Thinkpad X220 and X230 probably are too much modern for Hurd.
In my case, I use Thinkpad T60 (and similar models, like R60e) and T410.
These models have good compatibility with Hurd

El mié, 27 ene 2021 a las 15:52, Joshua Branson (<jbra...@dismail.de>)
escribió:

> Damien Zammit <dam...@zamaudio.com> writes:
>
> > On 26/1/21 4:00 pm, Damien Zammit wrote:
> >> I burnt the cd to physical media and tried to install natively on X220
> thinkpad.
> >
> > I also tried the same image on a physical X230 thinkpad, this time the
> disk was detected by gnumach,
> > but it failed to detect the CD ROM so the installer could not proceed,
> and there was no way to make rumpdisk
> > find the ATAPI drive because it was already controlled by gnumach.
>
> I'm planning on purchasing an older laptop to run the Hurd on actual
> hardware.  Any recommendations?  The mentioned Thinkpads X220 and the
> X230 seem like good candidates.  Are there other options?
>
> Ideally I want something that others may want to buy.  I know that the
> Hurd is not so stable for everyday use-ability...
>
> > Damien
> >
>
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