[Soekris] voyage linux installation

[Bill Maas]

Hi John,

On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 12:21 -0500, John G. Heim wrote:
> I would like to try installing voyage linux on my 4801. But I don't 
> understand the installation instructions.
> 
> -- begin quote --
> Download the Voyage Linux software package from
> 	http://www.voyage.hk/download/voyage/
> to a Linux machine. extract the software tarball:
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 	tar --numeric-owner -jxf voyage-<version>.tar.bz2
> 
> as root, run the installation script:
> 	cd voyage-<version>
> 	./usr/local/sbin/voyage.update
> -- end quote --
> 
> It seems there must be a step missing. How can I run the installation script 
> unless I've already got linux on my machine?

I don't run Voyage, but from the installation instructions I understand
that you are expected to build the CF image on a separate machine (PC,
laptop) running Linux, then flash it onto CF and then transfer the CF
card to the Soekris box. The latter step being a highly "manual" one;)

Bill


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