At the risk of sounding smug, I managed to install the Hurd onto an Asus L3 without too much trouble. I followed the "Installing the Hurd" document by Neal Walfield and it all went well. I think (it was a while ago) I did a little "ad libbing" but not much. It can be done!
I like the document though, I do recall having some of those issues and thinking why!?!?!? Unfortunately X windows doesn't work on my machine as it needs agpart which apparently doesn't work. If it wasn't for this I reckon I'd actually use it! rgh On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 05:14, Kent West wrote: > David Fokkema wrote: > > >On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 03:29:23PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > > > > >>David Fokkema wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 02:20:00PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I just installed the Hurd on a Gateway E-1800. It's a bare minimum > >>>>install, with lots of broken-ness. > >>>> > >>>>And they say installing Debian GNU/Linux is hard. Debian GNU/Linux is a > >>>>piece of cake. If anyone ever complains about how hard it is to install > >>>>Debian again, point 'em to the Hurd. > >>>> > >>>>But I'm having fun . . . :-) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Maybe you could keep us posted on how useable the Hurd is? > >>> > >>>TIA, > >>> > >>>David > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Well, as I mentioned, there's a lot of broken-ness at the moment. But > >>I'm overcoming some sort of hurdle every half-hour to an hour or so, so > >>it's got that "work-work-work-REWARD!" routine going for it. > >> > >>I'm keeping notes at > >>http://faculty.acu.edu/~westk/A_Beginners_Attempt_to_Install_the_Hurd.html. > >>Be aware they are very "random". Some time later I may clean them up. > >> > >> > > I've wiped the drive and started over, and started a new, much cleaner > document. It can be found at > http://faculty.acu.edu/~westk/A_Beginners_Second_Attempt_to_Install_the_Hurd.html > > Unfortunately, I've run into problems again, so I still can't report > that the Hurd is usable. Give me time . . . . > > -- > Kent -- "It is possible to make things of great complexity out of things that are very simple. There is no conservation of simplicity" -- Stephen Wolfram Richard Heycock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> key fingerprint : 909D CBFA C669 AC2F A937 AFA4 661B 9D21 EAAB 4291 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
