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Evans Winner wrote:
<snip>
> Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> writes:
> I am beginning to think that it would be better to just
> install Hurd from the ISOs (which means buying a replacement
> for my broken IDE CD-ROM drive).
You can loop-mount the ISO from the harddrive by using
mount ~phil/hurd.iso /mnt/cdrom -o loop,ro

However this won't work a boot time.
You might be able to use the ISO from your existing Hurd install
to attempt to repair the installation.

HTH,
Colin S. Miller

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