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Re: [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft
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Manolis Ragkousis |
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Re: [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft |
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Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:36:04 +0200 |
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On 03/24/16 13:38, Justus Winter wrote:
> Otoh if we could properly build packages, we could provide the
> substitutes, so people could try Guix on the Hurd without going
> through the 12h+ bootstrap procedure.
Here the problem is not isolation but the fact that we don't have a
substitutes server. The machine I had at my house crashed and I cannot
bring it back up remotely. When I get back to my home island and revive
it, this will not be an issue.
> Here is an overview of the early server bootstrap in the Hurd. It is
> slightly outdated, but still the best description that I know of:
>
> http://teythoon.cryptobitch.de/posts/bootstrapping-the-hurd/
>
It definitely is!! Nice one!!
> Hmmm, so one still needs a filesystem, right? That's going to be a
> bit tricky too, since whatever tool you use for that purpose, it
> surely does not support creating hurdish passive translator records.
> Without passive translator records things get indeed more interesting.
> I have a patch for some tool for creating ext2 filesystems that could
> help, or we create all the passive translator records on first boot
> similar to how Samuels Debian/Hurd live cds deal with that. Or I
> finish my bootshell work that can boot from filesystems without
> passive translator records.
Where can I find more info on those?
Manolis
- Re: GSoC ideas, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/03/02
- Re: GSoC ideas, Samuel Thibault, 2016/03/02
- Re: GSoC ideas, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/03/02
- Re: GSoC ideas, Samuel Thibault, 2016/03/02
- [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft, Manolis Ragkousis, 2016/03/21
- Re: [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft, Samuel Thibault, 2016/03/21
- Re: [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/03/23
- Re: [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft, Justus Winter, 2016/03/23
- Re: [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft, Manolis Ragkousis, 2016/03/24
- Re: [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft, Justus Winter, 2016/03/24
- Re: [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft,
Manolis Ragkousis <=
- Re: [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft, Justus Winter, 2016/03/24
- Re: [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/03/24
- Re: [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft, Manolis Ragkousis, 2016/03/24
- Re: [GSoC] Porting GuixSD to GNU Hurd draft, Justus Winter, 2016/03/24
- Re: GSoC ideas, Manolis Ragkousis, 2016/03/04
- Re: GSoC ideas, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/03/05