small corrections to the installer

svn path=/nixu/trunk/; revision=4368
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Armijn Hemel 2005-12-14 00:46:59 +00:00
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@ -60,16 +60,22 @@ Otherwise, do this yourself:
# route add default gw <gateway ip address>
# vim /etc/resolv.conf
Making logins on virtual consoles work.
Making syslog work.
Logins on virtual consoles are disabled by default. To make them work:
- edit /etc/inittab and outcomment the lines with "mingetty" in them
- copy /etc/services from a working Linux machine to /etc/services on the
NixOS machine (needed for sysklogd)
- copy /etc/syslog.conf from a working Linux machine to /etc/syslog.conf on the
NixOS machine (needed for sysklogd)
- launch sysklogd
Making logins on virtual consoles work.
Logins on virtual consoles are disabled by default. To make them work:
- edit /etc/inittab and outcomment the lines with "mingetty" in them
- copy /etc/login.defs from a working Linux machine to /etc/login.defs on the
NixOS machine (needed for mingetty)
NixOS machine (needed for mingetty). Alternatively, do:
# touch /etc/login.defs
- relaunch init