Re: Everything's broken (was: Debian GNU/Hurd 2023 released!)

[Almudena Garcia]

Maybe because the T30 is already IDE? Anyway, test it with these other laptops if you want

El mié, 12 jul 2023 a las 13:24, Wojciech Aniszewski (<aniszewski@dalembert.upmc.fr>) escribió:

T30 doesn't have the mentioned boot setting to simulate IDE.
Come to think about it I will probably buy a T61 or a T410 for this, since you've kindly tested them.

regards
w

On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 12:34:42PM +0000, Almudena Garcia wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Using previous releases, I got to install successfully in
>
> - ThinkPad T60, R60e
> - ThinkPad R61i
> - ThinkPad T410
>
> Using DVD-1 image.
>
> T30 is so old. The Debian GNU/HURD installer needs at least 256 MB RAM.
>
> Added to this, in the most modern machines I had to configure SATA ports in "compatibility" mode to simulate IDE devices (in the BIOS configuration). With this, the installer works without problems.
>
> In some weeks I will try again to install in these machines, using the new image and configuring Rumpdisk instead  enable compatibility mode.
>
> I will report here the results
>
> El viernes 16 de junio de 2023, Wojciech Aniszewski escribió:
> > On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 12:38:49AM +0200, Almudena Garcia wrote:
> > > I expect that info are useful
> >
> > Oh la la, good luck with that:)
> >
> > But seriously, I tried to install Hurd on 4 laptops and never succeeded.
> > Symptoms include:
> > -black screen no boot from CD (early model of Sony Vaio)
> > -stuck at the beginning of text installer (early Thinkpad T30)
> > -no boot from install CD (can't find partitions or sth, Thinkpad X220 - but that was 64 so allright I guess)
> >
> > I think I'll choose one of the above and retry with the new release, who knows...
> >
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