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diff --git a/public_hurd_boxen/installation.mdwn b/public_hurd_boxen/installation.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4f612a83 --- /dev/null +++ b/public_hurd_boxen/installation.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +This page documents how installation of a new machine is being done on +[[zenhost]]. + +This method uses +*[install_crosshurd](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/incubator.git/log/?h=install_crosshurd)*. + +Another option might be switching to <http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/> +or a equivalent system. + +Steps for *install_crosshurd*: + + * Enable loggin with screen (`C-a H`). + + * \# lvcreate ... + + * machines/[MACHINE] + + * \# MACHINE=[MACHINE] TARGET=/dev/zenhost/[MACHINE]-root ./install_crosshurd + + * \# sudo umount /tmp/*/target + + * /etc/xen/[MACHINE] + + * \# xm create -c [MACHINE] + + * \# /install + + * TODO + + Unpacking debconf (from .../debconf_1.5.28_all.deb) ... + + debconf-set-selections + warning: Unknown type error, skipping line 9 + + * TODO + + Unpacking bash (from .../bash_4.1-3_hurd-i386.deb) ... + The bash upgrade discovered that your /bin/sh link points to dash. + As bash for Debian is destined to provide a working /bin/sh (pointing to + /bin/bash) your link will be overwritten by a default link. + + If you don't want further upgrades to overwrite your customization, please + read /usr/share/doc/bash/README.Debian.gz for a more permanent solution. + + [Press RETURN to continue] + + That file doesn't say anything about it. + + * TODO; related to the *debconf-set-selections* thing above + + Setting up libpam-runtime (1.1.1-6) ... + debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog + debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 75.) + debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline + debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline + debconf: (Can't locate Term/ReadLine.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.10.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.10 /usr/share/perl/5.10 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Readline.pm line 7.) + debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype + Configuring libpam-runtime + -------------------------- + + Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) determine how authentication, + authorization, and password changing are handled on the system, as well as + allowing configuration of additional actions to take when starting user + sessions. + + Some PAM module packages provide profiles that can be used to automatically + adjust the behavior of all PAM-using applications on the system. Please + indicate which of these behaviors you wish to enable. + + 1. Unix authentication + + (Enter the items you want to select, separated by spaces.) + + PAM profiles to enable: + + * if it's a Xen domU: + + # sudo apt-get --purge install libc0.3-xen libc0.3-i686- + + * As needed: + + # mkfs.ext2 -I 128 -b 4096 /dev/hd2 # TAKE CARE! + # settrans /media/data /hurd/ext2fs /dev/hd2 + # mkdir /media/data/home + # rmdir /home && ln -s media/data/home / + + # mkfs.ext2 -I 128 -b 4096 /dev/hd3 # TAKE CARE! + # settrans /media/var /hurd/ext2fs /dev/hd3 + # mv /var /media/var/ + # ln -s media/var/var / + + * If needed: restore (parts of) some files + + * /etc/{passwd,shadow,group,gshadow} + + * \# adduser ... sudo + + * \# passwd root + + * (`mkdir /etc/ssh`), restore `/etc/ssh/ssh_host_*key*` + + * \# syncfs -s && halt + + * \# xm create -c [MACHINE] + + * \# /install_packages + + * Until [[open_issues/screen]] is fixed: + + * Install `flubber:~tschwinge/screen_4.0.3-11_hurd-i386.deb` instead. + + * \# printf 'screen\thold\n' | dpkg --set-selections + + * add line to zenhost's `/etc/hosts` + + * system-specific: + + * [[flubber]] + * [[snubber]] |