Another interesting thing could to be update the FAQ https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/faq_inlined.html
2018-06-09 18:19 GMT+02:00 Joshua Branson <jbra...@fastmail.com>: > Amos Jeffries <squ...@treenet.co.nz> writes: > > > On 09/06/18 04:53, Joshua Branson wrote: > >> Amos Jeffries writes: > >> > >>> On 08/06/18 04:58, Joshua Branson wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I would actually recommend that you just run the Hurd in qemu. Most, > if > >>>> not all, of the main Hurd developers just run the Hurd inside qemu. > >>>> > >>>> Also a cool idea! I believe I read somewhere that it possible to have > >>>> the Hurd running in qemu, but make the X server run in Linux. This is > >>>> apparently a really stable way to run the Hurd. > >>>> > >>>> Also, maybe you and I could try to start up a GNU/Hurd hangout > session. > >>>> Kind of like the Emacs hangouts. > >>>> > >>> > >>> Speaking of that. I tried to follow the instructions at > >>> <https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/running/qemu.html> yesterday. > It > >>> seems to be very much in need of updating. > >> > >> Are you sure? Which ones don't work? > >> > > > > The section is talking about qemu, but as a newbie having installed the > > qemu package (apt says successfully) the "kvm" command still will not > > work. It needs the qemu-kvm package specifically. > > hmmm. It sounds like you should contribute to the hurd website! > There's a webpage on it on the wiki or you could look up my contributing > video on my youtube channel: "The GNU Guy". > > > > > And most of the URLs mentioned are outdated, more updated ones seem to > > be listed inside the README. > > > > > > > >> I've never had a problem with the first two: > >> $ wget http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/debian- > hurd.img.tar.gz > >> $ tar -xz < debian-hurd.img.tar.gz > >> > > > > "HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request" > > > > Location: > > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd- > i386/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz > > Where are you seeing this? I don't see that URL on > https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/running/qemu.html > > why don't you try getting the latest debian-hurd image available via > this command: > > $ wget http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/debian- > hurd.img.tar.gz > > > > > Samuel seems to only have a Hurd repo in his directory now. Not the > > built images. > > > > > >> I have had problems with the last command: > >> > >> $ kvm -m 1G -drive cache=writeback,file=$(echo debian-hurd-*.img) > >> > >> mainly that "kvm" is not the command you use. I've always had to run > >> qemu-system-i386. > >> > > > > The kvm command seemed to work fine once I moved to other documentation > > about KVM instead of qemu had me uninstall qemu and install the qemu-kvm > > package. > > Again this should be fixed on the website. You can do it! Send your > patches to the bug-hurd mailing list. > > > > > > > AYJ > >
