Re: amiga 'native OS' install
Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> >> Can I get the cannonical name? (For Atari, too, if you know...)
>
> > The Atari file needs to be renamed to install.lzh (8+3 name space
> > :-( ...).
>
> > Same thing with the resc1440<mach>.bin, drv1440<mach>.bin,
> > root<mach>.bin and so on. We need to keep different names until
> > after installation in the disks-m68k/current/ subdirectories. If
> > anyone can come up with a nicer scheme, shoot. It's confusing.
>
> No, that scheme is ok. So, 'resc1440amiga.bin' gets installed as
> 'amiga/resc14440.bin' etc etc right? I think that the alpha folks do
> a similar thing.
Ok, so it's legal :-) But please use resc1440.bin (never saw 14 MB
floppies).
> > repackage things from a built boot-floppies directory. The diff
> > should not be applied to the master CVS tree without removing the
> > 'temporary-only-for-m68k' hacks such as the patches to master2files,
> > master and PACKAGES_m68k. My /dev/console hack in rootdisk.sh might
> > also not please the purist. But the rest _should_ be applied to make
> > life easier for the next m68k boot floppies builder.
>
> Ok, should we go ahead and do this? If you know cvs, you can do it
> yourself. Cf my master.debian.org:~aph/cvswork/boot-floppies (local)
> and va.debian.org:~aph/cvswork/boot-floppies (remote) for how to do
> this.
I can do it as soon as I've got CVS installed and checked out the current
tree. Would even include the slice-ified master file as an extra. The
precise procedure to get the patch in is less of an issue. I'd like one
of the boot-floppies team to look over the patch and give me the official
blessing to do it that way (or carte blanche if you trust me that far).
> > What's missing is install.doc files in the Atari and Mac packages
> > (adapted from the m68k HTML install guides) and changelog
> > entries. And, of course, doing it all over again with the latest
> > packages. And again, and ...
>
> Well you'll be pleased to know I've added all the info from Frank's
> amiga install manual and some of your notes as well, except the
> anti-lilo stuff, which is too much for me tonight. So, amiga at least
> should be good up until the 'configure networking' step (where I
> collapsed from exhaustion). I'd love for an Amiga use to critique up
> until that point. Again,
> <URL:http://www.debian.org/~aph/boot-floppies/m68k/install.html>.
> That should pick up tonights rev in about 2 hours.
Fine; Chris told me that he's into SGML and can send you any further updates
in that format. The Amiga side will need to add some notes on how to get the
zoo of graphics cards configured for booting to preempt questions on the ML
about that part. Well, I seem to be dreaming; I only read documentation
after posting silly questions :-) But it might help some.
We may keep the old install guides around as a sort of quick reference; they
talk the user through the procedure quickly without dwelling too long on the
basics. But maybe the 'official' docs are just as concise now, and I'm just
harboring some strange sort of m68k underground resentments?
Michael
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