Hi there I've been using GNU/Linux for a while now, and I've decided it's time to give GNU/Hurd a go to see what's going on. After reading this list for only a couple of days, it seems the installation docs are somewhat (severely) lacking in detail; there's CD images, tarballs, packages on alpha.gnu.org and on debian ftp servers.
So, my question is: how do I go about getting it on my machine? Ie, for GNU/Linux, to answer that, I'd say: Either a) Buy a CD, or b) Download a CD image, or c) Download packages and floppy images, or d) Download floppy images and install over ftp If you're wondering about c), I don't have a machine on the Net, but I do have a big connection (university) and zip disks, so it's not a problem to do wget -r ftp://ftp.debian.org/dists.... Also, I assumed that upgrading software would simply be a case of apt-get upgrade'ing, but it unfortunately doesn't seem like it's going to be that painless; what's the deal with the whole alpha.gnu.org vs ftp.debian.org for packages? And where does the hurd-D1.iso come into all this; what exactly is on it? One last thing: I know partitions need to be under "1Gb", but what is "1Gb"? 1024Kb?, 1000Kb?, so-many whatevers? Many thanks, Bob Ham -- Bob Ham: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: 'node' on irc.openprojects.net: #slashdot ICQ: 4396425 'node' "The GNU philosophy is about freedom. To be free one must have personal power. Personal power is an individual thing, difficult to obtain and quick to perish." --Krisno Pryosusilo
