[nzlug] Latest Debian GNU/Hurd iso images.

[Philip Charles]

On Saturday 22 December 2007, Martin Bähr wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 09:20:00AM +1300, Philip Charles wrote:
> > Useless Information Department:-  I have released 29 sets of Debian
> > GNU/Hurd images over a period of seven years.
>
> nice to see someone on this list supporting the hurd!
>
> is it possible to run hurd in a virtual machine within linux?
>
> some years ago i read a comment stating that hurd would never support
> that because it has it's own virtualization techniques that are much
> better.

Yes it can
See http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2007/11/msg00056.html
            This should give you a lead.

> but unfortunately i don't have any spare hardware to run the hurd, and
> while i have been hoping to try it for some time (and im keeping a
> spare partition on my notebook for just that purpose) i will not have
> any opportunity to play with it until it is possible to run it in a
> virtual machine inside linux, so that i can run it without interrupting
> my main work environment.

I know the feeling.  I change the HDD in my no.2 machine.  Removable 
racks.

Phil.

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