Re: Running guix GNU Hurd build

Akib Azmain Turja <[email protected]> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 18:27:05 +0600

Newsgroups	gmane.os.hurd.bugs,gmane.os.hurd.general
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Andy Tai <[email protected]> writes:

> The  Guix HURD image I downloaded was from
> https://guix.gnu.org/en/download/latest/
>
> at
> https://ci.guix.gnu.org/search/latest/image?query=spec:images+status:success+system:x86_64-linux+hurd-barebones.qcow2
>
> It can be used to boot a KVM (guest VM) as a GNU/Hurd system on x86 (32-bit)

I tried Guix Hurd a few times, but it failed on every attempt (the image
breaks when I reboot the VM).

>
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 12:48 PM Samuel Thibault <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Andy Tai, le lun. 21 nov. 2022 14:14:54 -0800, a ecrit:
>> > Hi, I wonder is there any documentation on running the GNU Guix Hurd
>> > build... I can run the latest snapshot build image on a KVM on top of
>> > an x86-64 GNU/Linux host (Fedora) to the point of logging in as root
>> > (text mode, login shell) but cannot get networking to work...
>> >
>> > For comparison, the latest Debian GNU/Hurd image (202108) can reach
>> > the point of running X windows with LXDE or icewm, with networking so
>> > I was able to update the system from Debian servers..
>>
>> I don't know where images etc. are available for Guix Hurd, but probably
>> people on the bug-hurd@ list will know.
>>
>> Samuel
>>

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