crosshurd/trunk/README.gnu

Welcome to crosshurd!
=====================

crosshurd can now be used to install not only GNU, but also GNU/Linux,
GNU/kFreeBSD and GNU/kNetBSD.

The instructions below apply only to Hurd-based GNU system.

1) Create a partition, and put a file system on it. If you are planning
on using ext2, the command:

        mke2fs -I 128 -b 4096 -o hurd /dev/hda12

(substituting the right partition) is usually good. The -o hurd is
necessary so that the system know that it's safe to setup translators.

2) Mount it somewhere.

3) Review /etc/crosshurd/sources.list/gnu. The Hurd often requires a few
secondary archives to be added to get all the needed packages. I've
tried to include sensible defaults.

4) Run /usr/sbin/crosshurd

This will ask where the partition is mounted.

Not all packages downloaded by apt will be installed, only Priority: required
ones will be.

5) Setup grub to boot from the new partition. If you don't know how
to do this, go out and grab some of Philip's CDs and start with them.
Explaining grub is out of scope of this README.

6) On the first boot, run :

        ./native-install

And when it's done:

        reboot

You may see error messages about not being able to chown to root.  These
are being worked on and are safe to ignore.

7) Reboot, and enjoy.


1	Welcome to crosshurd!
2	=====================
3
4	crosshurd can now be used to install not only GNU, but also GNU/Linux,
5	GNU/kFreeBSD and GNU/kNetBSD.
6
7	The instructions below apply only to Hurd-based GNU system.
8
9	1) Create a partition, and put a file system on it. If you are planning
10	on using ext2, the command:
11
12	mke2fs -I 128 -b 4096 -o hurd /dev/hda12
13
14	(substituting the right partition) is usually good. The -o hurd is
15	necessary so that the system know that it's safe to setup translators.
16
17	2) Mount it somewhere.
18
19	3) Review /etc/crosshurd/sources.list/gnu. The Hurd often requires a few
20	secondary archives to be added to get all the needed packages. I've
21	tried to include sensible defaults.
22
23	4) Run /usr/sbin/crosshurd
24
25	This will ask where the partition is mounted.
26
27	Not all packages downloaded by apt will be installed, only Priority: required
28	ones will be.
29
30	5) Setup grub to boot from the new partition. If you don't know how
31	to do this, go out and grab some of Philip's CDs and start with them.
32	Explaining grub is out of scope of this README.
33
34	6) On the first boot, run :
35
36	./native-install
37
38	And when it's done:
39
40	reboot
41
42	You may see error messages about not being able to chown to root. These
43	are being worked on and are safe to ignore.
44
45	7) Reboot, and enjoy.
46
47