We have managed to make a bootable GNU cd! It does require a patch to isofs which Alfred should be sending to bug-hurd. There are still some issues to be worked out, but it should be at least usable as an install environment. There is also a patch needed for mach so that we do not need the root=device kernel option. For now just set it to your cdrom drive.
http://24.109.97.177:57777/Screenshot2.png this is a screenshot of it booting output: Hurd server bootstrap: iso9660fs.static[device:hd2] exec init proc auth /libexec/console-run: /dev/console: Permission denied /libexec/console-run: /tmp/console: Read-only file system /libexec/console-run: Using temporary console /tmp /libexec/runsystem: Running on fallback console /tmp sh-3.00# uname -a GNU hurd 0.3 GNU-Mach 1.4/Hurd-0.3 i386-AT386 unknown unknown GNU here's the recipe for the cd (http://24.109.97.177:57777/livecd.txt) what you'll need: stage2_eltorito[http://24.109.97.177:57777/stage2_eltorito] from grub[http://www.gnu.org/software/grub] (not sure on the version. i am using 0.95) base system (i use http://www.update.uu.se/~ams/gnu/gnu-2004-12-04.tar.bz2) iso9660fs.static[http://24.109.97.177:57777/iso9660fs.static] how-to: # mkdir iso ..(at this point untar or setup base system) # mkdir -p iso/boot/grub # cp iso9660fs.static iso/hurd # cp stage2_eltorito iso/boot/grub ..(edit iso/boot/grub/grub.conf) # mkisofs -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot\ -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o livecd.iso iso/ note: /boot/gnumach /hurd/iso9660fs.static /hurd/exec and /lib/ld.so.1 must NOT be symlinks! contents of grub.conf: timeout 60 default 0 title GNU/Hurd CD #uppermem 523648 #this may need to be set root (cd) #root=device: needs to be set to your cdrom device kernel /boot/gnumach root=device:hd2 module /hurd/iso9660fs.static --multiboot-command-line=\ ${kernel-command-line} --host-priv-port=${host-port}\ --device-master-port=${device-port} --exec-server-task=${exec-task} -T\ typed ${root} $(task-create) $(task-resume) module /lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec $(exec-task=task-create) andrew _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
