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diff --git a/release/INSTALL-binary b/release/INSTALL-binary index 9c1f348d..d13beb8c 100644 --- a/release/INSTALL-binary +++ b/release/INSTALL-binary @@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ Start with a system already running a GNU/Linux system: swap too. Extract the binary image onto the new partition using tar; make sure you sue the `p' option to tar. + You need to set the "owning OS" field for this filesystem to "hurd"; + otherwise you will not be able to use Hurd-related extensions on + it. (And using those extensions is required on the root + filesystem.) Run the command `e2os DEVICE hurd' after the + filesystem is unmounted in order to accomplish this. + If you do not have a system running BSD or a GNU/Linux system, you can install using the NetBSD boot floppies. To do this, you do NOT need to install NetBSD; you will just be using their boot floppies |