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Bug 191309 - An Ebuild for installing Inferno OS as a virtual OS
Summary: An Ebuild for installing Inferno OS as a virtual OS
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
URL: http://www.vitanuova.com/index.html
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Reported: 2007-09-04 23:05 UTC by Warren Wilkinson
Modified: 2009-06-10 08:54 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
inferno OS ebuild (inferno-0.1_alpha.ebuild,1.13 KB, text/plain)
2007-09-07 05:54 UTC, Warren Wilkinson
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Description Warren Wilkinson 2007-09-04 23:05:08 UTC
This ebuild installs Inferno OS into /home/inferno, so that it can be run like so:
$> PATH="/home/inferno/Linux/386/bin:$PATH"
$> cd /home/inferno/Linux/386/bin
$> emu -r/home/inferno

(Success, you get a prompt, and can type 'wm/wm' to start the window manager!)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:




The version number for the ebuild doesn't really reflect the version number of InfernoOS, I didn't really see any version numbers associated with the OS unfortunately.

This ebuild works, but it could be improved. The Inferno OS instructions recommend installing as a custom user -- this ebuild creates on, but is prevented from switching to it during the installation (I think its a sandbox issue) -- this doesn't prevent InfernoOS from working.

Also, the process for starting Inferno isn't as simple as it could be, but I doubt thats a problem -- anyone wanting to try an experimental OS is probably prepared to append directories to their PATH environment variable, and is familiar with command line arguments.
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-09-05 05:50:54 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> This ebuild

I can't see any ebuild, unfortunately.
Comment 2 Warren Wilkinson 2007-09-07 05:54:44 UTC
Created attachment 130241 [details]
inferno OS ebuild
Comment 3 Warren Wilkinson 2007-09-07 05:55:21 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Created an attachment (id=130241) [edit]
> inferno OS ebuild
> 

I must have mistakenly forgotten to attach it, fixed now.