Groovix Installation Guide

Booting Groovix

To prepare a workstation for Groovix installation, start by inserting the DVD labeled "Groovix Public Access Computing Install DVD" into the DVD-ROM tray on your machine and power it on. Depending on your machine and its boot settings, it may be necessary to manually prompt your workstation to boot from the DVD-ROM drive; to do this, press the key indicated to enter setup or boot menu of your workstation's BIOS. BIOS information is usually displayed at the bottom of the screen immediately after the computer is powered on.

If you have the option, choose boot menu, this will display all the devices that the workstation can boot from; choose DVD-ROM. If the only option available is enter setup, find the option to configure the boot order or boot priority and change the DVD-ROM drive to be first in the list and exit the BIOS saving your changes.

Example of BIOS options

Once you have successfully booted the Groovix DVD, you will see a menu with a list of options for booting Groovix similar to the one pictured below.

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The Groovix boot menu

Use the up and down arrows on your keyboard to select one of the options, if you do not hit any keys with 60 seconds, the computer will begin booting normally from the hard drive. Continue reading below to determine which option of booting Groovix is best for your needs.

Installing Groovix

When getting started to install Groovix, it is important to know which installation option will work best based on your network. Groovix can be installed to use a Static (assigned) IP address or to dynamically configure an address from a DNS server via DHCP. Please choose and follow the instructions that apply to your workstation. If you are unsure whether a workstation uses a static or dynamic IP address, please contact a system administrator before continuing; some Groovix features may not be functional as a result.

Static IP

• InstallationStaticIP for installing Groovix with an assigned or static IP address

Dynamic IP (DHCP)

• InstallationDHCP for installing Groovix without an assigned or static IP address