March 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM, "Alicia" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Alicia%22%20%3Cbug-hurd%40gnu.org%3E > wrote:
> > Hello! > > After speaking with jab/gnucode on IRC I wrote a shellscript that > downloads the latest Hurd disk image and runs it with qemu, as a > fool-proof (or aspiring to be fool-proof) way to test it. > > I am happy to assign the copyright to FSF, and to develop it further if > wanted. > > Attaching the script. It's also available from > https://ion.nu/tmp/run-hurd.sh.txt because I'm not sure how attachments > are handled I think that the Hurd team spends a fair amount of time answering questions on irc / email about how to run the Hurd via qemu. Time which could be better spent elsewhere. :) As a parallel, the guix people have the guix-install.sh script (1), which installs the guix package manager on top of a GNU/Linux distro. They essentially do not have to answer many questions about how to install guix anymore. :) What do you all think? And thanks Alicia! 1. https://guix.gnu.org/guix-install.sh
