Re: Advisable to install GNU Hurd on real hardware?

Hi Samuel and Almudena,

Thanks for your responses!

Based on your inputs, I am attempting a GNU/Hurd install on an old Dell 
Inspiron laptop. I managed to boot from the live CD, but I am facing an 
issue with the Debian installer. I'll start a separate thread on the 
bug-hurd channel for that issue.

Thanks,
Saniya

On Tue, Sep 13 2022 at 11:48:19 PM +0200 +0200, Almudena Garcia 
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I was testing GNU/Hurd in a real machine, and I have good results in 
> Thinkpad T60 and R60e machines, enabling "compatibility" mode for the 
> hard drive in the BIOS.
> The most modern machine in which I get good results is the Thinkpad 
> T410, using the same
> 
> El mar, 13 sept 2022 a las 22:32, Samuel Thibault 
> (<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>) 
> escribió:
>> Saniya Maheshwari, le mer. 14 sept. 2022 00:06:12 +0530, a ecrit:
>>  > As it says in the subject, is it advisable to install GNU Hurd on 
>> real
>>  > hardware?
>> 
>>  It essentially depends whether you're ready to suffer from lack of
>>  hardware support etc.
>> 
>>  > So far, I have been trying out GNU Hurd on QEMU/KVM; I read 
>> through the GNU
>>  > Hurd documentation and it seemed to me that this is the most 
>> preferred way for
>>  > trying out GNU Hurd.
>> 
>>  That's the way which most Hurd hackers use since that's simpler to 
>> have
>>  a common (virtual) hardware that is known to have proper drivers.
>> 
>>  Samuel
>>