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diff --git a/hurd/subhurd.mdwn b/hurd/subhurd.mdwn index a92a8d3f..5bd81425 100644 --- a/hurd/subhurd.mdwn +++ b/hurd/subhurd.mdwn @@ -37,11 +37,15 @@ boot it: $ gunzip debian-hurd.img.gz $ boot --kernel-command-line="fastboot root=pseudo-root" -T typed part:1:file:debian-hurd.img +/!\ If you face an error from the mach-defpager (most probably +because there is already a default pager), you can comment +the part that says `/hurd/mach-defpager` from the `/etc/hurd/runsystem.sysv` file +included within the `debian-hurd.img` file you are trying to use. + The 'fastboot' is necessary to skip the filesystem check which fails because the image assumes the root filesystem to be /etc/hd0s1. Once booted, you can correct this: - root@debian:~# settrans -c /dev/pseudo-root /hurd/storeio pseudo-root root@debian:~# echo /dev/pseudo-root / ext2 defaults 0 1 >/etc/fstab root@debian:~# halt @@ -77,9 +81,17 @@ debootstrap as root: mke2fs /dev/hd0s6 settrans -ca mnt /hurd/ext2fs /dev/hd0s6 - debootstrap sid mnt/ http://httpredir.debian.org/debian + debootstrap --keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-ports-archive-keyring.gpg --extra-suites=unreleased sid chroot http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/ + chroot mnt passwd settrans -fga mnt +## Using mmdebstrap + +One can also use mmdebstrap: + + mmdebstrap --mode=chrootless --variant=required --keyring=/usr/share/keyrings/debian-ports-archive-keyring.gpg '' rootfs.tar.gz 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unreleased main' 'deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main' + mke2fs /dev/hd0s6 -d rootfs.tar.gz + ## Booting If you are using a recent version of the Hurd (>= 0.9), then you can @@ -134,7 +146,7 @@ In the subhurd, you can do basically all the same things as in the main Hurd. You can even set up networking: Just invoke `settrans` on the `/servers/socket/2` as usual inside the subhurd, using `/dev/eth0`, only using a different local IP than in the main Hurd. This way, the subhurd will be able to communicate to -the outside world with its own IP -- allowing for example to do `apt-get` +the outside world with its own IP -- allowing for example to do `apt inside the subhurd, or to `ssh` directly into the subhurd. If you want to access the subhurd processes from the outside, e.g. for @@ -147,6 +159,17 @@ numbers are different, the order should usually match. Often it also helps to look at the number of threads (e.g. using `ps -l`), as many servers have very characteristic thread counts. +## Faster boot + +If you do not need daemons etc. you can just run a shell, similary to a chroot: + + boot /dev/hd0s6 -c init=/bin/bash + +Unless you change the boot script to pass `--writable` to ext2fs, you will want to remount / read-write: + + fsysopts / --writable + +And `poweroff-hurd` should be used to stop the subhurd. ### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-08-09 |