Re: Long story, might be interesting :)
> This is what it reports (of course the partition type is
> set to e2fs (x82 or x83, not sure).
You mean ext2.
> <ERROR>
> Booting command-list
>
> Root (hd1,0)
>
> Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x54
Does not look like it it is set to Type 83: Linux.
>
> kernel /hurd/gnumach.gz root=hd1s1
>
> Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition
Try using tab completion.
(grub) kernel /<TAB>
Report the results. Do not forget the version of grub that you are
using. If it less than .56.1 then upgrade.
> > > Next thing I did was installing apt so I could
> dist-upgrade to the latest
> > > packages. But, for some reason there\'s a very very
> very very very (did i
> > say
> > > very?) old apt in ftp.debian.org , which is unusable
> (it only supports
> > i386,
> > > not hurd-i386). Somebody (thanks to that person) at
> > > #hurd/irc.openprojects.net mentioned
> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian
> > ,
> > > and I had a look. What I found there was a quite
> recent version of apt,
> > that
> > > supported hurd-i386. I installed apt, added
> > > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian to my
> sources.list and dist-upgraded.
> >
> > Again, if you had read a recent install guide you
> would have known this.
> >
>
> Where can I find a recent install guide ?
I gave you link to a list of links in the last email; there is at least
one there (I have not looked at the easy guide lately). However, try
http://walfield.org/papers/hurd-installation-guide
> > Again, a latest install guide should do it or, try:
> > http://debian.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/~ogi/hurd/
> >
>
> Okay, visited that page. And I still don\'t have a recent
> install guide, nor Xfree4. Can you please be more
> specific, I really can\'t find it. (And yes, I\'m trying).
Try the section ``Installing.'' The first link is a HCL. The second
points to my guide and the third to the easy guide. My guide has
information of installing X (thanks to Marcus).
> > What places are reporting this and not pointing at an
> install guide or
> > the mailing list?
> >
>
> Various hurd fansites.
e.g.
> > There is nothing to join. Write some code and submit
> it. Report bugs.
> > Compile packages for which we do not yet have
> binaries. etc.
> >
>
> Where should I send them to?
This list. If they are too big then announce them and either ask for
web space or forward to who ever asks for a copy.
> Okay, here\'s the error message:
This is much better.
> <ERROR>
> Reading Package Lists...
> Building Dependency Tree...
> Sorry, debconf is already the newest version
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and
> 0 not upgraded.
> 2 packages not fully installed or removed.
> Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
> Setting up debconf (0.4.06) ...
> dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit
> status 10
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lynx:
> lynx depends on debconf; however:
> Package debconf is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing lynx (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> debconf
> lynx
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> </ERROR>
Now I can say with full confidence that I have no clue. Thus, I defer this
to Marcus our Debian expert.
BTW, when quoting emails please try to be a bit cleaner: 72 columns is normal.
Thanks.
Best regards,
-Neal
--
Neal H Walfield
University of Massachusetts at Lowell
neal@walfield.org or neal@cs.uml.edu
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