ROS PC installation for 2.4.18 kernel

Documentation:
ROS PC Installation Guide v3.0 (PDF format)
ROS PC Installation Guide v3.0 (HTML format)
capability-2.4.18.patch
File to patch the kernel source code (CERN version 2.4.18-18.7.x.cern) for capability issues.
scheduler-2.4.18.patch
File to patch the kernel source code (CERN version 2.4.18-18.7.x.cern) for scheduler issues.
cap_daemon_service.tgz
Compressed archive containing the capability daemon and service script.
daq_modules_service.tgz
Compressed archive containing the DAQ service script and modules.
libcap-1.10-8.i386.rpm
The POSIX.1e capability library for Linux.
test_programs.tgz
Compressed archive containing programs to test the ROS PC installation.
PartitionROSPC_0_0_17.template
Template file to create a simple PC ROS partition datafile.

Precompiled capability and scheduler patched kernels:

Notes:
  • The kernel and modules architecture must match. If, for instance, you will use a i386 kernel with i586 modules probably the system shall not even boot...
    Last updated 15 January 2003, I. Papadopoulos