[GSOC] Porting Valgrind to Hurd

2014-03-18 Thread Subhashish Pradhan
Hello, Previously I had some discussions and queries related to this project on this mailing list, but disappeared for a while, my apologies. I am working on implementing PRE() and POST() wrappers for a custom ioctl on Linux. With that as reference, I have the following (broad) steps in mind to c

Re: New installation CDs and qemu image

2014-03-18 Thread Richard Braun
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 02:27:02PM +0100, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > Also, if I can fix this installation, I'd prefer.. it took me two > days to reinstall hurd: not continuously attented, but the operation > was quite slow.. CD-ROM and HDD seem to be quite slow in access, > especially the former. I

Re: New installation CDs and qemu image

2014-03-18 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Richard Braun wrote: On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:59:44AM +0100, Gabriele Giacone wrote: >Did you install it again on / and /home distinct filesystems? If so, >try to reinstall it on "/" only. >Plus, don't set any mirror so that install takes all packages from CD. Just for the record, it's strong

Re: New installation CDs and qemu image

2014-03-18 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, Gabriele Giacone wrote: Did you install it again on / and /home distinct filesystems? If so, try to reinstall it on "/" only. Plus, don't set any mirror so that install takes all packages from CD. I did not.. however what i will try later tonight is to edit mtab and let the system boot with

Re: New installation CDs and qemu image

2014-03-18 Thread Richard Braun
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:59:44AM +0100, Gabriele Giacone wrote: > Did you install it again on / and /home distinct filesystems? If so, > try to reinstall it on "/" only. > Plus, don't set any mirror so that install takes all packages from CD. Just for the record, it's strongly advised to use sep

Re: New installation CDs and qemu image

2014-03-18 Thread Gabriele Giacone
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > Richard Braun wrote: >> >> Honestly, I'm not sure you'll get help for such a specific problem. The >> failed reinstall, though, is more troubling (and then interesting). I >> suggest you reattempt to reinstall, and use the other virtual t

Re: New installation CDs and qemu image

2014-03-18 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, Richard Braun wrote: Honestly, I'm not sure you'll get help for such a specific problem. The failed reinstall, though, is more troubling (and then interesting). I suggest you reattempt to reinstall, and use the other virtual terminals to check the status of the system if reinstallation fails

Re: New installation CDs and qemu image

2014-03-18 Thread Richard Braun
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 10:46:26AM +0100, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > without success and further help, I just attempted a clean reinstall > .As a note, I add that the machine I am using worked with hurd for > years, until its hard-disk trashed. > > The installer went fine (it is quite slow, CD-ROM

Re: New installation CDs and qemu image

2014-03-18 Thread Riccardo Mottola
Hi, without success and further help, I just attempted a clean reinstall .As a note, I add that the machine I am using worked with hurd for years, until its hard-disk trashed. The installer went fine (it is quite slow, CD-ROM access seems quite painful) through all the steps, up to the last