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[Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete
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Daniel Clark |
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[Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete |
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Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:42:27 -0500 |
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Robert Millan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> gNewSense for MIPS/Yeeloong is almost complete now. What we have is:
>
> - A blob-free Linux image that works on the Yeeloong.
>
> - A port of D-I.
>
> - A set of changes that implement gNewSense branding/theming.
>
> - A set of APT archives that provide:
> - Lenny without the non-free packages (pruned-upstream)
> - Security support, again without the non-free bits
> (pruned-upstream-security)
> - An overlay with replacements for the non-free bits and/or branding
> stuff, etc
>
> A netboot image can be obtained from:
>
> http://aybabtu.com/rmh/gnewsense/netboot/
>
> Instructions:
>
> - Put vmlinux and initrd.gz in a USB image (in the example I used ext2)
>
> - Get to pmon2000 prompt and type:
>
> load /dev/fs/address@hidden/vmlinux
> initrd /dev/fs/address@hidden/initrd.gz
> g console=tty no_auto_cmd
>
> - Follow installation process in D-I.
>
> - Once finished, your system can be boot with:
>
> load /dev/fs/address@hidden/boot/vmlinux-2.6.27.1-yeeloong
> g console=tty no_auto_cmd root=/dev/hda3
>
> (assuming you installed to third partition of the internal
> disk, otherwise you'll have to change wd0c and hda3)
>
> And you can make this the default by setting "al" and "karg"
> variables.
>
> Some areas could need a bit more polish but everything is there already.
> The system in my laptop now looks like gNewSense, walks like gNewSense and
> smells like gNewSense.
>
> I need people to help identify issues that need to be addressed. Please
> test the image above and report. Thank you!
>
I am planning on testing this weekend, and getting on RMS's laptop ASAP.
I forwarded your announcement to him and he said "That is pleasing
news." (which is about as excited as I've seen him get about something
positive in email ;-)
Also if someone needs a DVD burned/mailed to them because they are
behind a really slow connection we can arrange that (you would of course
need to transfer to a USB stick you own).
Cheers and many thanks for your work,
--
Daniel JB Clark | Sys Admin, Free Software Foundation
pobox.com/~dclark | http://www.fsf.org/about/staff#danny
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- [Gnewsense-dev] Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Robert Millan, 2009/02/18
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- [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Robert Millan, 2009/02/20
- [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Daniel Clark, 2009/02/20
- [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Robert Millan, 2009/02/21
- Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Ye Tian, 2009/02/21
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- Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Anivar Aravind, 2009/02/21
- Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Robert Millan, 2009/02/21
- Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: Call for testers: gNewSense / MIPS almost complete, Robert Millan, 2009/02/21
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