Getting Started

To start using JNode you have two options:

  1. Download the latest released CD-ROM image
  2. Download the latest sources and build them

Getting the latest released CD-ROM image

  • Download the bootable CDROM image from here.
  • Unzip it
  • Burn it to CD-ROM
  • Boot a test PC from it or start in in VMWare

Getting the latest sources and building them

  • Checkout the jnode module from Subversion. See the sourceforge SVN page for details.
  • Build JNode using the build.bat (on windows) or build.sh (on unix) script.
    Without parameters, these scripts will give all build options. You probably want to use the cd-x86 option that builds the CD-ROM image.
  • Boot a test PC from it or start in in VMWare

Getting nightly builds

  • Download the nightly-builds
  • You can also get the sources and a ready-to-use vmx file for VMWare

Running JNode

Once JNode has booted, you will see a JNode > command prompt. See the shell reference for available commands.