Re: woody Debian Installer plans
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>
> On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 12:36:56PM +1100, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> > How important is it for the Hurd to have a native installer?
> >
> > Im sure the Hurd users would prefer to not have to depend on "foreign"
> > kernels, but is it practical ?
> >
> > The easiest path would be to install hurd packages from a linux based
> > installer, i assume most utilities that the installer would use would
> > need to be ported to the hurd, to do a native hurd installer. Some
> > utilities the new installer will likely be based on are busybox,
> > libdetect, libparted, slang.
>
> Does this make sense? We run things in /target during the install!
> Think, for instance, PCMCIA, or postinsts.
>
> Dan
>
Maybe my lack of knowledge is shinning through here, but if hurd
packages were unpacked from a linux based installer couldnt the
postinsts and other hurd specific stuff be delayed untill after a reboot
?
Glenn
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