Re: GNU/Hurd installation

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 3:04 PM Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2023-01-15 at 19:24 +0100, Bruno Haible wrote:
> > Pseudo-graphical install.
>
> I've tried a couple of times, using different instructions (VirtualBox
> and vanilla KVM) and every time when it starts to boot the first time
> (after selecting this install) it prints:
>
>   ...
>   module 0: initrd $(ramdisk-create)
>   rd0: 13279232 bytes @fa4910000
>   module 1: ext2fs ...
>   module 2: exec $(exec-task=task-create)
>   3 multiboot modules
>   task loaded: ext2fs ...
>   zip:device:rd0
>   task loaded: exec
>
>   start ext2fs: _
>
> and hangs there.  No files appear to be updated on my disk in the
> VirtualBox directory.  The first time I got a "program appears to be
> unresponsive" after a few minutes, and killed it.
>
> It has already been hung for >10 minutes but I will let it go longer to
> see what happens.

Installation of Hurd has been failing for me since 2019. I think
Samuel is overworked, and he could use a hand at times. See
https://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2019/02/msg00003.html .

Jeff