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  • Mandatory packages:
    • glibc.i686
    • bc
    • perl
      
      
  • Recommended packages:
    • telnet : recommended for connection from the CHARON server to the virtual machine console
    • expect : recommended if ssh cannot be used to execute shutdown commands from the console
    • evince : recommended for reading online documentation
    • screen : recommended, mandatory for CHARON-AXP V4.4
    • postfix : recommended, Mail Transport Agent used to send emails

    • firefox : recommended for checking and updating licenses, accessing online documentation
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• All described operations will have to be performed on the CHARON server and logged in as 'root' (no other user supported).
  The 'menu' must be used by one user at a time only
  
  
• CHARON-AXP and CHARON-VAX installations are supported when installed in /opt/charon folder only
  
  
• Mail service must have been configured. Mail transfer agent can be postfix, sendmail, ...
  
  
• Within the CHARON virtual machines configuration files, :
  • do not use spaces or tabs between a parameter and its value as the toolkit does not handle this correctly, i.e.: parameter=value is correct, parameter = value is not correct.

  • do not add devices parameters on the same line, please split the line in 2 lines

    Unsupported	Supported
    set PKA container[600]= "/home/vdisk/axp/ALPHA084.iso" media_type[600]="RRD47"	set PKA container[600]= "/home/vdisk/axp/ALPHA084.iso" set PKA media_type[600]="RRD47"

    
    

Conventions

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