Re: manual install
cfm@maine.com wrote:
> On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 04:36:30PM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote:
> > cfm@maine.com wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, you can do that.
> > >
> > > There is a script in /sbin (I think) called unconfigured.sh
> > > that you want to hack.
> >
> > That's just a script that prints out a message telling you that your machine isn't
> > configured and then it makes you reboot. I tried deleting it to see what would
> > happen and the box boots but is totally broken.
>
> I have done this, but not tftp. I just put the drive on an i86
> box and unpacked the base.tar.gz file. I had to put it back on
> i86 several times to hack a few scripts as I worked my way through
> the boot up. Been a while so I can't remember what they were other
> other than "unconfigured". Probably networking and /etc/fstab at
> least. I DO know that this is how I brought up both my powermac
> and our alpha boxes the first time.
>
That's consistent with what I've found so far. I can boot the box into single user
mode but it'll hang trying to initialize inetd if I try a normal boot. The network is
broken when I do get the box up so I'm guessing that that's where the problem lies.
I've gotten the /proc and / filesystems in /etc/fstab and they mount without a problem
and look OK. I am a little unsure as to how to get the swap partition activated. I
can't find where swapon is called in the init scripts but I'll try putting an entry in
/etc/fstab for it and see what happens.
later,
Andy
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