Need info on installing X11 & UI on Darwin
Thomas Ferreira <[email protected]> Mon, 14 Feb 2005 11:01:10 -0800
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.opendarwin.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi, I just installed Darwin 7.0.1 on a new 120GB hard drive I installed in my G5. Goal is to setup this drive as a bootable opensource operating system with X11 and a UI like Window Maker. I will later download opendarwin and use that as my core OS but for now, was only able to download Apple's Darwin as my Satellite connection only allows so much downloading before it cuts you off so I will try opendarwin later. Anyway, my question is, can I create a complete bootable opensource Darwin based OS on my system? I already installed Darwin and yes my G5 boots up to the login screen fine and I can login as root and CD/ around the directories. I also even launched the PING application in Darwin and it must of automatically saw my Internet connected as I did not have to setup and settings and I was able to ping www.yahoo.com. So, my guess is darwin is set at grabbing Internet and TCP via DHCP and that is why I can get on the Internet? Anyway, what next. I was hoping I could not download some Package Manager so I can more easily download and install the X11 and Window Maker apps so I can have a computer base to build onto. Can this be done. Does FINK or DarwinPorts allow direct install on a Darwin OS and then I run it to then download and install X11 and Window Maker? If not, can I just reboot back into OS X, grab certain files, transfer them to my Darwin hard drive, then reboot in Darwin and install them somehow? Any guidance would be great. Is their a web site or FAQ that explains step by step on how to do this. Thanks again, Tom