Re: Hurd hangs hard on boot.

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

* Donald Ziesig writes:
> Proposed for HURD:

> /dev/hdb2                        /
> /dev/hdb4                        /home
> /dev/hdb1                        /boot
> /dev/hda2                        /debian
> /dev/hda1                        /debian/boot
> /dev/hda4                        /debian/home

> /dev/hda3        Hurd swap
> /dev/hdb3        Debian swap

What are the sizes of the above partitions? The Hurd currently doesn't
support anything bigger than about 1GB.

> The GRUB menu.lst file contains:

> title GNU/Hurd
> root (hd1,1)
> kernel (hd1,0)/gnumach.gz -s root=device:hd1s1
> module (hd1,1)/hurd/ext2fs.static 
> --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} --host-priv-port=${host-port} 
> --device-master-port=${device-port} --exec-server-task=${exec-task} -T typed 
> ${root} $(task-create) $(task-resume)
> module (hd1,1)/lib/ld.so.1 (hd1,1)/hurd/exec $(exec-task=task-create)

I don't know if having the kernel on an different partition works
(should work).  But you could try tossing it onto (hd1,1).

The module line looks OK from here.

> module 0: (hd1,1)/hurd/ext2fs.static 
> --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} --host-priv-port=${host-port} 
> --device-master-port=${device-port} --exec-se<EOL>!!!!!
> module 1: (hd1,1)/lib/ld.so.1 (hd1,1)/hurd/exec $(exec-task=task-create)

> 2 multiboot modules
> task loaded: (hd1,1)/hurd/ext2fs.static 
> --multiboot-command-line=(hd1,0/gnumach.gz -s root=device:hd1s1 
> --host-priv-port=2 --device-master-port=3 --exec-server-task=4 -T typed 
> device:hd1s1<EOL>
> task loaded: (hd1,1)/lib/ld.so.1 (hd1,1)/hurd/exec

> start (hd1,1)/hurd/ext2fs.static: Hurd server bootstrap: 
> ext2fs.static[device:hd1s1] exec<cursor is here>

That is peculiar, what tar-ball are you using?  Are there any IRQs
that are shared (this shouldn't cause any problems here actually)?
How much RAM does the box have (I recall that things can just stop
working like that if you are really low on memory)?

> It would be really helpful if, somewhere on the web, I could find an
> example of the screen output from a SUCCESSFUL Hurd boot.

An successful boot usually ends in an login prompt or an shell
prompt. :)

Cheers,
-- 
Alfred M. Szmidt