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diff --git a/Hurd/InstallNotes.mdwn b/Hurd/InstallNotes.mdwn index a0a00e17..63c123b2 100644 --- a/Hurd/InstallNotes.mdwn +++ b/Hurd/InstallNotes.mdwn @@ -1,17 +1,52 @@ -The [installation](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/install.html) page is the logical place to start. Neal Walfield's [guide](http://web.walfield.org/papers/hurd-installation-guide/english/hurd-install-guide.html) is excellent. Items not mentioned elsewhere include: +The [installation](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/install.html) page is the logical place to start. Neal Walfield's [guide](http://web.walfield.org/papers/hurd-installation-guide/english/hurd-install-guide.html) is excellent. To install under the Bochs x86 emulator, Alfred M Szmidt wrote a [great guide](http://ftp.walfield.org/pub/people/ams/hurd/creating_bochs_image_for_gnu.txt). -* The current system install image is no longer (May 24, 2002) located temporarily located <ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian-staging/>, it is once again in the proper location [ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/gnu-latest.tar.gz]() +Items not mentioned elsewhere include: -* a recommended /etc/apt/sources.list +* **IMPORTANT!** Remember when first booting into your freshly un-tarred distribution, you must pass the `-s` option to `/boot/gnumach.gz`. Failure to do so means that you won't get single-user mode. - deb ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian unstable main - deb ftp:/ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main - deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main +* The current (24 May 2002) system install image is once again in its proper location <code><ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/gnu-latest.tar.gz></code>. The old staging server image at <code><ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian-staging/></code> is now deprecated. -* The default editor is now 'nano', not 'ae'. +* a recommended `/etc/apt/sources.list`: <br /><code>deb <ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian> unstable main <br /> deb <ftp:/ftp.debian.org/debian> unstable main <br /> deb-src <ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian> unstable main</code> -* Some packages like libc6-dev are old yet depended on by other packages not yet updated. In this particular case, I believe the new dependency is libc0.3-dev. However these dependencies may cause problems for apt. To circumvent these problems there are two general solutions. - * The first is to change the dependencies that apt looks at in the /var/lib/apt/lists/ directory. For example, you could modify libc0.3 to provide the missing libc6-dev package. - * Installing the "equivs" package and creating a dummy package is the second alternative. This will satisfy the apt dependency in a cleaner manner. +* The default editor is now `nano`, not `ae`. -* To install under the bochs emulator Alfred M Szmidt wrote a [great guide](http://ftp.walfield.org/pub/people/ams/hurd/creating_bochs_image_for_gnu.txt). +* Some packages like `libc6-dev` are old yet depended on by other packages not yet updated. In this particular case, I believe the new dependency is `libc0.3-dev`. However these dependencies may cause problems for apt. To circumvent these problems there are two general solutions. + * The first is to change the dependencies that apt looks at in the `/var/lib/apt/lists/` directory. For example, you could modify libc0.3 to provide the missing `libc6-dev` package. + * Installing the `equivs` package and creating a dummy package is the second alternative. This will satisfy the apt dependency in a cleaner manner. + +* If you are following Neal's installation guide, he presents a sample `/etc/fstab`: + +> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> +> /dev/hd2s1 / ext2 rw 0 1 +> /dev/hd2s2 /home ext2 rw 0 2 +> /dev/hd2s3 none swap sw 0 0 +> +> When you first boot, your +> +> `/home` +> +> directory will +> +> _not_ +> +> be auto-mounted. You must set a passive translator on that node to access that partition. The correct syntax for this is: +> +> <br /> +> +> `settrans -p /home /hurd/ext2fs /dev/hd2s2` + +* After you install, you'll want to do several _important_ things: + * Run `passwd` to give the root user a password. By default, root does not have one. + * Run `adduser` to give yourself a user account. _Do not_ use root indiscriminately. + * Since the Hurd does not use `ld.so.conf`, you will want to specify where the X Window System keeps its libraries. Do this by adding the following line to your `/etc/profile`: <br />`export LD_LIBRARY_PATH='/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib'` + * Bring your system up to par by running: `apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade` + +* Install these extremely useful packages + * `libstdc++4` -- Some packages require version 4 and assume that it will be installed as part of the standard configuration. + * `dialog` -- Debconf uses this for pretty text display. + * `libterm-readline-gnu-perl` -- _Ibid_. + * `screen` -- A terminal multiplexer that is important because the Hurd does not yet have virtual consoles. + +* Edit your `/etc/inetd.conf` and comment out all the services you don't need. Services that probably don't need to be running are `ftp`, `telnet`, `shell`, `login`, and `exec`. + +-- [[Main/SimonLaw]] - 29 May 2002 |