March 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM, "Alicia" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Alicia%22%20%3Cbug-hurd%40gnu.org%3E > wrote:
> > <[email protected]> > X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.3.1 (GTK 3.24.51; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="MP_/Lw.RwQV0uJmZ=pDs6jzThdu" > > --MP_/Lw.RwQV0uJmZ=pDs6jzThdu > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline > > Here is an updated version. > Summary of changes: > *Removed -M q35 as it didn't seem necessary for 64bit, but breaks 32bit -M q35 is currently necessary for rumpDisk (until we fix the bug), which the 64 bit image uses by default. I just tested this on my 64 bit vm image. It works with -M q35 and fails without it. So you need -M q35 for the 64 bit image for now, until that bug is fixed. You can remove -M q35 for the 32 image, which does not use rumpdisk at the moment, because rumpdisk is a little too memory hungry. :) > *Added options handling > *Default to boot the existing image unless -r (redownload) is specified > *Added options to run a filesystem check (-f), to expand the disk image > (-e), to daemonize qemu, and to download the 64bit image (-6, default > is 32bit) All these changes seem good. For some reason I wasn't able to see the script in your email. It may be a good time to commit it to git. :) > On Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:33:37 +0000 > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] wrote: > > > > > > March 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM, "Alicia" <[email protected] > > mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Alicia%22%20%3Cbug-hurd%40gnu.org%3E > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello! > > > > After speaking with jab/gnucode on IRC I wrote a shellscript that > > downloads the latest Hurd disk image and runs it with qemu, as a > > fool-proof (or aspiring to be fool-proof) way to test it. > > > > I am happy to assign the copyright to FSF, and to develop it > > further if wanted. > > > > Attaching the script. It's also available from > > https://ion.nu/tmp/run-hurd.sh.txt because I'm not sure how > > attachments are handled > > > > > > I think that the Hurd team spends a fair amount of time answering > > questions on irc / email about how to run the Hurd via qemu. Time > > which could be better spent elsewhere. :) > > > > As a parallel, the guix people have the guix-install.sh script (1), > > which installs the guix package manager on top of a GNU/Linux distro. > > They essentially do not have to answer many questions about how to > > install guix anymore. :) > > > > What do you all think? > > > > And thanks Alicia! > > > > 1. https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh > > > > --MP_/Lw.RwQV0uJmZ=pDs6jzThdu > Content-Type: application/x-shellscript > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=run-hurd-2026-03-11.1.sh > > IyEvYmluL3NoIC1lCiMgICAgcnVuLWh1cmQuc2gsIGEgc2NyaXB0IHRvIGZldGNoIGFuZCBydW4g > RGViaWFuIEdOVSAoSHVyZCkgdXNpbmcgcWVtdSwgYXNwaXJpbmcgdG8gYmUgZm9vbC1wcm9vZgoj > ICAgIENvcHlyaWdodCAoQykgMjAyNiAgYWxpY2lhQGlvbi5udQojCiMgICAgVGhpcyBwcm9ncmFt > IGlzIGZyZWUgc29mdHdhcmU6IHlvdSBjYW4gcmVkaXN0cmlidXRlIGl0IGFuZC9vciBtb2RpZnkK > IyAgICBpdCB1bmRlciB0aGUgdGVybXMgb2YgdGhlIEdOVSBBZmZlcm8gR2VuZXJhbCBQdWJsaWMg > 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