Re: Hurd installation CD
On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 11:37:11PM +0000, Philip Charles wrote:
> >
> > After running native-install the second time, you need to reboot. Then:
> >
> > cd /dev
> > ./MAKEDEV hd1
> > settrans /cdrom /hurd/isofs /dev/hd1
> >
> Still not working. I ran ./native-install twice.
>
> Rebooted (single user), ran export TERM=mach, and cd /dev
> ran ./MAKEDEV /dev/hd1
> ls showed hd1 had been created
> ran settrans /cdrom /dev/hd1 /cdrom
> this seemed OK
> ran mount -t isofs /dev/hd1 /cdrom
> segmentation fault
Did you do both? They are exclusive. settrans replaces mount.
> ran cd /cdrom
> /hurd/isofs: /dev/hd1: Device not configured
> cd /cdrom: Translator died.
Device not configured points at a kernel problem. Which version of the
Debian gnumach package are you using? Is your CD drive recognized at boot
time?
> Any ideas? Frustration!! The .debs could be copied from the CD onto the
> Hurd partition to get dpkg/dselect working. Ugly.
It works for me just fine...
On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 11:58:48PM +0000, Philip Charles wrote:
> I have had no luck in mounting an ide cdrom using with the tarball (second
> to latest version). What support is there for mounting CDs in the
> tarball? I suspect that if there is any it will be rather limited.
It's complete. Only gnumach and isofs are needed.
> I am proposing to add another utility to the installation CD which will
> copy the .deb file system onto the Hurd partition so it is accessible to
> dpkg/dselect/apt.
I propose to fix the real problem :)
Thanks,
Marcus
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