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Mac
OS PPC Installation
Installing
on Mac PPC
Troubleshooting
Resources
Installing
on Mac PPC
Web Crossing
requires that your Mac OS PPC server be running at least Mac OS
8 and Open Transport 1.3. Naturally a G3 or G4 with lots of memory
is best because since the G3 models were released, networking
has become much faster. Older PowerPC models are generally pretty
sluggish about pushing data across a network.
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Note:
If you have an older Mac OS PPC with a PCI card bus, you
might consider simply wiping out the hard disk contents
and installing LinuxPPC on your computer. Linux runs faster
on these older computer and breathes new life into older
machines. And, yes, there is a LinuxPPC version of Web Crossing!
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The Mac
OS installation is arguably the easiest. All you do is decide
whether to run in Direct Web Service
or CGI mode and then drag the installation
icon over to your destination hard disk.
First
double click on the installer icon, shown in figure 1,
to start the installation.
Figure
1 - double-click on this icon (on your computer, not here!) to
start the installer
.
Then
click OK when the installer intro window pops up, as shown
in figure 2.
Figure
2 - the installer program intro window
Next,
go over the installation overview, shown in figure 3, and
click the Continue button to proceed.
Figure
3 - the Mac installation overview
On
the next window, shown in figure 4, you can choose the
type of installation and the destination hard disk for your installation.
Figure
4 - choosing installation type and destination drive
If
you click on the Show Recommended Installations icon in the top-left
corner, the installer icon in the middle window will toggle between
Direct Web Service and Recommended.
The latter is CGI Mode installation,
and is not necessarily "recommended" at all, which might
be confusing to people installing Web Crossing for the first time.
If
you want to run Web Crossing as a CGI under an external web server,
such as WebSTAR, then choose Recommended. If you want to
run Web Crossing as a stand-alone server without using an external
web server then by all means choose Direct Web Service
since Web Crossing's performance is at its peak in direct web
service mode.
After
you have made your selection, drag the installation icon from
the middle window to one of the hard disk icons that appears on
the right side of the window. Web Crossing's files will be automatically
installed in the selected drive.
If
you chose Recommended, you will also be prompted for the
location of your external web server's root directory, because
an alias to the Web Crossing application must be placed there
to run properly in CGI Mode.
Finally,
go to the installed Web Crossing folder on your selected drive.
Double-click on the Web Crossing application icon, as shown in
figure 5, to start your server.
Figure
5 - the Web Crossing server application
When
you double-click on the Web Crossing icon, the server will start up. This
might take 10 seconds or more, depending on your machine. Wait
until the start up window disappears by itself and proceed to
Connecting for the First Time
and go through the basic setup of your server.
Troubleshooting
I accidentally
installed in CGI Mode when I really wanted to install in Direct
Web Service mode (or vice-versa). What should I do?
Resources
Refer
to the documentation included with your installer for the latest
release information.
Web Crossing
FAQ:
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