Hello Alejandro, I'm not new to Debian, matter of fact I've been using the Linux-based variant for quite some time. But the Linux kernel and the HURD kernel are two very different beasts. I need to know how to get a base HURD system up and running on x86-64 architectures. Also note that AMD64 and x86-64 are the same thing. I'm going to assume that I can just port the HURD packages over and feed them into debootstrap, but there's probably more than one catch and it's not that simple. The description on the Debian GNU/HURD's website says this mailing list is for devs or for people wanting to jump in, so here I am! I won't respond until sometime tomorrow, it's ~10:55 PM where I'm at right now. Kudos,MGage
_____________________________ From: Alejandro García <alejandro18044...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 8:27 PM Subject: Re: Hello World!! To: Gage Morgan <gagemor...@outlook.com> Hello Friend. I do not usually speak much English, but I recommend you look further information migrate entire operating system is complex, I would advise is talking to developers of the project and you adopt orphaned packages when you are recognized within the project debian for your work you can discuss in how you can help in the process of collecting and compiling packages pioneering architecture x64 or AMD64. Debian is great, if you are willing to help in such complex processes as only tell you that debian Welcome to the world :-). I from Venezuela. Alejandro Garcia. 2016-05-21 18:18 GMT-04:30 Gage Morgan <gagemor...@outlook.com>: > HELLO, DEBIAN!! > > So, my friend and I have been on the fence on which kernel to use over the > past year or so. I think the one that fits us best is Hurd, though we've > attempted Linux. I'm almost 18, and have been wanting to do this for awhile. > > Let me explain: I want to get started working with you guys sometime in the > next week or so when I have time. I'm a friendly, so please don't pull out > your flamethrowers (I've been to many a development community and a lot of > them can be rabid dogs waiting to bite) :-) > > If possible, could one of you please walk me through what I would need to do > to port Debian GNU/Hurd to amd64 (aka x86-64 or simply x64)? I've got some > things with this form of Debian that I'd be interested in working with, but > first I'd like to help everyone else get it off the ground and somewhat > stable first. I'm interested because I ran it in VirtualBox once and let me > just tell you that even though the userland looked identical to Debian > Standard, the theory of how the system was running amazed me. > > Another thing: Apparently Debian is having issues with compiling things to > 32bit architectures due to removal of features in GCC, so we do need to get > on the ball with going through to amd64. I would love to help recompile the > base system to x86-64 architectures (specifically, help to get it working > with UEFI machines, half of which I'm still struggling to understand the > mind**** created by that group) and help get it up to speed with everyone > else. > > It's an interesting concept, it really is, I'd just like to see it survive. > > Thanks, > MGage > -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ Alejandro García TSU en Informática Linux User id: 561553 Pais Venezuela Estado Aragua Ciudad San Sebastian de los Reyes Telefeno (058) 0246-521-1665 Celular (058) 0414-562-0069 Celular (058) 0424-362-9068 http://linuxcounter.net/user/561553.html gnu-linux-xx.blogspot.com +----------------------------------------------------------------+