Hi Joshua,
Quoting jbra...@dismail.de (2024-11-30 15:27:11) > November 30, 2024 at 6:23 AM, "Tanguy LE CARROUR" <tan...@bioneland.org > mailto:tan...@bioneland.org?to=%22Tanguy%20LE%20CARROUR%22%20%3Ctanguy%40bioneland.org%3E > > wrote: > > Was it supposed to work on real hardware or was I being overly optimistic? > > It should. I'm tweaking the mailing list to forward this to bug-hurd (who > know > more about Debian GNU/Hurd). What hardware are you using? As far as I know, > the T60, X200, T400, and T500 are the latest Intel machines that will have > working ethernet on bare metal (though rumpnet is coming). I personally use > a T43. > This wiki page does warn that the stable installer (2023 images) currently > does not > boot correctly on the X200, T400, and T500. I tried on my X200s… So I guess it’s normal that it does not boot. > But you should be able to install the > Hurd via CrossInstall > > https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/faq/drivers/ > > https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/hurd/running/debian/CrossInstall/ > > Also, fair warning, if you want to use X, then you cannot use libreboot > at the moment. A hurd developer is working on fixing this. Part of the "fun" was to do it using Guix. So, for the time being, I’ll stick to using the Hurd in a childhurd (<https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/childhurds-and-substitutes/>). But thanks for letting me know about the CrossInstall! Regards -- Tanguy
