Hello! The most serious problem with GNU Hurd I encountered so far is that /dev/MAKEDEV from the Debian distribution knows nothing about Hurd devices. It is for Linux, not for Hurd. Ask Hurd developers for a better MAKEDEV. You can take one from ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/gnu-19990104.tar.gz However, I can boot Hurd in single-user mode. Pipes don't work though (protocol family not supported), thus configure scripts fail. Pavel Roskin