[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Installation
From: |
David Walter |
Subject: |
Re: Installation |
Date: |
Sat, 13 Jul 2002 23:43:05 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) XEmacs/21.4 (Common Lisp, i386-debian-linux) |
Roy Falk <rfalk@netvision.net.il> writes:
> Greetings
>
> Installed the HURD over the past week from the debian cd, and I have to say
> it was a breeze. (Tornado, demolishing houses and partitions...)
>
> I do have some problems and questions:
> 1. I am missing mouse,kbd and eth0.
> Obviously the following won't work without them:
> settrans -c /dev/kbd /hurd/kbd
> settrans -c /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse
> settrans -c /dev/eth0 /hurd/eth?
> I'm basically stumped here.
Do you have the installation manual?
Are you missing the files /hurd/kbd /hurd/mouse /hurd/pfinet ? If so
then, I can't remember, but at least one iteration of the CD's seemed
to be missing some of these(mouse,kbd), IIRC, but had pfinet. If you
have network access you may want to download[1] (I can't speak to the
state of the latest CD's others may help you with them, as I haven't
used them, sorry, :-(
This is a mirror of alpha.gnu.org, which seems to be temporarily
unavailable.
Neal Walfield's installation guide[2] is the clearest most complete
installation reference currently, in case you haven't found that.
> 2. I am beginning to suspect the installation did not install GCC and other
> amenities. I am familiar with RPMs. I would appreciate pointers and links to
> the relevant documents - Should I read the debian manual?
As a quick start, the command(s) apt-*
for higher level auto download and configuration.
(assumes that /etc/apt/sources.list points to the valid hurd archives
see: installing more packages in the installation guide[2])
apt-get update # download the latest package list
apt-get install package
apt-get remove package
apt-cache search string
apt-cache show package
for individual package installation, configuration, removal:
dpkg --help # for more information and the debian docs
> 3. "Upgrading" the Hurd
> How outdated is the binary installation compared to the source. I
> have D/L the source (hurd.tgz) from the alpha server. Should I
> upgrade? Will this help with question # 1?
Once you are using apt-get upgrade you will have both source and
packages pretty much synchronized, modulo update times on servers.
> Development
> 4. C++ - Is there any reason C++ won't work in hurd. I am much more
> familiar with it. (I'd say yes myself, but I could easily be wrong)
C++ itself should work. Specific libraries may not have been ported,
but gcc3.1(libstdc++4.x) should be installable and work.
> Stupid git question
> 5. How do I subscribe to this mailing list. Usually there's some mechanism...
> (For now, I'll read the response in the archive)
Answered your own question see below:
> _______________________________________________
> Help-hurd mailing list
> Help-hurd@gnu.org
> http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
Footnotes:
[1] ftp://ftp.sra.co.jp/pub/gnu/alpha/hurd/contrib/marcus/gnu-latest.tar.gz
[2]
http://web.walfield.org/papers/hurd-installation-guide/english/hurd-install-guide.html
--
Hope springs eternal!
/^\
\ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN
X AGAINST HTML MAIL
/ \
- Installation, Roy Falk, 2002/07/13
- Re: Installation,
David Walter <=