February 27, 2026 at 5:05 AM, "Philipp Klaus Krause" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Philipp%20Klaus%20Krause%22%20%3Cpkk%40spth.de%3E > wrote:
> > Am 26.02.26 um 17:01 schrieb [email protected]: > > > > > You can just use an already installed Debian GNU/Hurd image. That way you > > don't > > have to waste time installing the Hurd. > > > > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-amd64/ > > > > https://hurdos.com/wiki/hurd/running/qemu.html#index1h1 > > > I used to do that a few years ago. AFAIR, while it was easy getting a > Hurd running in a VM that way, the complicated part was growing the disk > to sufficient size to actually do something in Hurd without running out > of disk space. Which motivated me to try going via the installer instead > this time. > > Philipp You can increase the size of the qemu img. :) https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-amd64/YES_REALLY_README.txt Look for the heading: "One can increase the size of the image with e.g.:" I personally download the vm image, install the software that I want, flash directly to an SSD, then increase the size of the filesystem. https://hurdos.com/wiki/hurd/running/flash_qemu_img.html

