first attempt to run mp (system error) -- summary?

["Pawel Jackowski na Onet" <jackos1@poczta.onet.pl>]

Pawe/l wrote about:
1. System error while compiling nested mp code (under Windows) --
regenerating metafun format solves that
2. 'Memory violating' error while compiling nested mp code (under Linux) --
still can't find the answer...
3. Missed mp graphics in output PDF -- solved of course... sorry for that
silly question, I've taken the first example appearing in ConTeXt manual
assuming that it is the basic one.


>From: "Patrick Gundlach" <pg@levana.de>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 6:32 PM
> you don't need --automprun. Everything should work fine w/o.

I tried to omit this option, but without that MetaPost doesn't run at all.

>From: "Hans Hagen" <pragma@wxs.nl>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 9:53 AM
> ok, take one of:
>
> www.pragma-ade.com/context/mswintex.zip
> www.pragma-ade.com/context/linuxtex.zip
>
> (some 20Meg)

 Thanks a lot! downloading started.

> this is what's needed for running context
>
> in there you'll find
>
> setuptex
> setuptex.bat
>
> on linux, make sure that you "chmod -R 755 *" the tree first
>
> the windows file has formats, in it (i'll remove them some day) but for
> linux you need to generate them.

Doesn't hurt. ...But wait -- I aks to be on the safe side: since I remember,
I use common formats (and every other files in texmf tree) for linux and
windows. Is there ANY reason to generate nativ format for each operating
system? Is there any reason not to make common any other texmf files?

> If all goes well, you'll have a system running now.
> (this one has tl8 binaries)

Surely I will! Which version has tl2003 binarises: linux, windows or both?
By the way, does anybody know if tl2003 binaries are frozen already?

Thanks to all of You!
Best regards,  Pawe/l