On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > * alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/cross-install.Z > * alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/native-install.Z > * alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/dpkg-hurd.Z > > My scripts are not compressed, especially not with a non-free compression > algorithm! > > Same for this one: > ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gnu-0.2/grub-boot.image.Z
According to my sunsite mirror they are....strange. They don't appear to be compressed on the original site tho - perhaps the sunsite mirroring program compresses scripts by default? > Wrong - cross install asks the user. No need to edit anything. Coo, new features :) > Remove this section w/o substitue. Latest native-install scripts create this > file automatically with correct device file. Done > "Eventually, you will get a prompt. First, get that nice Bourne again shell: > bash" > > Why? The prompt already is a bash shell. Ah. Last time I single-user booted I got sh. Is that bash in disguise, or am I just out of date (slink CDs are taking up lots of time atm)? > Latest version of cross-install refuses to install too much packages, so > this should not be necessary. Please remove this paragraph. Done > " Firstly, to make the mach terminal type the default in multi-user mode, > edit > /gnu/etc/ttys, and change the console terminal type from pc3 to mach." > > This already is the default if you use cross-install. Please remove. Done. Thanks, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/ Debian GNU/Hurd - love at first byte
