Hello and welcome to the hurd!
>
> setup (hd0)
>
> Grub will respond with two commands that you have to type, and then you're
> done.
Note that that is a grammatical error; it actually runs the commands for you.
Run "install ..." should really say Running. This is fixed in post 0.5.94
grub.
> (As in my earlier post) I'm not sure what packages I need to do
> development on hurd. Is there a list?
Try using dselect and grabbing the obvious ones which should pick up most
of the dependencies. Note that you need to use ftp as you acquisition method
as http does not work at the moment.
> Somewhere in the docs I read about the hurd it said that the cthreads
> package would ultimately be replaced with pthreads. Has this been done, is
> it going to happen?
It is being worked on. Do not hold your breath.
> Is there any work in progress on virtual consoles? Is there anything I can
> do to help make this happen?
You could write some code, or just use the screen program. Note that running
remote sessions is the way that most developers do their work as it is not
hard to hang your shell.
Regards,
-Neal
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