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Re: Newbies questions
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Andreas K. Foerster |
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Re: Newbies questions |
Date: |
Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:17:55 +0200 |
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On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 01:09:17PM -0500, Tom Hart wrote:
> >How can I get GRUB onto the harddisk?
> >
> This is described in your GRUB documentation. You can access it using
> "info grub", or read the manual online.
Okay, I have my CDRom working now.
I will try it, when the rest is installed.
(my last try took 2 hours and then it crashed :( )
> >Where is a keyboard driver for german keyboards?!
> >How can I switch between consoles?
> >Is there a scrollback buffer as in BSD or Linux?
> >
> Marcus has been working on a new and improved console client, but I
> think you need Hurd 0.3 to use it.
Oh, it's still under construction?
Then to Marcus: please implement the scrollback buffer in the BSD
style, on Linux I always break my fingers. ;-)
> >I've done "MAKEDEV hd1" and it exists, but when I try to
> >"mount /dev/hd1 /cdrom", it always sais "Segmentation
> >fault". So how can I mount my CDROM to get my software?
> >
> >
> "Mount" is UNIX. Hurd uses "settrans".
Okay, now I found it.
> >In your installation guide you wrote something about
> >"/etc/apt/sources.list", but I cannot find it on my disk. Is that just
> >for later versions?
> >
> No, this exists in all Debian distributions, both GNU/Hurd and GNU/Linux.
On my system, it isn't there. At least not in the base system.
> >Can newer versions handle shared IRQs now?
> >Is this one gigabyte limitation still valid in newer versions?
> >
> The shared IRQ's are GNU Mach's fault, and this isn't getting fixed
> anytime soon. The plan is to move to OSKIT Mach, which is much improved,
> but not is being developed by the University of Utah, not the GNU Project.
Is it also free software?
Well these limitations are really knock out arguments. :-(
> http://seinfeld.arrowstreet.com. When its finished, we hope that this
> will become the Hurd's official documentation.
Thanks, that helps a lot.
--
Tschuess
Andreas