Re: problems with daily images

[Joshua Branson]

Damien Zammit <damien@zamaudio.com> writes:

> On 26/1/21 4:00 pm, Damien Zammit wrote:
>> I burnt the cd to physical media and tried to install natively on X220 
>> thinkpad.
>
> I also tried the same image on a physical X230 thinkpad, this time the disk 
> was detected by gnumach,
> but it failed to detect the CD ROM so the installer could not proceed, and 
> there was no way to make rumpdisk
> find the ATAPI drive because it was already controlled by gnumach.

I'm planning on purchasing an older laptop to run the Hurd on actual
hardware.  Any recommendations?  The mentioned Thinkpads X220 and the
X230 seem like good candidates.  Are there other options?

Ideally I want something that others may want to buy.  I know that the
Hurd is not so stable for everyday use-ability...

> Damien
>

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