Re: Booting/Installing Debian Hurd from DVD not possible

[David Renz]

Thanks for all this feedback I already received.

I didn't know about those clock issues of VirtualBox, and I already assumed that I should much rather use QEMU for testing Hurd (which I will do as soon as I find time for doing so).

Having checked this now: The computer I'm primary using (a Lenovo G710 notebook) has a SATA DVD reader indeed... I will try installing Debian Hurd on another computer which still has an IDE DVD/CD reader.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Richard Braun <rbraun@sceen.net> wrote:

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 06:53:45PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> David Renz, on Fri 18 Dec 2015 18:49:11 +0100, wrote:
> > Basically Debian Hurd SHOULD definitely be able to work in a Virtual Box VM,
> > isn't it?
>
> Yes, in theory yes, but not many people actually test then, let alone
> Hurd developers (they use kvm/qemu), so issues with Virtual Box are most
> often not even known about.

Most notably, VirtualBox has clock issues, which are very annoying for
practical usage.

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Richard Braun