On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 08:02:45PM +0100, Timothy Baldwin wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Chris Rutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Timothy Baldwin wrote:
> >
> > > Russell, you are 50% wrong here. After removing a few files Debian will
> > > work on Risc PCs, I have it running on mine. However the usual disclaimer
> > > about it being an incomplete unstable distribution applies.
> >
> > Removing a few files? Which files?
>
> Remove /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh and /etc/rc.boot/0setserial (it's proablly
> better to make them empty files).
>
> Edit /etc/init.d/network to have a correct network configuration.
>
> There are lots of devices missing from /dev, and (currently) lots of
> packages are missing including X, ppp, lynx, fakeroot and boot-floppies.
>
> BTW, don't run hwclock.
Hmm. I've just downloaded potato (the latest debian) for the arm. I
completely failed to get it to install cleanly into a staging area on
the x86 box, so I tried the debian-image_990220.tar.bz2 from jimpick's
ftp site. That won't boot at all; it looks like bash uses floating
point in its startup code as none of the init scripts are run and if I
boot using init=/bin/bash, the machine hangs. However, it works fine
in a chrooted environment.
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