Re: OT: The Hurd
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 03:29:23PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> David Fokkema wrote:
>
> >On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 02:20:00PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I just installed the Hurd on a Gateway E-1800. It's a bare minimum
> >>install, with lots of broken-ness.
> >>
> >>And they say installing Debian GNU/Linux is hard. Debian GNU/Linux is a
> >>piece of cake. If anyone ever complains about how hard it is to install
> >>Debian again, point 'em to the Hurd.
> >>
> >>But I'm having fun . . . :-)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Maybe you could keep us posted on how useable the Hurd is?
> >
> >TIA,
> >
> >David
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Well, as I mentioned, there's a lot of broken-ness at the moment. But
> I'm overcoming some sort of hurdle every half-hour to an hour or so, so
> it's got that "work-work-work-REWARD!" routine going for it.
>
> I'm keeping notes at
> http://faculty.acu.edu/~westk/A_Beginners_Attempt_to_Install_the_Hurd.html.
> Be aware they are very "random". Some time later I may clean them up.
I skimmed through your notes and indeed, there is a _lot_ of
brokenness. I think I will keep my hands off the Hurd until the basic
system kind of works. Unfortunately, I no longer have the time to simply
play with it...
However, I seem to notice that the brokenness was more in the installer
than in the Hurd itself, except for the 'don't press a key-bug'. If this
is fixed and Debian/Hurd would just install, we might see some very
nifty things indeed!
Thanks for the notes, I will periodically check them.
David
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