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authorSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2019-12-14 15:19:39 +0100
committerSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2019-12-14 15:19:39 +0100
commitb25d79a92fe9105506363ebd59f2330bc1799814 (patch)
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A less recent Live CD can be found at <http://teythoon.cryptobitch.de/hurd/livecd/hurd-live-install-1273300101.iso.xz>.
-It can be run with qemu via
+Arch Hurd also offers a QEMU image. It can be run with QEMU via
+
+ $ wget https://files.archhurd.org/iso/2018.09.28/archhurd-2018.09.28.img.xz
+ $ xz -d archhurd-2018.09.28.img.xz
+ $ kvm -m 1G -drive cache=writeback,file=archhurd-2018.09.28.img
+
+The .img file is useful for running Arch Hurd in a virtual machine. For hardware installations,
+ use the Live CD. When using Arch Hurd in QEMU, the command 'hurd-halt' safely stops the
+emulation (removing the need for '-no-reboot')
+
+To install the Live CD ISO file in QEMU (instead of using the .img file):
$ wget http://teythoon.cryptobitch.de/hurd/livecd/hurd-live-install-1273300101.iso.xz
$ xz -d hurd-live-install-1273300101.iso.xz
$ qemu -m 512 -cdrom hurd-live-install-1273300101.iso
-These [[!wikipedia LiveCD]]s should be useful for those who want to try out the
+The [[!wikipedia LiveCD]] should be useful for those who want to try out the
Hurd before they commit to installing it on their hard disks. In addition to
that, the bootable Hurd CDs should enable us to have a native installer instead
of relying on Linux.