Re: dual boot Hurd/Linux?

[jbranso@dismail.de]

April 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM, "Martin-Éric Racine" <martin-eric.racine@iki.fi mailto:martin-eric.racine@iki.fi?to=%22Martin-%C3%89ric%20Racine%22%20%3Cmartin-eric.racine%40iki.fi%3E > wrote:



> 
> (non-subscriber; please keep me in CC when replying)
> Greetings,
> 
> As support for i386 on Linux will only be partial starting with Trixie
> (no new Linux kernel - will need to track Bookworm kernels), I was
> thinking of configuring my last 32-bit desktop as a dual-boot
> Hurd/Linux host.
> 
> I wanted to know if there's any specific things I need to keep in mind
> when partitioning the drive for this to succeed?

I believe that this should be possible:

https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2024/hurd-on-thinkpad/

But my expertize ends right about there!  Good luck!
 
> Also, is there any way to avoid ending up with 2 instances of GRUB on
> the same drive? For stability reasons, I'd rather track the Linux port
> of GRUB but would need the Hurd to appear in the menu as well.
> 
> Thanks!
> Martin-Éric
>