On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 08:35:38PM -0800, Albert Ollosa wrote: > > I have installed succesfully "the Hurd" from the old > tar ball file.
Then don't bother and just upgrade using the debian packages. If you are connected to the net, use "dselect" and the ftp Access method. Use ftp.debian.org or a mirror. If you are not directly connected with your Hurd box, then you can put the Debian packges on a nother media and install them with dpkg -i <filename.deb> > > By the way guys, what editors are you using? It seems > there's no *vi/m* or *emacs* in the tar ball file even > before? > jed, vim and emacs are on the Debian ftp archive as Debian packages. > Also, correct me if I am wrong, if I want to compile a > program which is in "*.tar.gz" (if there is > available), is it the same with the other GNU tools > where I just run ./configure, make and make install? Yes. > How about the files that ends with "*.deb"? Is it > "dpkg -i somefile.deb". > Yes. If you want to compile Debian packages from source, get the orig.tar.gz, *.dsc and *diff.gz if available, and do dpkg-source -x *dsc cd <package>-<version> dpkg-buildpackage -B YOu need the dpkg-hurd-dev package for this to work. > Lastly, how do I mount a floppy or a CD-ROM from the > Hurd? Do I have to use some translator? How do I use > it? > Translators are the right thing, although there is a mount executable. cd /dev MAKEDEV fd0 MAKEDEV hdd # or whatever for your CD settrans -a /floppy /hurd/ext2fs /dev/fd0 settrans -a /cdrom /hurd/isofs /dev/hdd (those mounts go away at reboot. For permanent mounts, leave out the -a option). If your floppy is in MSDOS format, install the mtools package from the Debian archive. Thanks, Marcus
