On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 01:27:08PM -0800, Ian Main wrote:
> >
> > and the easy guide has something, too, I think.
>
> The easy guide (at http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/~mcv21/hurd.html) says:
>
> You may make a swap partition too if you wish, or use your Linux one
> (in which case you nee
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 11:08:24PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 12:33:05PM -0800, Ian Main wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 07:29:36PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 09:00:21PM -0500, Allover Stripes wrote:
> > > > * Will it run in 8 megs
> > Hmm. You do need a default pager, even if you have no swap.
>
> Oh, a default swapper eh :)
The default pager (which is in the program /boot/serverboot) is the server
that provides paging to backing store as a service generically in the
system. There is always just one default pager, even i
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 03:36:51PM -0500, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 07:29:36PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 09:00:21PM -0500, Allover Stripes wrote:
> > > > * Will it run in 8 megs of RAM?
> > >
> > > Make sure you have a swap partition if yo
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 03:54:41PM -0500, Roland McGrath wrote:
> I think if you just put $(default-pager) anywhere in the boot script,
> it should do it. It might not work to have it on a line by itself, I'm not
> sure.
Anywhere?
Sorry, I don't know how the boot script works, so if you could
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 12:33:05PM -0800, Ian Main wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 07:29:36PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 09:00:21PM -0500, Allover Stripes wrote:
> > > * Will it run in 8 megs of RAM?
> >
> > Make sure you have a swap partition if you want to do som
I think if you just put $(default-pager) anywhere in the boot script,
it should do it. It might not work to have it on a line by itself, I'm not
sure.
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 03:36:51PM -0500, Roland McGrath wrote:
>
> You can also use `swapon' at runtime. But you do need a $(default-pager)
> line (though no device on it).
and
> Hmm. You do need a default pager, even if you have no swap.
Argh! Why did nobody tell me this? :)
The current se
> On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 07:29:36PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 09:00:21PM -0500, Allover Stripes wrote:
> > > * Will it run in 8 megs of RAM?
> >
> > Make sure you have a swap partition if you want to do something useful
> > (beside looking at the prompt and whispe
On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 07:29:36PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 09:00:21PM -0500, Allover Stripes wrote:
> > * Will it run in 8 megs of RAM?
>
> Make sure you have a swap partition if you want to do something useful
> (beside looking at the prompt and whispering *ah, it
On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 09:00:21PM -0500, Allover Stripes wrote:
> * Will it run in 8 megs of RAM?
Make sure you have a swap partition if you want to do something useful
(beside looking at the prompt and whispering *ah, it runs* :)
> * How much hard drive space does it require?
As always, the re
On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 09:44:59PM -0500, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > * Will it run in 8 megs of RAM?
> Maybe.
gnu-0.2 ran in 8Mb. It didn't set any speed records, but it booted and
ran (you could install from floppy, even). Unless memory requirements
have gone up, it should still be possible to
On 10 Mar 1999, Allover Stripes wrote:
>
> So, I have a machine free to try to install the Hurd on. Before I
> download the files and clean up the hard drive, what are the system
> requirements for the Hurd? In particular:
>
> * Will it run on a 386?
> * Will it run in 8 megs of RAM?
> * How m
Gordon Matzigkeit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Roland McGrath writes:
>
> >> * Will it run on a 386?
> RM> Yes.
>
> ... but only if it has a floating-point coprocessor, because GNU
> Mach's current FP emulator is proprietary and broken. :(
Lo, and many moons ago, I made a wise decision
> Roland McGrath writes:
>> * Will it run on a 386?
RM> Yes.
... but only if it has a floating-point coprocessor, because GNU
Mach's current FP emulator is proprietary and broken. :(
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> * Will it run on a 386?
Yes.
> * Will it run in 8 megs of RAM?
Maybe.
> * How much hard drive space does it require?
Marcus can answer this better. 100MB is enough.
> Is it worth a try running the Hurd over NFS? In particular, with an
> NFS root?
That is not a possibility.
So, I have a machine free to try to install the Hurd on. Before I
download the files and clean up the hard drive, what are the system
requirements for the Hurd? In particular:
* Will it run on a 386?
* Will it run in 8 megs of RAM?
* How much hard drive space does it require?
By run, here, I m
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