Re: Blog post: Guix/Hurd on Real Iron

[Tanguy LE CARROUR]

Hi Joshua,


Quoting jbranso@dismail.de (2024-11-30 15:27:11)
> November 30, 2024 at 6:23 AM, "Tanguy LE CARROUR" <tanguy@bioneland.org 
> mailto:tanguy@bioneland.org?to=%22Tanguy%20LE%20CARROUR%22%20%3Ctanguy%40bioneland.org%3E
>  > wrote:
> > Was it supposed to work on real hardware or was I being overly optimistic?
> 
> It should.  I'm tweaking the mailing list to forward this to bug-hurd (who 
> know
> more about Debian GNU/Hurd).  What hardware are you using?  As far as I know,
> the T60, X200, T400, and T500 are the latest Intel machines that will have
> working ethernet on bare metal (though rumpnet is coming).  I personally use 
> a T43.
> This wiki page does warn that the stable installer (2023 images) currently 
> does not
> boot correctly on the X200, T400, and T500.

I tried on my X200s… So I guess it’s normal that it does not boot.


> But you should be able to install the 
> Hurd via CrossInstall
> 
> https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/faq/drivers/ 
> 
> https://darnassus.sceen.net/~hurd-web/hurd/running/debian/CrossInstall/
> 
> Also, fair warning, if you want to use X, then you cannot use libreboot
> at the moment.  A hurd developer is working on fixing this.

Part of the "fun" was to do it using Guix. So, for the time being, I’ll stick to
using the Hurd in a childhurd 
(<https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/childhurds-and-substitutes/>).
But thanks for letting me know about the CrossInstall!

Regards

-- 
Tanguy