WinXinu/Installation

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System Requirements

  • Operating System: Windows XP or Windows Vista
  • Ability to connect to XINU server
  • Microsoft .Net Framework v3.0 or higher
  • HDD Space: 250mb (with Cygwin Installation)


Instructions

  • Step 1: Copy the WinXINU-Installer folder via SSH to your desktop: web location ~ http://www.mscs.mu.edu/~nmcmilla/WinXINU-Installer/
  • Step 2: Go into Cygwin Install Folder
    • 2a) Run Setup.exe
    • 2b) Select Install from Local - Folder is the only other folder in the Cygwin Install directory
    • 2c) Click ALL to set it to Uninstall all packages its at top of package selection screen
    • 2d) Click Devel package to set it to Install it is found within in the package listings
  • Step 3: Change the first line of the compiler/makeVars file (found in your XINU code directory) to the location of the WinXINU cross compiler bin
  Example:
   MIPS_ROOT = "C:\Documents and Settings\nmcmilla\Desktop\winx\compiler\cross\bin"
  • Step 4: Run WinXINU executable
  • Step 5: Navigate to config tab, change location of cygwin\bin to location on local machine
  • Step 6: Navigate to config tab, change location of compile directory where the Makefile is located for final image build