April 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM, "João Pedro Malhado" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Jo%C3%A3o%20Pedro%20Malhado%22%20%3Cphlogiston%40sapo.pt%3E > wrote:
> > Hello C Chapman, > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 08:18:56AM -0400, C Chapman wrote: > > > > > I'm using debian-hurd-amd64-20250316.img.gz. > > I used dd to copy it to a USB stick. The error occurs near the start of > > the installer. > > > I believe that image does not contain an installer and it is meant to be run > on > a virtual machine. If you want to try that you have instructions at: > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-amd64/YES_REALLY_README.txt > > > > > I am using real hardware. What hardware are you using? > > > Does your computer have a CD-ROM drive? If so, you can try the amd64 > netinst.iso > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-amd64/netinst.iso Please do NOT use the amd64 image in real hardware. If you want to install the Hurd, then please use the 32 bit image. It is much more stable. The 64 bit image has huge stability issues. I would only recommend running the 64 bit image in a vm at the moment. Also take a look at this page: https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/faq/drivers/ And ask in #hurd before you buy any hardware. There are probably little annoyances that people in #hurd will tell you about that are not mentioned on the wiki. > There is only experimental support for USB sticks on hurd so you should not > expect the image to work through a USB stick. > > You can install a hurd system on a partition from an existing linux > installation > on another partition. There has been some discussion about this on this > mailing > list. You can use mmdebstrap for this, but the process is poorly documented at > this time. > > Best regards, > João >
