example, you could install DOS on
	drive D:. Here is what /etc/lilo.conf would look like
	(you will have to make device and kernel name changes for 
	your system):

	  boot=/dev/hdb5
	  map=/boot/map
	  install=/boot/boot.b
	  prompt
	  timeout=50
	  image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
	  	label=linux
	  	root=/dev/hdb5
	  	read-only
	  other=/dev/hdb1
	  	label=dos_on_D
	  	table=/dev/hdb
	  	map-drive=0x80 
	  		to=0x81
	  	map-drive=0x81 
	  		to=0x80
	  other=/dev/hda1
	  	label=dos_on_C
	  	table=/dev/hda

	When you get the LILO prompt you hit TAB and then type
	which option you want. Of course, when you edit /etc/lilo.conf
	to make these changes you will, of course, have to run LILO again

	/sbin/lilo -v 

	(the "-v" is for verbose) which will update the boot sector of
	the partition listed in "boot=" above.  Query the update with

	/sbin/lilo -q 

	Finally, you will need to repeat the procedure above of peeling off 
	the bootblock (using dd:) and updating the file C:\bootsect.lnx
	as you did in the section Adding Linux as a Dual-Boot 
	System above.

Package Management in Linux
	Different Linuxes have different methods of software package
	management. One common method (used by RedHat) is through
	the use of rpm-files. Typical commands are:

	Find information on a file:
	  rpm -qf {filename}	

	Find information on one package (e.g. "net-tools", "libpcap"):
	  rpm -q {package name} 

	Find information on all packages:
	  rpm -q -a 

	Find and list all files associated with a package:
	  rpm -q -l {package name} 

	Install package (e.g. "net-tools" sources) with:
	  rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/SRPMS/net-tools-1.33-6.src.rpm 
	or
	  rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/redhat/rpms/kernel-smp-2.2.5-15.i686.rpm 

	Query an uninstalled package (e.g. "libpcap") with:
	  rpm -q -l -p libpcap*.rpm 

	Verify binaries with:
	  for i in $(rpm -qa); do rpm -V $i; done 

	Slackware does NOT use rpm's and, in fact, it does NOT 
	do dependency checking. This is of concern because the classic
	scenario in upgrading is: version 1 of both package X and
	package Y use version 1 of lib Z. The upgrade of package
	Y to version 2 requires version 2 of lib Z but version 2 of
	lib Z is NOT backwards compatible with version 1 of lib Z
	and, hence, package X fails to work after the upgrade.

	An official Slackware package consists of a tar-archive file 
	which has been compressed by gzip (*.tgz). After installation 
	there will be a record of the package and its files in 
	/var/adm/packages (actually symlinked to /var/log/packages). 
	This record is just a text file.

	View information about the installed package:
	  cat /var/adm/packages/net-tools-1.60-i486-1  

	When packages are installed or upgraded the files and first 
	extracted and then, typically, a script named
	./install/doinst.sh is run. If you are in any doubt you 
	can use explodepkg to extract the files in the current 
	directory without running the "doinst.sh" script or updating 
	the installed-packages database in /var/adm/packages. 
	For example:

	  cd /tmp 
	  mkdir temp 
	  cd temp 
	  /sbin/explodepkg 
	     /fat-d/slackware/patches/xpdf-3.02pl2-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

	You can then look at the files which would have been installed 
	as well as the script ./install/doinst.sh. Other useful commands 
	are:

	Show the current status of modules in the Linux kernel:
	  lsmod 

	Find information on an executable file (e.g. /bin/ksh):
	  ldd -v {filename} 

	I tend to first put Slackware patches on my D: drive (Windows), 
	which is /fat-d under Linux, because I can access this FAT32 
	drive from either system. I have subdirectories

	  /fat-d/slackware/patches 
	  /fat-d/slackware/config 

	for this purpose. I move these to /var/patches for running
	installpkg(new)/upgradepkg(exising). For example

	  cd /var/patches 
	  cp /fat-d/slackware/patches/xpdf-3.02*.tgz . 

	If I am feeling paranoid I can do

	  installpkg -warn xpdf-3.02pl2-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz > dumpfile 

	and examine dumpfile to see what files would have been
	overwritten when installing this package. If I am satisfied
	and this is an upgrade of an existing package I then do

	  upgradepkg xpdf-3.02pl2-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz 

	WARNING: IF YOU ARE UPGRADING THE KERNEL MAKE SURE THAT YOU
	RE-RUN LILO and then repeat the procedure above of peeling off 
	the bootblock (using dd:) and updating the file C:\bootsect.lnx
	as you did in the section Adding Linux as a Dual-Boot 
	System above.

Blocking Outside Routes Overnight on Linux
	If you are leaving your machine on overnight, you
	can block access from outside domains using the  route 
	command. For example, our class B domain is 136.168.0.0
	and our default gateway is 136.168.1.100. Pick any vanilla
	PC (who said Windows was useless?) or MAC in your domain.
	If one does

	/sbin/route delete default gw 136.168.1.100 eth0 
	/sbin/route add default gw {any PC or MAC} eth0 

	then effectively there will be NO access to/from your
	machine except within the 136.168.0.0 network. One can
	restore the situation via

	/sbin/route delete default gw {the same dumb PC or MAC} eth0 
	/sbin/route add default gw 136.168.1.100 eth0 

Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Registry Security Settings:
	If you are NOT going to use the NETBIOS the way to disable 
	public shares is different than for NT because Windows 2000 
	also uses port 445. The best solution is to do the following:

	Open Settings->Control Panel->Network->Advanced (from menu bar)
		-> Advanced Settings

	Select the Network Card from which you will be unbinding the 
	NETBIOS (if there is more than one) and Uncheck File Sharing 
	for Microsoft Networks. This will disable all incoming requests 
	to BOTH ports 139 and 445. No reboot should be required. If you 
	want to test this, go to a 2nd Windows box and make a request 
	for a generic share by typing

	net use \\{ip-address of machine}\ipc$ "" /user:"" 

	This should fail if the NETBIOS was successfully disabled.

Additional Internet Software:
	Install from the CD labeled Internet software/floppies or
	you can get some of these from pegasus:/dist subdirectories.

	WinZip
	Adobe Acrobat  
	Putty

X-Windows Support for Windows:
	Easiest to use option is Exceed's Hummingbird. This is almost
	essential for having a session with a Unix box with graphics 
	support (recall that telnet is text based only). 

	Hummingbird Exceed 
		Typical install
		Register Later
		No password
		No shortcuts on the desktop
		Run Optimization
		Reboot
		Run Exceed->Xsession->New Program->Xclient using:
		   pegasus.cs.csubak.edu, DEC UNIX, 
	 	   Command: /usr/bin/X11/xterm -display computername:0.0 -ls 
		   File->SaveAs->Desktop->XTerm	
		Check file \Program Files\Exceed.nt\user\xhost.txt for
		   access control
		Create shortcut to \Program Files\Exceed.nt\Xstart.exe
		   in order to start the X/Server on port 6000

	Other Option is MKS's XServer. This requires more work at
	configuration; if you are not well versed with X11 you will
	have to spend some time reading the documentation.

	MKS XServer
		You MUST Register first
		Typical install
		No password/default profile
		Run Optimization
		Reboot
		MKS XServer->Configuration->MKS X/Server Configuration
			(configure Security)
		MKS XServer->Configuration->MKS X/Server Services
			(disable Printing)
		Check file \Program Files\MKS XServer\User\xhosts.txt
		   for access control (I had much trouble getting
		   this to work!)
		Create shortcut to \Program Files\MKS XServer\xvision.exe
		   in order to start the X/Server on port 6000

Install MikTeX for Windows:
	This package includes the mathematical typesetting
	packaages TeX, LATeX, LATeX2e, the TeX-Previewer Yap. We also have 
	a TeX spell checker (amspell.exe - self-extracting zip). Some 
	faculty like to use these in conjunction with the shareware
	editor "UltraEdit." 

	If the user does want UltraEdit we have this on two floppy
	disks. I would recommend making a directory "C:\windows\ultraed"
	and copying all files to this subdirectory. Then you can use
	the "set_aed.cmd" file to start UltraEdit. Note that the
	customizable part of UltraEdit is in the file "uedit32.ini".

	MikTeX has become sufficiently complicated so that it now
	has a Windows wizard-type setup. All files are on 
	pegasus.cs.csubak.edu in or under the directory 
	/dist/winnt/miktex-2.1. The best procedure is to go
	to this directory and read README.txt and follow
	the instructions which will involve making a temporary
	install directory (say e:\loc_repo), copying the files over
	with ftp in binary mode and running setup.exe.