Re: Hurd on VirtualBox
Michael D. Norwick wrote:
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 then 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
The QEMU .img boots and allows me to login. Now I'm doing 'apt-get
update'. I guess I'll have to refresh my understanding of QEMU.
(Why didn't I do this weeks ago!!)
Michael
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