gnu-latest.tar.gz

[Vittore Scolari <wicto@katamail.com>]

Hello,

I wanted to try and hacking hurd..

I downloaded the Hurd install guide from the hurd home page and installed hurd on
my pc using gnu-latest.tar.gz

i did all that it said step by step but installing the hurd wasn't easy and
now i need help:

first: it saw to write it on menu.lst(GRUB)

grub> module (hd0,0)/hurd/ext2fs.static \
--multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} \
--host-priv-port=${host-port} \
--device-master-port=${device-port} \
--exec-server-task=${exec-task} -T typed ${root} \
$(task-create) $(task-resume)

by doing this, when i started hurd in multiuser mode, after configuring all in
single user, he saw that the file system was busy, he couldn't fsck, so falled
in single user(mainteinance)

I replaced with

grub> module (hd0,0)/hurd/ext2fs.static \
--readonly --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} \
--host-priv-port=${host-port} \
--device-master-port=${device-port} \
--exec-server-task=${exec-task} -T typed ${root} \
$(task-create) $(task-resume)

It WORKED..

Ok all right, but looking at the os i denoted something:
no gcc installed!!

apt-get update
  couple of errors: he couldn't resolv some servers..
apt-get install gcc
  upgraded libc 2.3.x <- I think it is the bug
  installed other things.. gcc3.2.2.. etc..
  couple of warnings

restarted my computer..
I can't login!!!:
login> login root
password: *****
Error: (mig/ipc) server died...

the libc 2.3.x i need for installing gcc kills my /hurd/password (I
interpreted)

what can i do for having a working hurd without downloading 1GB of ISO images?

PS: i think it is the libc because it appened another time, when I only
tried to upgraded my system, and so the libc.