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Re: Installing HURD from scratch



On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 01:07:21AM -0400, Walter Thomas wrote:
> Hi, basically I am writing because I simply want to install Hurd from
> scratch. I was wondering if anyone out there could help me. Bottom line
> is if I need to install Linux I will, but I have put aside an x86
> machine explicitly to run Hurd and don't feel like installing anything
> else. Any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank
> you.

As we don't have installation disks yet, you will need to install a minimal
linux, or at least boot a miniLinux to make the partitions and get the
installation packages from ftp or somehow.

I recommmend to install Debian GNU/Linux in a very small partition, which
can be your sqwap partition later. You  only need a very minimal base
system. If you install with cross-install, beside the minimal base system,
you also need patch and shareutils (maybe something else I forgot).

Thanks,
Marcus

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