April 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM, "Martin-Éric Racine" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Martin-%C3%89ric%20Racine%22%20%3Cmartin-eric.racine%40iki.fi%3E > wrote:
> > (non-subscriber; please keep me in CC when replying) > Greetings, > > As support for i386 on Linux will only be partial starting with Trixie > (no new Linux kernel - will need to track Bookworm kernels), I was > thinking of configuring my last 32-bit desktop as a dual-boot > Hurd/Linux host. > > I wanted to know if there's any specific things I need to keep in mind > when partitioning the drive for this to succeed? I believe that this should be possible: https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2024/hurd-on-thinkpad/ But my expertize ends right about there! Good luck! > Also, is there any way to avoid ending up with 2 instances of GRUB on > the same drive? For stability reasons, I'd rather track the Linux port > of GRUB but would need the Hurd to appear in the menu as well. > > Thanks! > Martin-Éric >

