On Sun, Feb 28, 1999 at 09:33:12PM +0100, Emmanuel Michon wrote: > Well, > > i failed once more at getting the shell with the HURD :-( > > * I tried with the idiot's guide, and fetched all the .debs. > I corrected some errors in the scripts cross-install > and dpkg-hurd, since on my box, the equality test with > ``test'' utility is > [ foo = foo ] and not [ foo == foo ] > I use bash and I really wonder how it can work on another > linux box.
This must be a typo. Can you send me a patch? Version number would also be helpful. > This corrected, the scripts ends ok and says ``boot hurd and > run native-install.'' > When stopping GRUB with ``c'', > root=(hd0,0) says ext2fs > kernel=/boot/gnumach root=hd0s1 -s says disk geometry error. Make sure your BIOS reckognizes the hard disk with less than 1024 cylinders, for example, use LBA mode. > * I also tried gnu-19990104.tar.gz, > root=(hd0,0) says ext2fs > kernel=/boot/gnumach root=hd0s1 -s, module=/boot/serverboot, boot are > accepted and gnumach begins probing devices on the PC, just > like linux does. > > I really do not understand why the first attempt complains > about a geometry error and not this one, since the geometry > *is* the same. Uh. That's really strange. > Then, it gets frozen (the keyboard is frozen) just after > scsi detected 0 total. I don't know if it's a good explanation, > but if hurd's boot process looks like linux's, just > after this, linux usually makes the partition check. So I wonder > if this panic is not a consequence of my partition table > which has extended partitions (if this is a trouble.) Maybe GNU Mach contains too much drivers. Gordon, can you check the configure line of GNU Mach package debian/rules files and look if you can adjust it to fit for more systems? Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
