Re: bootstrap after crosshurd failing
Hello,
João, le mar. 31 déc. 2024 10:23:37 +0000, a ecrit:
> And since CD readers are no longer standard on current computers, and
> USB is not yet supported in the hurd, I thought that crosshurd would
> be a major tool to install the hurd (although most people seem to be
> using virtual machines these days).
There is also the possibility of using the mini.iso image, which only
uses network, not the CD image.
> > Also someone recentely on debian hurd ML did it
> > <https://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2024/12/msg00003.html>
>
> This is interesting, even though the use case described is again to create an
> image to run on a virtual machine.
> Presumably mmdebstrap could be used to build a bootable hurd chroot on a
> partition. How is this different from crosshurd? What are the advantages and
> disadvantages of each approach?
They are basically the same. It's just that crosshurd was created a long
time ago specifically for being able to create a debian hurd system, and
nobody took the time to keep maintaining it, while mmdebstrap was meant
for creating a debian linux system. The difference mostly lie in setting
the translators. See the "creating Hurd chroots on Linux using DPKG_ROOT
chrootless mode" thread on this debian-hurd mailing list for the latest
details. Possibly we can finish fixing mmdebstrap, document its use, and
get rid of crosshurd. Contribution welcome!
Samuel
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