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| author | Patrick McDermott <pehjota> | 2020-12-26 13:03:41 (EST) |
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| committer | Patrick McDermott <pehjota> | 2020-12-26 13:03:41 (EST) |
| commit | f20ba2341280c29cc956583a073322f94cdc5898 (patch) | |
| tree | 7f10e44990834d23ed2d52128cfde53ff8532f8c | |
| parent | e17240c8575dbdc89fa8fc7f9cf7678306cf6b9d (diff) | |
doc/install: Explain when to use chroot or hw
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/install.mdwn b/doc/install.mdwn index 533040b..11b364a 100644 --- a/doc/install.mdwn +++ b/doc/install.mdwn @@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ install and manage ProteanOS systems. [[Get_started!_→|doc/install/prokit]] Then, choose how and where to install ProteanOS: - * [[In_an_isolated_file_system_environment_→|doc/install/chroot]] + * [[On_an_existing_host_system_under_an_isolated_file_system_environment_→|doc/install/chroot]] * [[On_a_supported_PC_→|doc/install/pc]] +ProteanOS package development is typically done on an different host system. +Running ProteanOS on actual hardware is only necessary for testing things like +hardware-specific features (e.g. booting with a new `linux-image-*` package), +network configuration, or system services (e.g. a logging daemon or a Web +server). + See the [[legal_and_technical_notices|doc/legal]] to learn how to find copyright information for ProteanOS packages and how to build ProteanOS packages from source code. |