On Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 08:41:53AM -0500, Scott Jacobsen wrote: > I used the big tarball method to install. I used gnu-19990104.tar.gz. Is > there a newer better tarball, or is this OK?
Yes, there is 19990505 in the same directory, and you should definitely take this. 19990104 has many problems. > I keep hearing my hurd partition has to be small. Currently it is 6 gig, > but I don't see anything complaining. Is this OK? MUCH to big. It did really not complain? Note that we talk about the partition, not about the hard disk as a whole. Are you sure you made a 6GB ext2fs partition for the Hurd? The partition should be ~ 1 GB max. > As per the easy install instructions I did settrans /servers/socket/2 > /hurd/pfinet ... Then tried to ping a known address and got the message > "ICMP protocol not installed". You are missing things like /etc/protocol etc. Please install the net/inetutils package, but first update your system to current glibc etc. > vi hangs the system. No more keyboard input. I have to do a hard boot. Did you try ^C? It is only in a tight loop. Maybe it hung, but this problem has been long fixed. Install a recent ae package, and the fake vi is gone. > What is the state of X -- I've heard it runs. Are there any X apps that > run (ie window managers, xterm) The clients run. twm and xterm are available on alha.gnu.org. But they only work on a remote display, because no X server runs yet. > In general, is there an archive of HURD software anywhere. Esp gcc, emacs > or vi, includes for gnu libc. (Should these be on my system already?) ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-hurd-i386 has it all. Do NOT install the base/makefiles or base/login package. Do not install liblockfile. All other should be safe. There is egcs 2.91.66, gdb 4.18, vim and many more. > I'd like to play more with HURD. How is most of the development done? We discuss things on [email protected] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] When important issues come up, a request for help is sometimes send. Otherwise just pick up a task (www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-task) > Cross-compiles from linux, or is HURD ready to do devel right on HURD? Native development preferred. Cross compilation is possible but not trivial to set up. 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
