Debian Resources

• Official page about the Debian GNU/Hurd port: Debian GNU/Hurd
• Debian FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions

QEMU Image

There is a QEMU image with Debian GNU/Hurd pre-installed available as http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz.

Usage:

$ wget http://people.debian.org/~sthibault/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz
$ tar -xz < debian-hurd.img.tar.gz
$ qemu -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user debian-hurd-*.img

Just in case you were wondering: the root password is root.

For more detailed instructions, please see the QEMU page.

Installing

• Installation Instructions
  • Upgrading K11 or K14 based systems to unstable
• After install — Do this to get networking, new console and X

Contributing

• Porting — Helping with porting packages
  • Patch submission — How to submit patches for build failures
• Creating image tarball

Additional Information

• Presentation Debian GNU/Hurd, ?MichaelBanck, LinuxTag 2004 Karlsruhe
• Status
• Archive Qualification