Hurd on VirtualBox
Been trying in vain to start the Hurd as a virtual machine on VirtualBox
3.1. I cross-compiled a new kernel from CVS at savannah.org but it
hangs after module 1 and module 2 then reboots. Used apt-get to
download the current stable kernel from debian.org. It hangs after
loading module1 and module2 then reboots. Installed gnumach-dbg from
debian.org - kernel panic. /boot/gnumach.gz is on /dev/hda1 of the
virtual disk. Made countless adjustments to /boot/grub/menu.lst. Tried
several iterations of - kernel (hd0,0)/boot/gnumach.gz root-device:hd0s1
-s or device:hd1s1 -s among other things. The last understandable
message I received using the debug kernel was 'kernel attempted to
execute thread in user space' then the machine rebooted. I than found a
pdf of a presentation by Fabio Viola stating under Virtualization that:
"Actually VirtualBox can't run the GNUMach microkernel". I do not mind
trying it under KVM or Qemu but I really like VirtualBox and wanted to
try it there.
I've been lurking on this list for years and I think I had it boot once
- natively - 5 years ago, but that is history. Give up trying it in
VirtualBox?
Michael
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