Hi, me: > A potential problem is that scsi_ioctl_send_command() is restricted > to transfer MAX_BUF = PAGE_SIZE payload bytes.
Samuel Thibault: > Page size on i386 is 4KiB. > > I am unable to determine whether this limit also applies to scsi_do_cmd() > > in hurd/gnumach/linux/src/drivers/scsi/scsi.c > It seems to be only 24bit limited. Well, that should suffice. > > A sketch how to set up an own Hurd development with access to a > > real CD drive and remote login via real Ethernet would be very welcome. > > Just enough detail to estimate the effort. > You will need an old ethernet device, in order to get it working with > gnumach. Apart from that, it's as simple as installing Debian: just take > the installation CD from the Debian GNU/Hurd website. The old ethernet adapter might be a problem. The test machine is a 4x 64 bit AMD with ethernet on mainboard. >From /var/log/messages of Debian 5: r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK-NAPI loaded eth0: RTL8168c/8111c at 0xffffc20000630000, [...] Can this be circumvented by running Hurd on a virtual machine ? If yes: Which one would you advise to use on Debian GNU/Linux 5 ? Have a nice day :) Thomas
