On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 06:31:46AM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Dec 06 01:25 -0600]:
>
> > I've been thinking about it, but haven't had the time. Do you now have
> > a working install? how about X?
>
> I would say that it is mostly working. So f
* Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006 Dec 06 01:25 -0600]:
> I've been thinking about it, but haven't had the time. Do you now have
> a working install? how about X?
I would say that it is mostly working. So far I haven't been able to
cleanly shutdown the system. It doesn't (yet) su
seems to be working except for notably Aptitude. Dselect is
> there. Shudder!
>
> There are rough edges as DHCP doesn't work so the network must be
> manually configured each time. The Debian bits seem to be as easy as
> on Linux while the Hurd bits seem to be the most im
;t work so the network must be
manually configured each time. The Debian bits seem to be as easy as
on Linux while the Hurd bits seem to be the most immature.
As I said, an interesting diversion and something different to learn
about. Anyone else giving the Hurd a spin?
- Nate >>
--
W
; so long without an acknowlegement, but I just haven't had time to get
> back to playing with the Hurd/grub. Looks like your post will help a lot
> when I get back to it though; thanks!
your welcome:) Oh, and when you do make a grub flop like this, be sure
not to skip the above "dd ... cou
t --superverify /dev/fd0 hd
# dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
# mke2fs /dev/fd0
# mount /floppy
# mkdir -p /floppy/boot/grub
# cp /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/stage{1,2} /floppy/boot/grub
# cat >/flop py/boot/grub/menu.lst <
title The Hurd
root (hd0,0)
kernel
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:14:44PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
...
> 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
looking at your scribbles, I noticed that one
e run into problems again, so I still can't report
> that the Hurd is usable. Give me time . . . .
Well, at least the installation part looked a _lot_ cleaner than on your
first attempt. So you're definately making progress! And you already
mentioned that the mailing list was a gre
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!
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 the
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,
Aryan Ameri wrote:
On Thursday 29 May 2003 01:39, Kent West wrote:
It's about time for me to subscribe to the Debian-Hurd mailing list.
The regulars here on this list might be getting tired of seeing
Hurd-related stuff.
AFAIK this list's name is Debian-user, it doesn't mention what k
> -Original Message-
> From: Aryan Ameri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 4:45 PM
> To: debian users
> Subject: Re: The Hurd
>
> Sure, debian-hurd is more specific, but I don't consider Hurd
> stuff OT
> here. And last t
On Thursday 29 May 2003 01:39, Kent West wrote:
> deFreese, Barry wrote:
> >>deFreese, Barry wrote:
> >>>>From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>>>
> >>>>I just installed the Hurd on a Gateway E-1800. It's a bare
> >>>
> -Original Message-
> From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 3:55 PM
> To: debian users
> Subject: Re: The Hurd
>
>
> deFreese, Barry wrote:
>
> >>deFreese, Barry wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
deFreese, Barry wrote:
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??
The latest should be K3. DId you look here?
On Wednesday 28 May 2003 22:48, 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
> -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]
> >>
> >>
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
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
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
> -Original Message-
> From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 12:35 PM
> To: debian users
> Subject: OT: The Hurd
>
>
> I just installed the Hurd on a Gateway E-1800. It's a bare minimum
> install, with lots of broken-ne
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
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