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This is a guide to getting the ZoneCD configured. During the boot a series of dialog boxes

will be presented to gather the required information needed to get the ZoneCD running.

You only need to do this one time. After you complete the configuration it will be saved tofloppy for the next boot.

Bash dialogs

Tab will change the selected option, field, or button.

Space Bar is used to make a selection from a group of choices

Enter is used to accept the selection and move to the next screen.

This guide is broken down into sections. The relevancy of each section depends on yourselections during the boot. E.g., if you select Closed mode during configuration, the Open

mode section will not be very helpful.

ZoneCD version 0.6-0 is displayed. Your display may vary.

1. The Boot

2. Open Mode3. Closed Mode

4. Static IP Config

5. Finishing the Boot

The Boot

OK, here we go. This is the boot splash you will see

when the CD starts to boot.

During the boot you will see a bunch of messages going

by on the screen. If you see a lot or error messages that

look like ":I/O error, dev f0:f1 (cloop), sector ..." you

probably had a bad download. Sometimes a file will

sustain damage during the download. If you see

messages like this, you should delete the iso from your

computer and get it again.

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Otherwise, if you see none of these messages, just be patient and let the CD continue toboot...

If you are using a USB thumb drive to save yourconfiguration then you may see this screen if the drive is

not properly formatted or there is an error in the partition

table on the disk. Select <Yes> to have the zonecdautomatically partition and format the drive. NOTE:

You will lose all existing data on the drive.

This is a sample of normal output from the programs

used to format the USB drive.

This is the Preamble to the GNU General Public

License. This will only appear when an unconfigured

system is booting. Say yes to continue with the

configuration.

If you see this message, then you have not put the floppy

or USB thumb drive in. Stick the floppy in the drive orplug your USB drive in, and hit "Enter" to continue. The

ZoneCD will not boot without configuration media.

This screen shows up every boot. It gives you an

opportunity to change your configuration. A bit of

advise, pop the floppy out if you want to reconfigure. I

always miss it and need to reboot. This dialog will only

wait 5 seconds for you to respond. If you select nothing

here on the first boot, the ZoneCD will boot in Closed

mode with dhcp for your network configuration.

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Select the mode you want your ZoneCD to run in.

Closed mode requires that you have already created alogin in Zone Control. NOTE: Master logins (email

addresses) can not be used to boot the ZoneCD.

Select how you want the ZoneCD to run. This has

nothing to do with WiFi, NoCat, or anything else. This isan option for the Operating System. Non - Linux geeks

will probably be the most comfortable with GUI

(Graphical User Interface).

GUI will give you a basic desktop with a web browser.LessX only starts the X server and a single rxvt session, no window manager. This is done

because the ZoneCD boots to runlevel 5, without the rxvt session, you get a broken

shell(no job control). NoX should be used on headless systems.

Select the way you want to configure the network for the

wired side of the ZoneCD box (the wireless side is hard

coded 10.10.10.1)

Open Mode

Enter a URL to redirect your users to after they click the

button on the splash page. If you do not want your users

to be redirected then select "No Redirect" to have them

go to their normal homepage after the splash.

In Open mode you need to tell the ZoneCD to enable ordisable the content filter.

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Once you finish the Open mode configuration, a screen

will display the configuration. Just hit Enter.

Closed Mode

Closed mode requires that you have already created a

login in Zone Control. This is required to download your

configuration and to send/receive updates from the

Control server. Enter the login you created for this zone.

NOTE: Master logins (email addresses) can not be used

to boot the ZoneCD.

Enter your password. This is a special dialog that will

not display what is typed. This will keep the password

from being seen.

OOPS! This dialog could be bad. If you don't get asuccessful authentication the second, or third time (if

you have really fat fingers), then there is no Internet

access available. Auto configuration probably failed toobtain an IP address for the wired network connection

(eth0), or DNS is failing. But before you panic, switch

the network cables and reboot. If this continues, hit theforum.

Once you finish the Closed mode configuration, a screen

will display the configuration. Just hit Enter.

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Static IP Config

Enter an IP address to use for the wired side network

connection (AKA eth0).

Enter the subnet mask to use. Unless you have some

special network setup, 255.255.255.0 is safe to use.

Enter the IP address of the gateway. In the example, this

is the IP address of a router. This is the suggested setup.

The ZoneCD box should be connected to a router, not

directly to the Internet.

Enter the IP address of the primary nameserver In the

example, this is the IP address of a router. You can also

use the IP of your ISP's nameserver.

Enter the IP address of the secondary nameserver. This

is optional, if you don't have a secondary nameserver,

just leave it blank and hit Enter.

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Finishing the Boot

Since the zonecd does not install to your hard drive the

files system is mounted on a RAM disk. This requires

additional RAM (minimum 128MB )to keep the zonecdrunning smoothly. You can use the next few dialogs to

automatically reboot the zonecd to help keep memory

resources optimized.

The ZoneCD uses UTC, aka GMT, to synchronize it's

activities with the Control Server. To reboot the zonecd

at the correct local time to must select your geographic

location.

Select your city, or time zone.

Select the time you want the reboot.

After you complete the dialogs, you will see several

messages that update you during the configuration and

initialization of your setup.

LessX (shown) only starts the X server and a single rxvt

session, no window manager. This is done because the

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ZoneCD boots to runlevel 5, without the rxvt session(NoX) you get a broken shell(no job control).

GUI will start a desktop session that gives you access to a web browser and a few other

goodies.

Your Done! HAVE FUN!!

Everything that needs to be running is configured and ready to go... You don't need to doanything. All that's left is setting up your AP. If you haven't already reviewed the setup

guide, you can check it out here...

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