I have tried installing Hurd and everything seems to go quite well util the last stage of the first boot. At this point the kernel panics.
The precise actions were: a.) mke2fs -O sparse_super -o hurd /dev/hdc1 b.) mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc /gnu c.) cd /gnu d.) tar --same-owner -xpzf /backup/gnu-20011016.tar.gz e.) reboot under grub f.) grub> root (hd1,0) g.) grub> kernel /boot/gnumach.gz -s root=device:hd2s1 h.) grub> module hurd/ext2fs.static --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} --host-p riv-port=${host-port} --device-master-port=${device-port} --exec-server-task =${exec-task} -T typed ${root} ${task-create} ${task-resume} i.) grub> module /lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec ${exec-task=task-create} j.) grub> boot I noticed that it seemed to find the correct ide devices, so I believe it was working reasonably well upto the point of panic. The machine reboots too quickly for me to take down many details, but I believe that EIP = 0x12144b at the point of panic. It would be quite nice if a more recent cut could be placed in the archive, as I would be quite happy to just try again. /proc/cpuinfo looks like the following: processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 4 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) processor stepping : 4 cpu MHz : 1001.803 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no sep_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 psn mmxext mmx fxsr 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 1998.84 /proc/pci as follows: PCI devices found: Bus 0, device 0, function 0: Host bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 0). Vendor id=1106. Device id=3112. Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=8. Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe0000000 [0xe0000008]. Bus 0, device 1, function 0: PCI bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 0). Vendor id=1106. Device id=b112. Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=12. Bus 0, device 7, function 0: ISA bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 64). Vendor id=1106. Device id=686. Medium devsel. Master Capable. No bursts. Bus 0, device 7, function 1: IDE interface: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo IDE (rev 6). Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0xd000 [0xd001]. Bus 0, device 7, function 2: USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 26). Medium devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0xd400 [0xd401]. Bus 0, device 7, function 3: USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 26). Medium devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable. Latency=32. I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801]. Bus 0, device 7, function 4: Bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 64). Vendor id=1106. Device id=3057. Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. Bus 0, device 7, function 5: Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 80). Vendor id=1106. Device id=3058. Medium devsel. IRQ 5. I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdc01]. I/O at 0xe000 [0xe001]. I/O at 0xe400 [0xe401]. Bus 0, device 12, function 0: Ethernet controller: NS Unknown device (rev 0). Vendor id=100b. Device id=20. Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11. Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=11.Max Lat=52. I/O at 0xec00 [0xec01]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8000000 [0xe8000000]. Bus 1, device 0, function 0: VGA compatible controller: Trident Unknown device (rev 0). Vendor id=1023. Device id=8500. Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=32. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe5800000 [0xe5800000]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe6000000 [0xe6000000]. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe5000000 [0xe5000000]. _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd