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The SAPO system history

SAPO is a set of powerful applications oriented to the CARTA 's implementation (transform artistic creation to technical drawing), designs blond curtains, lace , etc. ... These products are manufactured by the German company Karl Mayer 's textile machinery or in ancient looms leavers.
The SAPO system was originally created for HP's workstations with HP-UX operating system, because they were more powerful than any PC on the market. The personal computing progress make PC getting faster and cheaper, and became more interesting to migrate the code to the new and primitive Linux running on personal computers.

We choose Redhat distribution because was free and had a lot of similarities with directories and config files structure with HP-UX. Redhat became a commercial product, so we move to another open source alternative to maintain and improve the stability and security. This distribution isCentOS, which did not have the latest versions of software that other distributions derived from Redhat have like Fedora, but instead have a better stability .

We kept the maximum appearance with the idea to ​​avoid user adaptation to different environments that haven't used. For this reason, we install a linux compatible HP-UX workstations desktop called CDE, but now we are working to migrate SAPO system to any modern desktops integrated with current Linux versions like Gnome, or KDE, to improve the user experience and comfort as much as possible without losing security and stability.

SAPO system installation's notes

• Currently is needed to install SAPO on PCs, laptops and desktops, where you can install a CentOS Linux operating system. The recommended version up to date is CentOS 5.x, because the old CDE desktop is incompatible with the latest version (CentOS 6 when writing this manual).
• During the operating system installation, hard drive's data could be erased so you should have a backup of your existing user data.
• The setup editor used in this manual is vi. This file editor is very powerful, but not recommended if you don't have previous experience. In this case, there are other editors more intuitive like nano'.
• Remember that edit config files is critical and extremely delicate operation that can make the system won't boot properly.
• A new system installation have 4 stages:

1. Installing the Linux operating system 'CentOS 5.x'.
2. Installing the CDE desktop.
3. Installing the SAPO design system.
4. Installing additional applications.

Installation

Linux Operating System

Linux CentOS 5.x operating system installation

The installation Iso images can be downloaded from the CentOS's official website:
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5/isos/i386 /

The 32-bit Linux version (i386) ensures compatibility with SAPO system. This manual explains the graphical installation mode.

1. Boot with the CentOS 5.x installation CD-ROM.



2. If you boot from the netinstall CD_ROM version
Will be necessary an internet connection available and a few preliminary steps make with a wizard running in text mode:

If the CD-ROM isn't the netinstall version, go to step:Start the installation wizard.

1. Language selection
This language will be used during installation, but also determine the default options such as language, keyboard, time zone, etc..



2. keyboard selection



3. Installation Method

This specifies how to access the installation files.

To get the official version from the CentOS 's webpage, select HTTP.



4. network configuration
For default network configuration use the DHCP (automatic) option. However, Network parameters can be manually configured here but this setting is only used to access the installer's files and will be necesary to configure the final network during the setup process.



5. Location of installation files



Parameters to get the official version.
Site Name:	mirror.centos.org
Directory of files:	/centos-5/5.8/os/i386

6. Completing the netinstall process
Finally, it will download the installation wizard will start automatically

This process can take about 5 minutes.





3. Start installation wizard.



4. Language selection.

This screen does not appear if the language has been selected.

This language will be used during installation, but also will be installed by default in the operating system and determine the default options (keyboard, time zone, etc).



5. keyboard selection.

This screen does not appear if the keyboard has been selected.




6. installation type selection.

This screen only displays if any CentOS operating system is installed.




7. disk partitions.

The management of partitions on a disk can cause the loss of data.

Select manual partitioning (create custom layout) whether if it is a new installation or a reinstallation where already have an existing partition table. Manual partitioning will have the absolute control over the entire process.




1. Partition Manager

Using LVM partitions is not recommended, to avoid alocating the information betwen different physical disks.




2. To create a partition use the New button.

If you will like to edit an existing partition, Select it first and then use the Editbutton

Creating a regular partition	Creating a swap partition



3. Choose size, type and where to mount the partitions.

option to format the partition is available only if the partition previously existed. In this case, 'VERY It's not format the partition that contains the user data (/home in the example) Formating a partition containing user data (/home in the example) IS NOT RECOMMENDED because you will loss all the information on it.

TABLE PARTITION DISK RECOMMENDED BY A 250 Gb / dev / sda

Partition	Installation	Partition Type	Size	Size Options	Primary Partition	Format	Background
/Dev/sda1	/boot	ext3	200 Mb	Size Fixed	YES	YES	System Boot Partition operating
/Dev/sda2	/		50 to 100 Gb				main operating system partition
/Dev/sda3	/home		All the free space available	Complete all the available free space	NO	NO	User's data partition
/Dev/sda4	N / A	SWAP	Same as installed memory	Size Fixed	NO	YES	Swap partition



8. Installing the GRUB boot loader (GRUB boot loader).
Leave the values ​​displayed by default.



9. Network setup
For default network configuration use the DHCP (automatic) option. However, network parameters can be manually configured here.



10. Time Settings.

The UTC indicates that the computer's internal clock is synchronized with the time Greenwich Mean Time





11. Creating the root 's password'.

The root user is the system administrator and have full access privileges. is very important to remember this password.




12. Selection packages to install.
Select Desktop - Gnome, this includes a set of basic desktop applications.
At the end, the system will check for dependency integrity and complete the list of packages to install.




13. Installing Packages.
The system will start installing the selected packages. When finish, restart the computer.

This may take about 30 minutes and is completely automatic.




14. The first boot time setup wizard screen will appear.



15. Initial firewall setup.
To allow the CADT 's technical assistance team having access to your computer over Internet, the firewall must accept access through the SSH port (22) .



16. SELinux configuration.

SELinux is an advanced system protection, but requires extensive configuration, so it is recommended to disable it.




17. Setting the date and time.



18. Creating 'CADT' user.


To allow remote access to the system by CADT 's team,The following standard user account must be created:


Username:	CADT
Full name:	CADT S.L.
Password:	boira1

19. Configuring the sound card.



20. additional CDs.

To complete the installation click "Finish"


21. when the wizard is finished, if SELinux has been disabled as recommended, the computer will reboot.
When the login screen appears, login with username 'CADT' and password 'boira1'.

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Linux CentOS 6.x operating System Installation

installation iso images are available at CentOS official website:. http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/isos/i386/ CentOS 6.x does not guarantee compatibility with SAPO system. This manual explains the graphical mode installation.

1. Boot from CentOS 6.x's CD-ROM .


If the chosen CD-ROM is netinstall version will be necessary an internet connection, in this case, will be necessary a few preliminary steps with the text mode wizard:

If not netinstall CD-ROM version chosen, go to: Start the installation wizard.

1. Checking installation disk
Setup wizard allow to check the disk.



2. Language selection
This language will be used during installation, but also determine the default options such language, keyboard, time zone, etc..



3. Keyboard layout selection



4. Installation Method

This specifies the installation files access method.

For CentOS version from the official webpage select URL.



5. network configuration
Default network configuration will be DHCP (automatic). However, if we know the network parameters can be set manually here. This setting is only used to access the installer's files and later will configure the final system network.

6. File Location




URL for the official version:

http://mirror.centos.org/centos-6/6.2/os/i386

7. Completing the netinstall process
Finally, the installation wizard will download and start automatically.

This process can take about 5 minutes.




2. Start the installation wizard.



3. Language selection.

This screen doesn't appear if language have been selected.

This language will be used during installation and installed as default also determine the default options (keyboard, time zone, etc).



4. keyboard layout selection.

This screen does not appear if keyboard layout have been selected above.




5. storage type selection.



6. Configuration hostname.
This is the computer network's ID and name



7. Time Settings.

The UTC indicates that the computer's internal clock is synchronized with the Greenwich Mean Time





8. Creating the root's password.

The system administrator called root have full access privileges. is very important do not forgive the password entered here.




If is a weak password, the following warning is showed:

9. Disk partitions.

The partition management can be the cause of loss data so we recommend a backup.

Select manual partitioning (create custom layout) it doesn't matter if is a reinstallation where already exist a partition table. Manual partition will have absolute control over the entire process.




1. Partition Manager

Using LVM partitions is not recommended, because the information is into a partition on different physical disks.




2. Use New button to create a new partition.

If you want to edit an existing partition, select it first and click Edit



3. Choose size,type and where to mount the partition.

The format partition option is available only if the partition existed previously . In this case,'VERY IMPORTANT do not format the partition that contains the user data (/home in the example) Format user data partition (/home in the example) IS NOT RECOMMENDED AT ALL because there will be a loss of user data

PARTITION TABLE RECOMMENDED FOR A 250 Gb DISK on /dev /sda
Partition	Installation	Partition Type	Size	Size Options	Primary Partition	Format	Background
/Dev/sda1	/boot	ext3	200 Mb	Size Fixed	YES	YES	System Boot Partition operating
/Dev/sda2	/		50 to 100 Gb				main operating system partition
/Dev/sda3	/home		All the free space available	Complete all the available free space	NO	NO	partition where you store all the data user
/Dev/sda4	N /A	SWAP	Same as installed memory	Size Fixed	NO	YES	Partition swap swap



10. Installing the GRUB boot loader.
Leave the default values.



11. select packages to install.
Select the Desktop set, which includes a few desktop's basic applications.
when finish the selection, the system will check for dependency packages to install.



12. Starting packages' installation.
The system will start installing the selected packages. At the end you must restart the computer.

This may take about 30 minutes and is completely automatic.



13. The first time the system starts, a screen will appear in the post-installation wizard.



14. License agreement.



15. Create user 'CADT'.

To allow remote access to the system by CADT team, you must create the following standard user account:
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Username:	CADT
Full name:	CADT S.L.
Password:	boira1

16. Setting the date and time.



17. kdump configuration.



18. Once the wizard completes, the computer will restart.
When the login screen, login with username 'CADT' and password 'boira1' this is the user account created during the post-installation.

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Preparation and preliminary setup

1. Open a terminal.



2. change to root user.

[CADT @ CentOS5 ~] $ su [enter] Password: ******* [enter]

While typing the password , No characters on screen will be show. This is normal behavior.