thanks for the help, got it working now. HURD is koowal, i haven't had this much fun since i was new to linux! i'm gonna get no sleep now =< thanks again!
from da Bobstopper > Hi, > > Try this: > http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-hurd-0001/msg00056.html > > -Neal > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 05:27:29AM +0800, da Bobstopper wrote: > > hiya > > > > i recently downloaded gnu/hurd using the process outlined at > > > > http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu/easy.html > > > > well, everything seemed to run beautifully until i trued booting from grub. > > grub came up, i hit c as the html doco suggested, typed > > > > root=(hd0,2) (my gnu partition is 3rd partition on 1st ide) > > worked fine > > then > > kernel=/boot/gnumach root=hd0s3 > > response: file not found > > i played around and eventually tried the tab key to finish off possible > > complete filenames for kernel=/boo > > the response was /bootS followed by a weird little >> like character. > > trying / followed by tab revealed that probably about half the directories > > in / have strange little characters appended to their names. > > > > what went wrong here exactly? how do i fix it? > > > > thanks in advance > > > > from > > > > da Bobstopper > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Neal Walfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] > UMass Lowell - Fox 1512 Phone: 978-934-5347 > Fax: 603-415-3645 > Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. > -- H. L. Mencken > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

