pfinet

[Robert Giovannucci <bobg@ll.mit.edu>]

I recently cvs downloaded the gnumach and hurd sources to try to learn more
about the hurd. I built and installed gnumach without any trouble. When I build
and install the hurd, pfinet doesn't work. I get a translator died message
whenever I try to access the network interface (ping, telnet...). How would I go
about debugging this? Is there some way for me to turn on debugging? (I am at
work now and can't check to see if pfinet has a debug switch).

Is there some way to get gnumach or hurd to dump the device tree? It would be
useful to see what hardware the system recognizes. 

I am starting to get used to grub and will probably switch over to it instead of
lilo, soon. Having a boot program that understands the file system so I can
probe to see what files are available to boot is very useful.

My hardware configuration is 

Pentium II 233
4 GB IDE      (NT 4.0)
CD-ROM
2 GB SCSI     (Redhat 6.1)
1 GB SCSI jaz (HURD)
cable modem


I use the Jaz drive to build the hurd, it is a little slow but I can easily pop
in another platter and work on something else when the need arises.


Thanks
Bob