Re: Test / trial of Debian GNU HURD: works OK in qemu/kvm but fails to boot on actual machine

Samuel Thibault <[email protected]> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:29:12 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.ports.hurd
Organization I am not organized
Message-ID <aXpVeC8SF06iIbJL@end>
João Pedro Malhado, le mer. 28 janv. 2026 18:26:48 +0000, a ecrit:
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 03:23:01PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Wilfred van Rooijen, le mer. 28 janv. 2026 22:15:17 +0900, a ecrit:
> > > I tried the i386 image, but that also does not boot. The last messages are:
> > > 
> > > Executed 33 _INI methods requiring 4 _STA executions (examined 231 objects)
> > > PASS!
> > > Rumpdisk Kernel is already driving a SATA device, skipping probing rump SATA/
> > > IDE disks
> > > Ext2fs: part:2:device:hd0: No such device or address
> > > 
> > > I tried two USB keys (I considered that the USB key might be bad because of the
> > > above message) but both gave the same result.
> > 
> > USB keys are not supported so far. You'd have to use a hdd.
> 
> I have managed to install a i386 system from a USB key alright.

AIUI he is not using the installer, but just booting the pre-installed
image.

Samuel