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diff --git a/Hurd/InstallNotes.mdwn b/Hurd/InstallNotes.mdwn index 531d04a6..f5f56033 100644 --- a/Hurd/InstallNotes.mdwn +++ b/Hurd/InstallNotes.mdwn @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ +Items of interest during install not mentioned elsewhere include the following. Arranged in the same order as Neal Walfield's [install guide](http://web.walfield.org/papers/hurd-installation-guide/english/hurd-install-guide.html). + ## <a name="Table_of_Contents"> Table of Contents </a> %TOC% -# <a name="Installation_Notes"> Installation Notes </a> - -Items of interest during install not mentioned elsewhere include the following. Arranged in the same order as Neal Walfield's [install guide](http://web.walfield.org/papers/hurd-installation-guide/english/hurd-install-guide.html). - ## <a name="1_Overview_Where_we_are_going"> 1. Overview - Where we are going </a> There are three current methods and one depricated methods to install GNU: tarball (network), bochs virtual machine and the depricated "cross-install". * Neal Walfield's [guide](http://web.walfield.org/papers/hurd-installation-guide/english/hurd-install-guide.html) is excellent and is available in several formats. This is the guide that the Hurd community always references first. The GNU official [installation page](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/install.html) is the canonical reference. [[Distrib/TarballNotes20020816]] + * [CD-ROM iso images](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-cd) CD-ROM installs are becoming more and more popular. The CDs are based on the most current tarball at release time. [[Distrib/CDNotesJ2]] -* [[Bochs]] is an x86 emulator similar to the propietary [[VMware]] (which is not supported). Alfred M Szmidt wrote a [great guide](http://ftp.walfield.org/pub/people/ams/hurd/creating_bochs_image_for_gnu.txt). The Bochs project hosts a preinstalled GNU image that is periodicaly updated. You can get the latest one [here](http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580). + +* [[Distrib/BochsEmulator]] is an x86 emulator similar to the propietary [[Distrib/VmWare]] (which is not supported). Alfred M. Szmidt wrote a [great guide](http://ftp.walfield.org/pub/people/ams/hurd/creating_bochs_image_for_gnu.txt). The Bochs project hosts a preinstalled GNU image that is periodicaly updated. You can get the latest one [here](http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580). + * Once upon a time there was a `cross-install` script that did an installation while running from another system install. While there are spurious & unintentional references to "cross-installs" this is almost always now intended to mean a tarball install. ## <a name="2_Real_Estate_or_Finding_A_Home"> 2. Real Estate or Finding A Home </a> @@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ You can always install GRUB onto your hard drive at a later date. For instructions on using GRUB, see either the info documentation or the quick reference notes on this wiki: -* [[GrubNotes]] - quick reference +* [[Distrib/GrubNotes]] - quick reference ## <a name="4_Cross_Install_Cross_Installing"> </a> 4. Cross Install - Cross Installing GNU |