Philip Charles wrote: > > Stupid me. The drivers produced by boot floppies are Linux specific so I > leave them out. The drivers are not in the tarball, problem. > > Solution, produce a floppy for inclusion on the CD with the needed > packages. > > HELP! What are these packages? > > Phil.
All of this is a bit confusing (because we're talking about two somewhat unrelated package "libraries" given that the installer is Linux based and we are installing the Hurd). Are you asking about the Hurd packages that would be required for networking? At leaseat one which includes the "netstat" and "route" commands - possibly also an "ifconfig" equivalent if pfinet is not an adequate substitue in itself. Are you asking about which (additional) Linux floppy images need to be included? If the so, I imagine you just need the 4 Linux drivers floppies (and the installer would also need to be modified to use them and to permit networking, etc.). Also you are asking about packages - I'm not sure what else (in the Linux boot floppy context as opposed to the Hurd packages context) you are trying to achieve that would require additional packages. In the first context, would it not just be simpler to include the necessary binaries and configuration files by appending them into Marcus' tarball? All that would remain then would be to add a few notes to he installation instructions. I guess the confusion will be eliminated come the glorious day that the installer runs from a Hurd boot floppy(s). :^) Regards, Dave McDonald
