Hi David :) Quoting David Michael (2015-01-04 23:40:03) > I've uploaded updates to my Hurd build scripts for Fedora 21, so I > thought I'd send a note about it in case it helps anyone else out there > who is interested in building Hurd outside Debian. (The project has > actually bloated into a fairly complete distro itself at this point.) > It can be downloaded from https://github.com/dm0-/gnuxc . Here are some > nifty things it can do: > > * It runs GNU dmd as PID 1, with service definitions like mcron, lsh, > syslog, and the Hurd console client. > > * It has a Guile/Make file to bootstrap and build all the cross-compiler > RPMs in parallel with proper dependency tracking. > > * It can use your CPU to heat your home or office.
Most impressive! For someone who isn't a Fedora user, is there an image I can download and just boot to play around with? Also, do you hang out with the Guix people? If not, you should ;). Also, are you in #hurd? > * It includes a Linux-libre kernel with a statically linked QEMU so that > it is still possible to boot Hurd virtually on machines with > unsupported hardware. (I use this for a Live CD type of setup and EFI > booting.) Heh, nice hack. Note though that for the Hurd, booting from a CD isn't much different than booting from a hard drive. grub-mkrescue creates bootable cd/hd/usb images, from there on it's just a matter of bootstrapping the Hurd the same way it is done for a normal installation. Of course then you have iso9660fs as rootfs, which is readonly, which causes problems for the "userland" bootstrap. Cheers, Justus
