> This is what it reports (of course the partition type is > set to e2fs (x82 or x83, not sure).
You mean ext2. > <ERROR> > Booting command-list > > Root (hd1,0) > > Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x54 Does not look like it it is set to Type 83: Linux. > > kernel /hurd/gnumach.gz root=hd1s1 > > Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition Try using tab completion. (grub) kernel /<TAB> Report the results. Do not forget the version of grub that you are using. If it less than .56.1 then upgrade. > > > Next thing I did was installing apt so I could > dist-upgrade to the latest > > > packages. But, for some reason there\'s a very very > very very very (did i > > say > > > very?) old apt in ftp.debian.org , which is unusable > (it only supports > > i386, > > > not hurd-i386). Somebody (thanks to that person) at > > > #hurd/irc.openprojects.net mentioned > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian > > , > > > and I had a look. What I found there was a quite > recent version of apt, > > that > > > supported hurd-i386. I installed apt, added > > > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian to my > sources.list and dist-upgraded. > > > > Again, if you had read a recent install guide you > would have known this. > > > > Where can I find a recent install guide ? I gave you link to a list of links in the last email; there is at least one there (I have not looked at the easy guide lately). However, try http://walfield.org/papers/hurd-installation-guide > > Again, a latest install guide should do it or, try: > > http://debian.fmi.uni-sofia.bg/~ogi/hurd/ > > > > Okay, visited that page. And I still don\'t have a recent > install guide, nor Xfree4. Can you please be more > specific, I really can\'t find it. (And yes, I\'m trying). Try the section ``Installing.'' The first link is a HCL. The second points to my guide and the third to the easy guide. My guide has information of installing X (thanks to Marcus). > > What places are reporting this and not pointing at an > install guide or > > the mailing list? > > > > Various hurd fansites. e.g. > > There is nothing to join. Write some code and submit > it. Report bugs. > > Compile packages for which we do not yet have > binaries. etc. > > > > Where should I send them to? This list. If they are too big then announce them and either ask for web space or forward to who ever asks for a copy. > Okay, here\'s the error message: This is much better. > <ERROR> > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > Sorry, debconf is already the newest version > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and > 0 not upgraded. > 2 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. > Setting up debconf (0.4.06) ... > dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit > status 10 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lynx: > lynx depends on debconf; however: > Package debconf is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing lynx (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > debconf > lynx > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > </ERROR> Now I can say with full confidence that I have no clue. Thus, I defer this to Marcus our Debian expert. BTW, when quoting emails please try to be a bit cleaner: 72 columns is normal. Thanks. Best regards, -Neal -- Neal H Walfield University of Massachusetts at Lowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
