This is step-wise what I did
- downloaded the hurd base system.
- I have a ext3 partition that I think I can do away with .
mke2fs -o hurd /dev/hda11
IIRC this hda11 appears in the partition table as :
logical ext2 hda11
- mount /dev/hda11 testmnt
cd testmnt
tar zxpvf <<the base system>>
- Now I try to get the grub boot floppy image from
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub
- I booted from the grub boot floppy :
grub> find /boot/gnumach.gz
hd(0,10)
grub> root (hd0,10)
grub> kernel /boot/gnumach.gz -s root=hd0s11
grub> module /lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec $(exec-task=task-create)
grub>boot
GnuMach1.2 physical memory ...
.
.
.
com0:at atbus0 .....
1 multi-boot modules task-loaded:/lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec
Now the cursor seems to be on a long wait .
I do not see any prompt.
I wait for 10 minutes.
Then press e for typing in export= ....
At that point the kernel panics ..
kernel page fault at address 0x0 , eip 0x11ade8
kernel page fault trap eip 0x11ade8
kernel trap , type 14 , code=0
Dump of i386_saved_state 002a1ac0 :
EAX : ......
ESI :.....
cs ...
v86 ....
EIP ..
.
trap no 14 : pagefault , error 00000
panic
Those are a rough sketch of what I did and the errors I got.
I am getting really stuck up
At this point the kernel waits
Thanks,
Shyam
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