Hi, PLD users, I am about to install PLD AC using the PLD rescue CD (version 2.0).
I have tried to use the English install documentation starting at http://docs.pld-linux.org/instalacjarc_intro.html but I noted after doing some steps that this HOWTO seems to be a little bit outdated. Thus I took heart and looked into the Polish one starting at http://pl.docs.pld-linux.org/instalacja_chroot_wstep.html The Polish version seems to be more up-to-date--and luckily command sequences are the same all over the world :-) Until now I have install some PLD core RPMs using the following steps: 1. Boot the PLD rescue CD. 2. Prepare a rootfs partition using ext3 (and swap), mounting it at "/inst" 3. Customize "/etc/poldek/poldek.conf" to use "/inst/var/cache/poldek" as package cache dir. 4. Customize "/etc/poldek/pld-source.conf" to use AC's RPMs for i686--the architecture of the machine I try to install PLD onto. 5. Prepare poldeks cache dir and the rpm database: mkdir -p /inst/var/cache/poldek rpm --root /inst --initdb 6. Install core packages according to the Polish documentation but using "grub" instead of "lilo": poldek --root /inst -i \ FHS setup dev chkconfig dhcpcd poldek vim geninitrd modutils grub When being ask to choose one of "pwutils" or "shadow" I have chosen "shadow". All these steps are running smoothly--but now I have some questions: a. When I my 'guessing Polish' is correct later only a kernel RPM and "udev" will be added, and then you should be able to boot into the system. I wonder whether some more packages needed. For instance what about the tools to check the root filesystem (check will be issued by "/etc/rcd./rc.sysinit")? Are there other packages needed for a minimal bootable system? b. I see that "pdksh" was installed as dependency. Well, first I did not worry about that since I did not explicitly choose a shell. So I've tried step 6 again but added the "bash" package. But "pdksh" would be installed again. This looks strange to me, and I've analized the situation a bit: Many packages require "/bin/sh", and this feature seems only be provided by "pdksh". Even "bash" seems to require "/bin/bash", thus "bash" depends on "pdksh"--sounds a little bit like a joke to me! (Why, for instance, does "bash" not provide "/bin/sh" itself?) If this is a feature and not a bug I would be very interested in any reason for this situation. Beside these questions I am pleased by PLD even now: The core system seems to be very small and highly customizable. Features which I've missed in many Linux distros I've tried. Dirk _______________________________________________ pld-users-en mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/pld-users-en
