Re: Hurd simply reboots

[blythe2]

The -s goes after the final part of the "kernel" line.  No, I haven't
tried the live cd.  I did a few HURD installs some months ago, and did it
from ISO.  This time I installed Debian on the hard drive, and left a nice
parition for hurd.  Then I used wget to get the latest .tar.gz of the
filesystem, and unpacked it to my new hurd filesystem (After formatting
the filesystem, obviously).  After that I just added some stuff to my
menu.lst to boot hurd, and rebooted, and went from there.  It's quite
easy, really, and it guarentees you have the newest version.  The online
guide is good for it too.

> Hello Nate,
> Yes, I did get and appreciate your previous email.  Because of that I
> restarted the process, only using the manual process.
> Tack an -s after "static"?
> Have you tried the live Hurd cd?  Now I know I can't mess a live cd up,
> but it doesn't work for me.
> I'll make those two changes and respond.
>
> Kevin
>
> blythe2@tcnj.edu wrote:
>
>>Not sure if you got my reply to your last question or not, but here's
>> some
>>thoughts on this one.  I'd take that --readonly out of there, and also
>>tack on a -s.  The -s will start hurd in single user mode (as you need to
>>do in teh *manual* installation.  Even if you do'nt need to do it for the
>>ISO install, it will prevent the loading of a lot of stuff, maybe give
>> you
>>some insights).
>>
>>The rest looks good though.  Again, I'd really recommend the manual
>>installation, as it's (last time I checked) *much* newer.  There's an
>>update as of early July, if I recall.
>>
>>Hope that helped a bit!
>>- Nate
>>
>>
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>>>     I refuse to give up on installing GNU/Hurd.
>>>     I have followed the instruction to the letter.  I reboot and am
>>>given a choice from GRUB as to what to boot: Ubuntu or GNU/HURD.  Upon
>>>choosing Hurd, the initial scripts begin and then the machine reboots.
>>>Very frustrating, but enjoyable:)
>>>     I am including my /boot/grub/menu.lst/ file (just the GNU/Hurd
>>>portion).
>>>
>>># This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
>>># hurd installation on /dev/hda2.
>>>title        GNU/Hurd (on /dev/hda2)
>>>root        (hd0,1)
>>>kernel        /boot/gnumach.gz root=device:hd0s2
>>>module        /hurd/ext2fs.static --readonly \
>>>            --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        /lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec $(exec-task=task-create)
>>>savedefault
>>>boot
>>>
>>>     When I installed Ubuntu, I left 2 gb free for Hurd.  This is on my
>>>primary HD the second partition.  Maybe I'm not naming my partition
>>>correctly in GRUB and Hurd?
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>Kevin
>>>
>>>
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