On 19/12/2015 6:53 a.m., Samuel Thibault wrote:
> David Renz, on Fri 18 Dec 2015 18:49:11 +0100, wrote:
>> if it really wouldn't be supported by Debian Hurd, then the installation
>> process couldn't even reach that stage, isn't it?
>
> Yes it would: loading the kernel and initrd is done by grub t
Thanks for all this feedback I already received.
I didn't know about those clock issues of VirtualBox, and I already assumed
that I should much rather use QEMU for testing Hurd (which I will do as
soon as I find time for doing so).
Having checked this now: The computer I'm primary using (a Lenovo
On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 06:53:45PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> David Renz, on Fri 18 Dec 2015 18:49:11 +0100, wrote:
> > Basically Debian Hurd SHOULD definitely be able to work in a Virtual Box VM,
> > isn't it?
>
> Yes, in theory yes, but not many people actually test then, let alone
> Hurd d
David Renz, on Fri 18 Dec 2015 18:49:11 +0100, wrote:
> if it really wouldn't be supported by Debian Hurd, then the installation
> process couldn't even reach that stage, isn't it?
Yes it would: loading the kernel and initrd is done by grub through the
help of the BIOS legacy interface.
> Basical
Hi Samuel,
thanks for your reply. I guess that my CD/DVD reader supports several
modes, since if it really wouldn't be supported by Debian Hurd, then the
installation process couldn't even reach that stage, isn't it? That's what
makes me feel confused about it.
By the way, later this day I tried
David Renz, on Fri 18 Dec 2015 15:28:03 +0100, wrote:
> Does anyone have an explanation for this or experienced something similar
> before?
Is your CD reader SATA?
I don't think we have added CD support to the SATA driver.
Samuel
Hello everyone,
since I'm really interested in the GNU Hurd approach, today I tried to
install it from a DVD onto which I had burnt the current release. However,
it either crashes during the booting process (when choosing
"pseudo-graphical installer") or (when choosing "graphical installer"), it
b
