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2007-08-13 Thread arnuld
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everything is "Killed"

2007-08-06 Thread arnuld
whenever i enter any command in Hurd shell i get this output: "Killed". whether i enter "ls" or "reboot" , not matter what, i alway get "Killed" thrown on me. if i enter some random junk as a command like "RMS_is_funny" then commands start to run correctly but after some time i have to run that r

"apt-get" problem

2007-08-06 Thread arnuld
i have installed Hurd and when i do "apt-get update" i get this: E: Method http had died unexpectedly E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly i did set up the translator correctly: # settrans -fgap /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet -i eth0 -a 192.168.0.2 -g 192.168.0.1 -m 255.2

Re: Hurd LX image>>check it out

2007-07-23 Thread arnuld
On 7/24/07, Daniele Piazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: excuse but I do not speak and I do not write English well, I am a fan of systems operated to you and the fsf and debian, but for me is all new. I must understand as I can aitare the community,I hope that averete patience with me thanks sorry

Re: Hurd LX image>>check it out

2007-07-23 Thread arnuld
On 7/22/07, kiran chand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: you can use wget -c --ftp-user=projecthurd --ftp-password=projectlinux ftp://ftp.drivehq.com/projecthurd/bootcd.iso [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ }% wget -c --ftp-user=projecthurd --ftp-password=projectlinux ftp://ftp.drivehq.com/projecthurd/bootcd.iso

Re: Re Re: Hurd LX image>>check it out

2007-07-22 Thread arnuld
On 7/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Philip Charles suggested that since this is an improvement over K series, Kiran could name it L. 'X', since it boots into X. thanks for reply and please do not top-post. it is difficult to make any sense out of your top-posted reply.

Re: Hurd LX image>>check it out

2007-07-22 Thread arnuld
On 7/22/07, Peter Kotrcka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: it is HURD L1 install image with nice splash screen :-) you mean GNU Hurd bootable install CD ? (you posted it on Debian GNU/Hurd mailing list,so expect Debian GNU/Hurd L1 bootable install CD rathe rthan GNU/Hurd bootable install CD) BTW, w

Re: Hurd LX image>>check it out

2007-07-21 Thread arnuld
On 7/22/07, kiran chand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all , Hurd LX image is available @ ftp.driverhq.com , username:projecthurd ,password:projectlinux port-21 yaar, this web site does not even exist. when i click on the link you provided i get this:

Re: unsubcribe

2007-07-19 Thread arnuld
On 7/19/07, capitaine pouce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: subject was:unbsubscribe oops! it did not work. you need an "-request" in the address of mailing list. try Google to know that ;-) -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsub

Re: Source List

2007-07-13 Thread arnuld
>On 7/13/07, Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >You might want to add non-free at the end of the second line to get >access to the GNU documentation for autoconf, automake, glibc, emacs >etc. which Debian considers non-free, currently, for reasons which are >off-topic here. but if i add

maximum size of Hurd partitions

2007-07-13 Thread arnuld
what can be the maximum size of Hurd partitions. i read that Hurd can handle a maximum size of 2 GB. i want to use this partitioning scheme /5 GB swap 2 GB (will share it from "Arch GNU/Linux") /usr10 GB -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ -- people say RMS is arrogant and

Re: which HURD tarball ??

2007-07-12 Thread arnuld
On 7/10/07, Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 03:09:57PM +0530, arnuld wrote: > now i noticed this: http://hurd.in/bin/view/Hurd/SetupGNU and it > directs me to a download of 278 MB > > same HURD ... but size 278 MB ??? Who said it

Re: Now that I have a working GNU operating system.

2007-07-11 Thread arnuld
On 7/12/07, arnuld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/12/07, Teague MacRoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cheers thanks and please do NOT top-post sorry i top-posted unintentionally :( -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ {people say RMS is arrogant and when i emailed him about s

Re: Now that I have a working GNU operating system.

2007-07-11 Thread arnuld
On 7/12/07, Teague MacRoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cheers thanks and please do NOT top-post -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ {people say RMS is arrogant and when i emailed him about some question i had, he politely said "please help us by calling the whole system as GNU/Linux, we need this he

Re: Now that I have a working GNU operating system.

2007-07-11 Thread arnuld
On 7/11/07, Teague MacRoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well somewhat, I have even more questions. 1. Is there a list of applications that are already known to work? B) Since I now have a working wmaker desktop, what else do I need ( besides build-essential & libc-dev ) to be able to compile sour

Re: strange behaviour of HURD (was: MAKEDEV kills everything)

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
On 7/11/07, Arguri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I think he just wanted to say that the benefit from using the CD might be worth the difficulties in getting it. Nevertheless, if you can just start over again, it might be worth trying (and be easier as you just figured out, that you can just l

my last experiment with HURD cross-installation

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
ok, after playing with HURD for 2 days, i came to know that cross-install method is an exercise-in-frustration. it installs,boots and problems and problems and unresolved problems: the root cause of problem is "./native-install" script which fails to run for the 2nd time. this is what i get at 2

Re: strange behaviour of HURD (was: MAKEDEV kills everything)

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
On 7/11/07, Teague MacRoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I understand that you have a restrictive Internet accuses, but just last night (09 July 07) I was able to go from formating a new hard drive to logging in as root in 'bout 30 minutes. Very little of that time was I truly on line. Something

strange behaviour of HURD (was: MAKEDEV kills everything)

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
On 7/10/07, arnuld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: well i tried again with "./MAKEDEV hd0s4" only and same error: # ./MAKEDEV hd0s4 Killed # ls /etc Killed # reboot Killed # :-( any idea gentlemen ? HECK, i had to hard-boot, HURD could not reboot. at next reboot, i entered into

Re: GRUB install question for HURD

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
On 7/10/07, Teague MacRoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well you have two options that will work. 1) You could edit your existing menu.lst file (I see that you are dual booting) with the correct information to boot GNU, or b. You could copy an existing ~/grub directory into your GNU /boot directo

which HURD tarball ??

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
i used this guide to install HURD: http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install and directs me to these place to get HURD tarball: http://ftp.gnuab.org/pub/debian/base/ http://www.superunprivileged.org/debian/base/ http://ftp.easynet.be/ftp/gnuab/debian/base/ and from any of these i can downl

Re: HURD boots and runs but it says "Automatic boot failed"

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
On 7/10/07, Samuel Thibault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: arnuld, le Tue 10 Jul 2007 14:53:34 +0530, a écrit : > i installed using the cross-install method, it boots but MAKEDEV kills > everything as i wrote in the other thread titled (MAKEDEV kills > everything.) Just to

HURD boots and runs but it says "Automatic boot failed"

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
i installed using the cross-install method, it boots but MAKEDEV kills everything as i wrote in the other thread titled (MAKEDEV kills everything.) now HURD boots and i get this: - fsck.ext2: Ukknown code P 2 while trying to (..something written he

Re: MAKEDEV kills everything (including the filesystem)

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
On 7/10/07, arnuld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i followed the HURD installation guide for cross-installation: http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install i successfully booted into my fresh HURD installation. then did this: # export TERM=mach # ./native-install and i rebooted as i nee

Re: MAKEDEV kills everything (including the filesystem)

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
On 7/10/07, Samuel Thibault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Oops, sorry, please ignore my previous mail. Only the third boot needs to be done out of single user. i know that but that does not solve my problem :-( -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

MAKEDEV kills everything (including the filesystem)

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
t i was unable to access anything and my Terminal looked like this: # ls /etc Killed # ls /hurd Killed # ls /boot Killed What exactly went wrong ? -- /etc/fstab [EMAIL PROTECTED] arnuld]# cat /mnt/gnu/etc/fstab # /dev/hd0s4 / ext2

GRUB install question for HURD

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
it is tedious to type the GRUB commands for GRUB floopy, how can i install GRUB into my HURD partition. should i create a directory "/boot/grub" and copy all of the files from floppy to that directory and then edit "menu.lst" to have those lines (except "-s") ??? -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/

Re: GRUB options for HURD installation

2007-07-10 Thread arnuld
On 7/10/07, arnuld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i followed this guide: http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install and in section "5 - booting GNU/Hurd" i see this: Assuming that the first drive (i.e. `(hd0)') is the master on the secondary controller, we would have:

GRUB options for HURD installation

2007-07-09 Thread arnuld
i followed this guide: http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install and in section "5 - booting GNU/Hurd" i see this: Assuming that the first drive (i.e. `(hd0)') is the master on the secondary controller, we would have: grub> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/gnumach.gz root=device:hd2s1 -s [Mu

HURD install problem

2007-05-07 Thread arnuld
i have Serial-ATA and i read on "help-hurd" mailing list that HURD lacks drivers for it. my BIOS does not possess IDE-compatibility mode. someone here advised QEMU but QEMU supports only K9 discs whereas latest is K14. any idea on installing Debian/HURD K14 on my system ? Is it much difficult to