Re: first contact

2002-11-06 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The only "standard" that is applicable here is that of the IA32 > architecture and the peripherial devices, not all of those latter are well > standardized. As the Hurd certainly runs on an IA32 machine (it runs on > mine!), any problem of running it

Re: first contact

2002-11-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 02:42:00PM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote: > As far as I can see, GNU has never made a point of making it hard to > interoperate badly with non-free software. On the contrary, it makes > every effort to adhere to standards, even if that means better > interoperability with no

Re: first contact

2002-10-29 Thread Thomas Schweikle
Hi! An: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org Kopie: (Blindkopie: Thomas Schweikle/FAG/FIDUCIA) Thema: Re: first contact > Most definitely. From what I have seen on this list, no > developer has gone and actively tried to get GNU/Hurd > running inside VMWare. I remember one person sa

Re: first contact

2002-10-29 Thread Thomas Schweikle
Hi! An: debian-hurd@lists.debian.org Kopie: (Blindkopie: Thomas Schweikle/FAG/FIDUCIA) Thema: Re: first contact > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:03:11AM +0100, yam wrote: >> I just downloaded last hurd iso image (hurd-J2-CD1.iso), and what I >> tried first is to install

Re: first contact

2002-10-28 Thread Simon Law
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 02:42:00PM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 08:17:16AM -0500, Simon Law wrote: > > > VMWare is not supported software, and will not be as long as it > > remains non-free. Please see > > http://hurd.gnufans.org/bin/view/Hurd/NewbieQuesti

Re: first contact

2002-10-28 Thread Jeff Bailey
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 02:42:00PM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote: > Of course the Hurd project shouldn't go out of its way to adapt to > non-free infrastructure (how free are the algorithms in your x86, > though?), but I have a little trouble combining your firm standpoint > with the fact that the

Re: first contact

2002-10-28 Thread Joshua Judson Rosen
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 02:42:00PM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 08:17:16AM -0500, Simon Law wrote: > [...] > > VMWare is not supported software, and will not be as long as it > > remains non-free. Please see > > http://hurd.gnufans.org/bin/view/Hurd/NewbieQuestions

Re: first contact

2002-10-28 Thread Wil Reichert
On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 05:17, Simon Law wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:03:11AM +0100, yam wrote: > > I just downloaded last hurd iso image (hurd-J2-CD1.iso), and what I > > tried first is to install it into VMWare virtual machine (maybe this > > aint supported at all though), it doesnt work, af

Re: first contact

2002-10-28 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 08:17:16AM -0500, Simon Law wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:03:11AM +0100, yam wrote: > > I just downloaded last hurd iso image (hurd-J2-CD1.iso), and what I > > tried first is to install it into VMWare virtual machine (maybe this > > aint supported at all though),

Re: first contact

2002-10-28 Thread Simon Law
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 11:03:11AM +0100, yam wrote: > I just downloaded last hurd iso image (hurd-J2-CD1.iso), and what I > tried first is to install it into VMWare virtual machine (maybe this > aint supported at all though), it doesnt work, after following dialog > menus (similar to debian) and r

first contact

2002-10-28 Thread yam
Hello, I just downloaded last hurd iso image (hurd-J2-CD1.iso), and what I tried first is to install it into VMWare virtual machine (maybe this aint supported at all though), it doesnt work, after following dialog menus (similar to debian) and rebooting, it stays blank, I get nothing. Is it cau

Re: First contact with Debian GNU/HURD

2001-09-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:47:59AM +0200, Florian Quetting wrote: > script, wich could solve my problems. He told me I had to cross-insstall > the HURD first. > This procedure didn't sucseed, because the cross-install script told me > some packages where missing. You could have used the tar ball

First contact with Debian GNU/HURD

2001-09-19 Thread Florian Quetting
Hi, it all began last week, when I decided to check out HURD. Because I couldn't boot from my Harddisk, I asked if anyone had a solution. Marcus Brinkmann kindly game me a script, wich could solve my problems. He told me I had to cross-insstall the HURD first. This procedure didn't sucseed, bec