Quoting Riccardo Mottola (2015-01-25 17:55:13) > Hi, > > I'm trying to install HURD on a laptop > PIII 700, 392MB Ram, wireless card ("ral") > > full image, 5-1-2015 > > 1) text install. Install hangs idle (the cpu fan stops, thus I suppose > no loop) > start ext2fs: Hurd server bootstrap: ext2fs[gunzip:device:rd0] exec > > 2) pseudo-graphical install: > gives some error about denied permissions, but goes further up to dialogs
What happened to you at 1) is most likely just bad luck then. There is no reason to believe that the bootstrap is different at this point. The current bootstrap mechanism is unfortunately not very robust and it is known to randomly hang. Justus