Problem:

How to install Server Express when no CDROM drive is on the computer

Resolution:

If your UNIX or Linux system does not have a CD or DVD drive, you can install the product by mounting the appropriate disc on another machine, transferring the product to your machine, then running the install. The instructions below take you through this procedure. Before you start, make sure you have enough disk space for the product. The space needed is the same as the size of the tar files you use. (See step 2 below.) In addition, you need the same amount of temporary space to store the tar files.

Mount the CD or DVD on the target machine.

Look at the file v5000.txt. This lists the directory names and the products those directories contain. It also shows the sizes of the tar files.

Change to the directory containing the product you want to install.

Most of the products are stored as compressed tar files with filenames in the format vabccppp.trz, where abcc represents the version number (a.b.cc) of the product (for example, 5000 for version 5.0.00), and ppp is cob for Server Express and es for Micro Focus Server.

Select the product you want to install, and transfer that file (for example, by using ftp) and the gzip executable to a temporary directory (tmpdir for example) on the target machine. Make sure you give gzip executable permissions. For example:

chmod x gzipOn the target system, log in as root.

Create the directory into which you want to install the product. For example:

mkdir /opt/microfocus/cobolDecompress and extract the contents of the tar file into that directory. For example:

cd /opt/microfocus/cobol

cat /tmpdir/v5000cob.trz | /tmpdir/gzip -d - | tar xf -Run the install script in that directory:

sh ./install.shJust follow the instructions displayed to complete the installation.