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GNU pre0.3-J2 image for Bochs
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Robert Millan |
Subject: |
GNU pre0.3-J2 image for Bochs |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:38:03 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.4i |
Hello!
After some time and a lot of people trying it, looks like
either the problems on running GNU/Hurd in Bochs are now
fixed or they were a particular curse of my system :>
As it's working fine, I sent a new image for Bochs and
its on their sourceforge site now. It has installed
and configured network, X and Marcus' console server.
See the mini-FAQ for details.
Note that the console server only works with ncursesw driver,
not with vga/kbd combo. there are some problems with X too.
It will eventualy be added to the diskimage site:
http://bochs.sourceforge.net/diskimages.html
For now, you can get it from:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12580
mini-FAQ follows (it's in the tarball also):
GNU pre0.3-J2 for Bochs mini-FAQ
--------------------------------
- What do you mean "GNU", the GNU Hurd?
Yes and no. See http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/faq.en.html#q1-2
- Disk line for .bochsrc?
for Bochs CVS version:
ata0-master: type=disk, path="gnu.img", cylinders=1024, heads=16, spt=63
for older versions:
diskc: file="gnu.img", cyl=1024, heads=16, spt=63
- My PATH and prompt are weird, and X clients fail
the profile is not loaded properly, do it manualy
with ". /etc/profile".
- How can i change terminals?
The Mach console doesn't have multi-terminal capability, and the
usual solution is the "screen" program, but..
..the new console server is installed and configured with 6 terminals.
beware it hasn't been properly tested. You can launch it with the
ncursesw driver:
console -d ncursesw /dev/vcs
and then switching via C-w 1 (or 2, 3, ...). you can exit it with C-w x
see http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2002/debian-hurd-200209/msg00054.html
for more details
IMPORTANT: note that X doesn't work well while running the console server.
- Does X work?
Somewhat:
- DRI and speedo modules won't load so they're deactivated.
- The VESA driver also failed so VGA is being used.
- more than 8 bpp won't work.
- for some weird reason the mouse server in /dev/mouse doesn't respond,
so the mouse is inoperative.
- GNU is still an unstable OS which makes X crash often on it.
To reconfigure it:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
then apply a patch to fix the mouse section:
patch /etc/X11/XF86config-4 /root/XF86Config-4.diff
Installed clients are blackbox window manager and rxvt terminal emulator.
- Is network configured?
Yes, to change parameters use:
settrans -apfg /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet [options to pfinet]
(see /hurd/pfinet --help for details)
- How do i mount stuff?
settrans -afg <node> /hurd/<translator> <options to translator>
Where node is your mount point and translator is the filesystem
server. Add -p to settrans if you want it to stay over reboots (fstab-like)
- Anything neat to try?
yes! instead of "su" use "sush", a more flexible version that
manages multiple UIDs.
you can also play with userspace filesystems for NFS and FTP in
/hurd/{nfs,ftpfs} that you can run as user, debug with GDB, etc.
- More questions?
Read the FAQ (http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/faq.en.html) for a
general overview on the GNU system.
--
Robert Millan
"5 years from now everyone will be running
free GNU on their 200 MIPS, 64M SPARCstation-5"
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, 30 Jan 1992
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