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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: Re: boot the Hurd with Guix
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:17:48 +0100
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Hi rennes,

rennes@openmailbox.org skribis:

> This is the demo generated with Guix:
>
> https://github.com/methalo/boot-hurd
>
> The binary files were generated in Debian/Hurd and placed in an 'img' fil=
e.
>
> The command used to generate the binaries is:
>
> './pre-inst-env guix system init ~/light.scm /guix'
>
> To test Hurd, execute:
>
> 'sudo qemu-system-i386 -enable-kvm -m 1G -hda guixsdhurd.img -curses'

[...]

> https://ombx.io/ipoWt9uK

I just gave it a try, and woow!  :-)

It=E2=80=99s really nice to see that in action.

It lacks a couple of things such as the console server and client and
the pipe server, but tweaking this will be the funny part.  ;-)

Also, in GRUB, you currently load ext2fs.static and exec explicitly.
There=E2=80=99s now a /hurd/startup server that takes care of launching
/hurd/proc, /hurd/auth, and then passes control to /libexec/runsystem.
I suppose this is the preferred method, but hurd.texi doesn=E2=80=99t give =
the
exact GRUB commands.  Can anyone shed some light?

BTW, the image you posted is in =E2=80=9Craw=E2=80=9D format.  You would ge=
t a smaller
file by using the qcow2 format, which you can create with =E2=80=9Cqemu-img
create -f qcow2=E2=80=9D.

Anyway, kudos, and keep up the good work!

Thank you,
Ludo=E2=80=99.