> First - Understand Hurd partition names > Second - Make a partition > OK.
:) Not a total rewrite then! > Third - Get that Hurd! > > Needs to be changed. Installation is now easier. Mention also that you can > install my gnu-19990104 OVER your gnu-0.2 distribution (with some luck). Probably easier to mke2fs again, having taken some backups. That's what I've done. > Fourth - Prepare the Hurd for your system > * In the first line, change /hurd/ufs.static to /hurd/ext2fs.static. > This defines the correct root filesystem type. > > Obsolete. OK > * In the last line, replace /dev/sd0b with the Hurd name of your swap > partition (see > above). If you really don't want a swap partition, then comment this > line out (put a # > at the beginning of the line). > > Commented out by default now. Does hurd not use swap ATM? > Then edit /hurd/etc/fstab as follows: > > In my distribution, this file is not there at all. Please explain how to to > create the file from scratch. OK - I'll provide an example for people to download. > This has changed! The script is now called "native-install", and does some > other things too. If you use my tar file, you need even less than > "native-install", then the original SETUP does work (or you remove some > lines from native-install). Let me know if you need a copy of a good script. OK - I've got native-install > Obsolete! It is now in the tar file. No need to reboot so often. :) > Not necessary anymore. fine > Next, you need to set up the network: > settrans /servers/socket/inet \ > /hurd/pfinet --interface=eth0 --address=NN.NN.NN.NN \ > --gateway=GG.GG.GG.GG --netmask=MM.MM.MM.MM > > I am not sure. This should be "servers/socket/2" and inet is a link to it > (the link is installed inmy tar file and via the scripts). OK - I'll try settrans /servers/socket/2 and see what happens... > Obsolete. Done in my scripts, or in the Debian package timezone. I'll include where in cross-install to set this. > I don't know what you are talking about here. Debian packages ship with > libcrypt, and this is not covered by US export restrictions. This point is The gnu-0.2. had a missing/defective one (the one I downloaded anyway) > obsolete. The other point, about the passwd and group file is obsolete, too. > Debian uses it's own files (with reserved uid and gid's). Don't copy any > file, they have to match the Debian conventions. If you have a debian Linux box, then it works. I tried it :) > Completely obsolete, as a proper file is in the Debian package. You don't > need to change to "files", too, "compat" works just fine. OK > I hope this has been helpful. I'm sorry it's so long, but I've tried to > make everything simple by explaining everything step by step. > > This needs a change, too. After you have removced the obsolete parts, the > instructions will be quite short. :) :p > Isn't it great that installation becomes so much easier using the Debian > packages? Indeed. I've added a mention about the three mailing lists. Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
