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diff --git a/release/INSTALL-binary b/release/INSTALL-binary index f44def87..2a9a9847 100644 --- a/release/INSTALL-binary +++ b/release/INSTALL-binary @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -*- Text -*- Instructions for bootstrapping the Hurd from binary images (i386). -GNU Version 0.0 +GNU Version 0.2 This is the Hurd. Welcome. @@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ Library General Public when distributing this binary snapshot. See licenses. If you have noticed that these steps are rather long and a bit too -complex, you are right. But we didn't want to delay the release just -in order to make the installation prettier. You can rest assured, -however: Making it prettier and easier is one of our more important -priorities. +complex, you are right. One of our upcoming tasks is to develop a +convenient package mechanism and more streamlined installation +procedure. Bug reports for programs in this distribution should be sent to the maintainer of the program. For a complete list of which mailing lists @@ -36,9 +35,6 @@ In addition, bug reports or requests for help in using the system as a connected whole (as opposed to for particular programs) should be sent to the hurd mailing lists. -If any of these mailing address should fail, send your message to -`tower@gnu.ai.mit.edu' and ask him to forward it properly. - STEP I: @@ -66,15 +62,25 @@ Start with a system already running BSD: entire Hurd image into it. Make sure you do this as root, and remember to give tar the `p' option. -If you do not have a system running BSD, you can install using the -NetBSD boot floppies: +Start with a system already running a GNU/Linux system: + + Again, we suggest using a fresh disk. But you can also use an + existing partition. Make it big enough to hold the entire Hurd + binary image, and then some. Make sure you have a partition for + swap too. Extract the binary image onto the new partition using + tar; make sure you sue the `p' option to tar. + +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 +briefly. Unpack the entire Hurd image somewhere accessible by NFS. Then see the instruction subroutine in this file 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. +We plan to have our own boot floppies, which will make this all a fair +bit easier. @@ -91,6 +97,11 @@ name (this is a mach partition name), or comment out the line if you don't want paging. Note that you don't have to do anything to initialize swap partitions, unlike Linux. +If your filesystem is an ext2fs filesystem (if you are starting with a +system already running a GNU/Linux system, for example), then you also +should change the reference to /hurd/ufs.static into a reference to +/hurd/ext2fs.static. + (If you did STEP I using NetBSD boot floppies, then this file should be /mnt/boot/servers.boot.) |