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The Hurd is a !MultiServer !MicroKernel ["POSIX"]-emulating operating system kernel, based on the Mach microkernel, although there has been talk about porting it to the ["L4"] microkernel too. The Hurd is a !MultiServer !MicroKernel [[POSIX]]-emulating operating system kernel, based on the Mach microkernel, although there has been talk about porting it to the [[L4]] microkernel too.
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Currently, TheHurd is not in a production-ready state yet, but you can still install it, if you just work a bit and already got linux working. You have to use ["Grub"] to boot (["LILO"] doesn't support "Mach"), which is a good thing anyway. Currently, TheHurd is not in a production-ready state yet, but you can still install it, if you just work a bit and already got linux working. You have to use [[Grub]] to boot ([[LILO]] doesn't support "Mach"), which is a good thing anyway.
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You can follow also the instructions about Hurd on ["QEMU"]: http://hurd.gnufans.org/bin/view/Distrib/HurdOnQEMU You can follow also the instructions about Hurd on [[QEMU]]: http://hurd.gnufans.org/bin/view/Distrib/HurdOnQEMU
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or use the Hurd [http://www.superunprivileged.org/hurd/live-cd/ LiveCD]. or use the Hurd [[http://www.superunprivileged.org/hurd/live-cd/|LiveCD]].
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On ["Lenny"] the ["crosshurd"] package can be used to install the Hurd on a seperate partition. This works also within ["virtualbox"]. Just create an fixed sized disk on virtualbox and boot with a Debian or Debian-based live-cd/ iso-image (like e.g. Finnix or Grml) and install crosshurd, create a partition not bigger than 2 Gigabyte with an ext3 file system and additional swap space. Mount it and tell the crosshurdscript the mount point - it will ["debootstrap"] a first primitive system for you, after which you should follow the generic installation steps mentioned here: http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install .
The hurd has no random generator necessary for the installation of the ["openssh-server"]. there is, however, a way to accomplish that: http://uwhug.org.uk/index.pl?Hurd_Installation_Guide .
On [[Lenny]] the DebPkg:crosshurd package can be used to install the Hurd on a seperate partition. This works also within [[VirtualBox]]. Just create an fixed sized disk on virtualbox and boot with a Debian or Debian-based live-cd/ iso-image (like e.g. Finnix or Grml) and install crosshurd, create a partition not bigger than 2 Gigabyte with an ext3 file system and additional swap space. Mount it and tell the crosshurdscript the mount point - it will [[Debootstrap]] a first primitive system for you, after which you should follow the generic installation steps mentioned here: http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install .
The hurd has no random generator necessary for the installation of the [[ssh|openssh-server]]. there is, however, a way to accomplish that: http://uwhug.org.uk/index.pl?Hurd_Installation_Guide .
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 [[TableOfContents(2)]]  <<TableOfContents(2)>>
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According to Thomas Bushnell, BSG, the primary architect of the Hurd, "Hurd' stands for 'Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons'. And, then, 'Hird' stands for 'Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth'. We have here, to my knowledge, the first software to be named by a pair of mutually recursive acronyms." '''(from the ["GNU"] HURD webpage)''' According to Thomas Bushnell, BSG, the primary architect of the Hurd, "Hurd' stands for 'Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons'. And, then, 'Hird' stands for 'Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth'. We have here, to my knowledge, the first software to be named by a pair of mutually recursive acronyms." '''(from the [[GNU]] HURD webpage)'''
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 * tclsh does not work through a pipe, leading to hangs in a lot of configure tests (e.g. vim)

 * The python gconf wrapper (/usr/sbin/gconf-schemas) hangs (Gnome)

  * local sockets do not work in a chrooted environment.
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 * [http://www.superunprivileged.org/hurd/live-cd/ Hurd] ["LiveCD"] .
 * Debian [:TheHurd:Hurd] homepage: http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd
 * [http://hurd.gnufans.org/ The HURD Wiki]
 * [http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install Hurd installation].
 * [[http://www.superunprivileged.org/hurd/live-cd/|Hurd]] [[LiveCD]] .
 * Debian [[TheHurd|Hurd]] homepage: http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd
 * [[http://hurd.gnufans.org/|The HURD Wiki]]
 * [[http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install|Hurd installation]].

GNU/HURD is the name of the GNU operating system when TheHurd is used as the kernel.

The Hurd is a MultiServer MicroKernel POSIX-emulating operating system kernel, based on the Mach microkernel, although there has been talk about porting it to the L4 microkernel too.

Currently, TheHurd is not in a production-ready state yet, but you can still install it, if you just work a bit and already got linux working. You have to use Grub to boot (LILO doesn't support "Mach"), which is a good thing anyway.

You can follow also the instructions about Hurd on QEMU: http://hurd.gnufans.org/bin/view/Distrib/HurdOnQEMU

or use the Hurd LiveCD.

On Lenny the crosshurd package can be used to install the Hurd on a seperate partition. This works also within VirtualBox. Just create an fixed sized disk on virtualbox and boot with a Debian or Debian-based live-cd/ iso-image (like e.g. Finnix or Grml) and install crosshurd, create a partition not bigger than 2 Gigabyte with an ext3 file system and additional swap space. Mount it and tell the crosshurdscript the mount point - it will Debootstrap a first primitive system for you, after which you should follow the generic installation steps mentioned here: http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install . The hurd has no random generator necessary for the installation of the ?openssh-server. there is, however, a way to accomplish that: http://uwhug.org.uk/index.pl?Hurd_Installation_Guide .

What the name "Hurd" means

According to Thomas Bushnell, BSG, the primary architect of the Hurd, "Hurd' stands for 'Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons'. And, then, 'Hird' stands for 'Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth'. We have here, to my knowledge, the first software to be named by a pair of mutually recursive acronyms." (from the GNU HURD webpage)

Buildd

Buildd Requirements

Every once in a while, people ask why there is no second autobuilder running for hurd-i386, or they volunteer to set one up.

These are the requirements for a buildd:

  • Must boot and run Debian GNU/Hurd unstable without major problems
  • The Debian GNU/Hurd buildd admin (currently MichaelBanck) must have full sudo access

  • Must have networking, best via static IP
  • Must be accessible via SSH (optionally via a frontend box) to the buildd admin
  • Must provide a second partition as a building chroot with a real /usr directory
  • Must allow sending mails to the buildd admin and ftbfs.de as the autobuilder
  • Must allow receiving replies of those mails from the buildd admin and the Debian archive to the mail address of the autobuilder
  • Must allow outgoing SSH to buildd.aurel32.net/port 22
  • Must have some free harddisk space
  • Should have a responsive local admin in case a reboot or other local maintenance is needed
  • Ideally, should have between 350-750 MB RAM

To clarify on the mail requirements, build logs are sent by the autobuilder (<buildd@beethoven.theo.chemie.tu-muenchen.de> for the current autobuilder) after the build to the Debian GNU/Hurd buildd admin (currently <mbanck@debian.org>) and ftbfs.de for publically archiving the logs. The buildd admin will reply to the build logs and those replies need to reach the autobuilder (again, currently <buildd@beethoven.theo.chemie.tu-muenchen.de>). Additionally, mails from the Debian archive system need to reach the autobuilder.i

Issues

This is a list of archive building issues, i.e. things which affect more than package build and which are not toolchain problems (like PATH_MAX etc.)

  • local sockets do not work in a chrooted environment.

External links

Developer Resources