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Re: Getting HURD up and running



Hi,

> I can get grub to boot hurd from a floppy.  However, when hurd begins to 
> boot, if I press anything on my keyboard, I get a kernel panic.  If I try 
This is a known issue, work around: do not hit anything on your keyboard
while the hurd is booting.

> and just let it boot, hurd just sorta stops after it detects my 2 COM ports.
It sounds like you are using an old version of server boot which comes in
the hurd tarball.  Make sure that you have the latest version of the tarball.

> Does anyone have any ideas about getting hurd to boot for me?  Should I 
> just give up?  I would really like to contribute to the project, but I 
Don't give up yet!

> can't do that without a working hurd.
You should give us more information to help you.  For instance, the version
information on grub and the tarball etc.

-Neal

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