On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 01:07:21AM -0400, Walter Thomas wrote: > Hi, basically I am writing because I simply want to install Hurd from > scratch. I was wondering if anyone out there could help me. Bottom line > is if I need to install Linux I will, but I have put aside an x86 > machine explicitly to run Hurd and don't feel like installing anything > else. Any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank > you.
As we don't have installation disks yet, you will need to install a minimal linux, or at least boot a miniLinux to make the partitions and get the installation packages from ftp or somehow. I recommmend to install Debian GNU/Linux in a very small partition, which can be your sqwap partition later. You only need a very minimal base system. If you install with cross-install, beside the minimal base system, you also need patch and shareutils (maybe something else I forgot). Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
