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diff --git a/release/INSTALL-binary b/release/INSTALL-binary index c42c8655..610a2937 100644 --- a/release/INSTALL-binary +++ b/release/INSTALL-binary @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ however: Making it prettier and easier is one of our more important priorities. + STEP I: Fetch the file `grub-boot.image' from the FTP site. It should be @@ -33,78 +34,23 @@ to be BSD FFS format. The boot loader we use (GRUB) does not yet understand how to boot from a Linux ext2fs filesystem, though this is expected to change very soon. -Make the disk partition with newfs or mkfs on your favorite BSD -system. Then unpack the binaries with tar onto that partition. It is -strongly suggested that you dedicate a new disk to the Hurd. If you -have BSD, but you don't understand how to set up disks, it will -probably be easier to use NetBSD boot floppies. +Ideally, you should make a new disk, labelling it with the BSD +`disklabel' command. Make sure you leave cylinder 0 unused; the A +partition should start at cylinder 1. -If you do not have a system running BSD, the NetBSD 2-floppy install -set contains enough tools to make a new filesystem using newfs and -copy to it from nfs. You can fetch these floppies from ftp.netbsd.org -in the directory /pub/NetBSD/arch/i386/floppies. The NetBSD install -script will start automatically when you boot from the floppies, and -we suggest you use it in order to partition and set up your disk. +Make the A partition large enough to hold the entire Hurd binary +image, and then some, and make a B partition for swap. Use newfs to +make a filesystem on the A partition, mount it, and extract the entire +Hurd image into it. -We plan to have our own boot floppies soon. +If you do not have a system running BSD, you can fetch the NetBSD +install floppies and do this step using them. (You do not need to +install NetBSD itself.) See the instruction subroutine labelled +`Installing from NetBSD boot floppies' and follow them. + +We plan to have our own boot floppies soon, which will make this all a +fair bit easier. -Here are detailed instructions for this step, assuming you are using -NetBSD boot floppies, and you have the Hurd binary snapshot unpacked -somewhere accessible via nfs. It is assumed here that your machine's -network address is MY-ADDR and that the nfs server's address is -SERVER-ADDR. The nfs mountpoint on the server is presumed to be -SERVER-DIR. (MY-ADDR and SERVER-ADDR should be IP addresses in dot -notation, not hostnames.) Your server and your new machine need to be -on the same network. - -If you installing this way, you probably want to do STEP II first, -because your nfs server probably has more convenient editors than the -NetBSd boot floppies. The boot floppies have only ed. - -I.A. Fetch the netbsd boot floppies. -I.B. Boot the `kernel' floppy, and switch to the `filesystem' floppy - when instructed. -I.C. Proceed through the NetBSD automated installation script. - When you are asked if you want to view the boot messages again, - say yes. Then answer the disk geometry questions correctly, - copying from what was printed at boot time. -I.D. Tell the script that you want to use cylinders, not sectors, - in specifying sizes. -I.E. VERY IMPORTANT: Make the size of your `NetBSD' portion one - cylinder less than the total amount listed. If the script - tells you that you have 3045 cylinders, then say you want the - NetBSD portion to be 3044 cylinders long. -I.F. VERY IMPORTANT: Tell the script that your `NetBSD' portion - should start at cylinder 1. Not 0. 1. -I.G. Then allocate however much disk you want to your root partition - and to your swap partition. The root partition must be big - enough to hold the entire Hurd binary snapshot; it is strongly - recommended that you make it a fair bit bigger than that. It is - quite satisfactory to use only one filesystem partition in the - Hurd. -I.H. If you specify partitions beyond the root partition and swap, - the script will ask you for a `mount point'. Type anything you - like, it won't matter. -I.I. Affirm to the over-eagerly questioning script that you really do - want to smash your disk. NetBSD will proceed to create - filesystems on all the partitions you specified in I.G-H. -I.J. When the script says "populating ..." hit ^C. You are now done - with the script. - -I.K. cd to /mnt. For each mount point that was gratuitously created - in step I.H, say `umount NAME'. Then say `rm -rf * .*'. Make - sure you are really in /mnt. This will delete whatever NetBSD - has put on your new partition. -I.L. Initialize the network with `ifconfig DEV MY-ADDR'. DEV was - printed by the kernel when it booted; type `more /kern/msgbuf' - if you want to see those messages again. (Sometimes ifconfig - says that something is "offline". Ignore it.) -I.M. Mount the NFS server partition with the conveniente command - `mount SERVER-ADDR:SERVER-DIR /mnt2'. -I.N. Copy the Hurd onto your disk with the command - (cd /mnt2; tar cf - .) | (cd mnt; tar xfpv -) -I.O. Don't shutdown NetBSD yet. If you haven't done STEP II yet, - then do it now; otherwise go on to STEP III. STEP II: @@ -139,6 +85,7 @@ Mach should load, and then the Hurd should start, saying something like: bash# + STEP IV: When GNU boots the first time, you might see some confusing messages, @@ -169,6 +116,7 @@ NOTE: Do NOT RUN BSD FSCK on a Hurd FFS! extensions.) + STEP V: If you want to be able to boot this disk without using the floppy each @@ -185,6 +133,7 @@ change the one on the floppy by mounting the filesystem it contains and editing the file there.) + STEP VI: Now you have a Hurd system. But in order to make it fully usable, do @@ -384,3 +333,88 @@ You can always reenable it later, if you like, by typing the command Core dumps are not yet supported. + + + +Subroutine: Installing from NetBSD boot floppies + +If you do not have a system running BSD, the NetBSD 2-floppy install +set contains enough tools to make a new filesystem using newfs and +copy to it from nfs. You can fetch these floppies from ftp.netbsd.org +in the directory /pub/NetBSD/arch/i386/floppies. The NetBSD install +script will start automatically when you boot from the floppies, and +we suggest you use it in order to partition and set up your disk. + +Here are detailed instructions for this step, assuming you are using +NetBSD boot floppies, and you have the Hurd binary snapshot unpacked +somewhere accessible via nfs. It is assumed here that your machine's +network address is MY-ADDR and that the nfs server's address is +SERVER-ADDR. The nfs mountpoint on the server is presumed to be +SERVER-DIR. (MY-ADDR and SERVER-ADDR should be IP addresses in dot +notation, not hostnames.) Your server and your new machine need to be +on the same network. + +If you installing this way, you probably want to do STEP II first, +because your nfs server probably has more convenient editors than the +NetBSD boot floppies. The boot floppies have only ed. + +A. Fetch the netbsd boot floppies from + ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/i386/floppies. Put the + images onto floppy disks using the instructions found on the FTP + site. + +B. Boot the `kernel' floppy, and switch to the `filesystem' floppy + when instructed. + +C. Proceed through the NetBSD automated installation script. + When you are asked if you want to view the boot messages again, + say yes. Then answer the disk geometry questions correctly, + copying from what was printed at boot time. + +D. Tell the script that you want to use cylinders, not sectors, + in specifying sizes. + +E. VERY IMPORTANT: Make the size of your `NetBSD' portion one + cylinder less than the total amount listed. If the script + tells you that you have 3045 cylinders, then say you want the + NetBSD portion to be 3044 cylinders long. + +F. VERY IMPORTANT: Tell the script that your `NetBSD' portion + should start at cylinder 1. Not 0. 1. + +G. Then allocate however much disk you want to your root partition + and to your swap partition. The root partition must be big + enough to hold the entire Hurd binary snapshot; it is strongly + recommended that you make it a fair bit bigger than that. It is + quite satisfactory to use only one filesystem partition in the + Hurd. + +H. If you specify partitions beyond the root partition and swap, + the script will ask you for a `mount point'. Type anything you + like, it won't matter. + +I. Affirm to the over-eagerly questioning script that you really do + want to smash your disk. NetBSD will proceed to create + filesystems on all the partitions you specified in I.G-H. + +J. When the script says "populating ..." hit ^C. You are now done + with the script. + +K. cd to /mnt. For each mount point that was gratuitously created + in step I.H, say `umount NAME'. Then say `rm -rf * .*'. Make + sure you are really in /mnt. This will delete whatever NetBSD + has put on your new partition. + +L. Initialize the network with `ifconfig DEV MY-ADDR'. DEV was + printed by the kernel when it booted; type `more /kern/msgbuf' + if you want to see those messages again. (Sometimes ifconfig + says that something is "offline". Ignore it.) + +M. Mount the NFS server partition with the conveniente command + `mount SERVER-ADDR:SERVER-DIR /mnt2'. + +N. Copy the Hurd onto your disk with the command + (cd /mnt2; tar cf - .) | (cd mnt; tar xfpv -) + +O. If you haven't done STEP II yet, then do it now; otherwise go on + to STEP III. |