> -----Original Message----- > From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:01 PM > To: debian users > Subject: Re: The Hurd > > > deFreese, Barry wrote: > > >>From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>I just installed the Hurd on a Gateway E-1800. It's a bare minimum > >>install, with lots of broken-ness. > >> > >> > >> > >Which ISO did you use, K3?? If so, let me know if your > network applications > >such as ping, cvs, telnet, ftp, etc work. > > > > > > > I started by downloading "the 'Latest', which was pointing to > "hurd-j2" > (as per my notes at > http://faculty.acu.edu/~westk/A_Beginners_Attempt_to_Install_t he_Hurd.html), but eventually gave up on that and got a base system via "wget ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/gnu-latest.tar.gz" (also as per my notes).
ping works, and apt-get works, except that at the moment the system appears to be frozen after downloading a bunch of packages. Haven't tried the other stuff yet. I just power-cycled the box to get it unstuck, and now my login is not working. Something's broken . . . . Time to go study. -- Kent Kent, The latest should be K3. DId you look here? ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/iso/ Good Luck, Barry deFreese Technology Services Manager Nike Team Sports (949)-616-4005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster." Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]