Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Orchid repository

[s . boutayeb]

Quoting avr <address@hidden>:

Hi Andreas,
Great new! Do you see any inconvenience that we test the procedure on a Fuloong
mini box?

Where should we update the wiki with our feedback? On the Orchid project page?

Best regards

Samy


> Hi,
>
> The gNewSense Orchid repository is now online in what I believe to
> be a reasonably usable state for further development.
>
> Disclaimer:
> If most of the instructions below are unfamiliar to you it might be best
> to wait for further development.
> If all goes well you will end up in a non-graphical environment, which is
> usable, but might not be what you expected. This is *not* a complete
> port of the gNewSense operating system for your yeeloong.
>
> Instructions:
>
> Prepare a partition for holding a rootfs you can boot off.
> (My yeeloong came with free space after the first partition. If this
> is the factory default, this shouldn't be too hard). The partition I
> used is /dev/hda4 and I mount it on /target; adjust these for your
> own configuration in the following instructions.
>
> go to /usr/share/debootstrap/scripts (install debootstrap first if it isn't
> installed yet)
> #ln -s lenny orchid
>
> #mount /dev/hda4 /target
>
> #debootstrap orchid /target http://mirror.softwarelibre.nl/orchid
>
> edit the file /target/etc/shadow and remove the "!" in the row starting
> with "root" so it (the password field) reads "::"
>
> umount /target
>
> reboot
>
> before boot press "Del"
>
> in the bootmonitor;
> #set karg "console=tty root=/dev/hda4"
> #reboot
>
> This should prompt for login after some waiting looking
> at a black screen (console messages show up under tty2 <alt-F2> for me)
>
> log in as "root"
>
> edit /etc/apt/sources.list to read (the nano-tiny editor is installed by
> default)
>
> deb http://mirror.softwarelibre.nl/orchid/ orchid main
> deb-src http://mirror.softwarelibre.nl/orchid/ orchid main
>
> configure your network (dynamically with dhclient or statically with
> ifconfig)
> #apt-get update
>
> From here on you should be able to build packages; most relevant tools should
> only be an "apt-get install" away.
> ________________________
>
> To boot from the factory default os again:
>
> before boot press "Del"
> in the bootmonitor;
> #set karg "console=tty root=/dev/hda1"
> #reboot
>
>       kind regards,
>
>       Andreas van Ruth
>       system administration
>       SoftwareLibre
>
>
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