Re: GNU/Hurd installation

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Smith wrote:
> I will download a GNU/Hurd KVM image, as suggested here:
> 
> https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-cd
> 
> is that appropriate for testing?

Yes.

The GNU/Hurd installation instructions vary a bit over time, but these are
my notes from 5 months ago. Fill in the ****** fields.

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Download 
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-i386/20220824/debian-sid-hurd-i386-DVD-1.iso

Start VirtualBox. Create new VM.

Disk size: 8 GB

Pseudo-graphical install.
Language: English
Location: United States
Keymap: American English
Hostname: ******
Domain name: ******

No root account.
login: ******
password: ******

Accept a dummy time zone.

Partitioning: Entire disk. All files in one partition.

Software selection: Debian desktop environment. (Well, that was not necessary,
as I didn't really get the desktop running later.)

Reboot. Eject CD-ROM.

Set time zone: sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Install packages:
Insert CD-ROM, boot, "Boot from first hard disk".
$ sudo apt install g++-12 gdb make vim
$ sudo apt install emacs     # not available

Package list for further packages:
https://packages.debian.org/en/sid/