From dd59c0790227cbe762d01625c184cea9387fec4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Bushnell Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 17:33:45 +0000 Subject: Mon Jun 23 11:47:51 1997 Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG * INSTALL-binary (STEP I): Tell to use e2os if the filesystem was made with Linux. Mon Jun 16 11:56:33 1997 Thomas Bushnell, n/BSG * Makefile (dist-links): Make $(dist-root)/boot/grub and $(dist-root)/share/misc. Reported by Marcus G. Daniels (marcus@cathcart.sysc.pdx.edu). --- release/INSTALL-binary | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'release/INSTALL-binary') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3