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Here is an updated version.
Summary of changes:
*Removed -M q35 as it didn't seem necessary for 64bit, but breaks 32bit
*Added options handling
*Default to boot the existing image unless -r (redownload) is specified
*Added options to run a filesystem check (-f), to expand the disk image
(-e), to daemonize qemu, and to download the 64bit image (-6, default
is 32bit)
On Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:33:37 +0000
[email protected] wrote:
> March 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM, "Alicia" <[email protected]
> mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Alicia%22%20%3Cbug-hurd%40gnu.org%3E >
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > After speaking with jab/gnucode on IRC I wrote a shellscript that
> > downloads the latest Hurd disk image and runs it with qemu, as a
> > fool-proof (or aspiring to be fool-proof) way to test it.
> >
> > I am happy to assign the copyright to FSF, and to develop it
> > further if wanted.
> >
> > Attaching the script. It's also available from
> > https://ion.nu/tmp/run-hurd.sh.txt because I'm not sure how
> > attachments are handled
>
>
> I think that the Hurd team spends a fair amount of time answering
> questions on irc / email about how to run the Hurd via qemu. Time
> which could be better spent elsewhere. :)
>
> As a parallel, the guix people have the guix-install.sh script (1),
> which installs the guix package manager on top of a GNU/Linux distro.
> They essentially do not have to answer many questions about how to
> install guix anymore. :)
>
> What do you all think?
>
> And thanks Alicia!
>
> 1. https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh
>
>
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