Re: Debian Questions - Newbie-ish

1998-09-14 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: : On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 04:36:13PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: : : > : 1) Once I've got everything installed in a basic way, how do I build and : > : install the world myself? In NetBSD, it's as easy as "cd /usr/src ; make : > : build". W

Re: Debian Questions - Newbie-ish

1998-09-14 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
>> Um... Okay. I guess what I'm looking for is more of a "core system" sort > of answer. Id est, I'm wondering how I go about configuring a kernel and > building userland. Or, is it the case that in Debian *everything* is a > package? That's sort of an intriguing possibility. > Is kernel configur

Re: Debian Questions - Newbie-ish

1998-09-14 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
>Hmm. I think bootpart from BSD will do this, and I'm pretty sure LILO >will. I've used LILO to dual boot Windows and Linux, and bootpart to >dual boot DOS and BSD. I never have done exactly what you want to do yes, LILO will do this. My /etc/lilo.conf file boots both, and will supposedly boo

Re: Debian Questions - Newbie-ish

1998-09-14 Thread john
Mason Loring Bliss writes: > 3) Is there an equivalent to the NetBSD practise of a nightly sup of > current sources? Look at apt, in unstable. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: Debian Questions - Newbie-ish

1998-09-14 Thread Mason Loring Bliss
On Mon, Sep 14, 1998 at 04:36:13PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > : 1) Once I've got everything installed in a basic way, how do I build and > : install the world myself? In NetBSD, it's as easy as "cd /usr/src ; make > : build". What's the Debian equivalent? > > There isn't one - most Debian

Re: Debian Questions - Newbie-ish

1998-09-14 Thread John Larkin
Mason Loring Bliss wrote > My questions: > > 1) Once I've got everything installed in a basic way, how do I build and > install the world myself? In NetBSD, it's as easy as "cd /usr/src ; make > build". What's the Debian equivalent? Well, the packages are distributed in binary format (hence the m

Re: Debian Questions - Newbie-ish

1998-09-14 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Mason Loring Bliss wrote: : What I'd really like is a "Debian for NetBSD People" guide, but, failing : that, maybe a couple kind souls out there can answer some questions I've : got. : : Note: I'm not running Debian yet - I'm running NetBSD-current - but I : think I'm g

Debian Questions - Newbie-ish

1998-09-14 Thread Mason Loring Bliss
What I'd really like is a "Debian for NetBSD People" guide, but, failing that, maybe a couple kind souls out there can answer some questions I've got. Note: I'm not running Debian yet - I'm running NetBSD-current - but I think I'm going to give Debian a try for a while. I'll clear out a mostly unu