[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] If you haven't: install hurd to partition get grub image boot hurd in single user (change grub entry accordingly to the installed partition) > $ export TERM=mach > $ ./native-install reboot to other debian suppose hurd partition is hdd1 as root > $ mount /dev/hdd1 /mnt -t ext2 > $ cd /mnt/etc/apt > $ echo "deb http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unreleased main" >> sources.list > $ echo "deb-src http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian unreleased main" >> sources.list > $ echo "deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian unstable main" >> sources.list > $ echo "deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian unstable main" >> sources.list > $ wget http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/running/debian/DebianAptOffline/apt.conf.offline > $ cd /mnt > $ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline update > $ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline upgrade > $ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline install git-core > $ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline build-dep hurd gnumach > $ apt-get -c etc/apt/apt.conf.offline install build-essential libpciaccess-dev libpcap0.8-dev > $ cd /mnt/home > $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/incubator.git -b dde hurd_dde > $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/gnumach.git -b master-user_level_drivers gnumach_dde suppose you need forcedeth driver Download http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.29.y.git;a=blob_plain;f=drivers/net/forcedeth.c;hb=HEAD from mozilla like browser to /mnt/home as forcedeth.c reboot back to hurd (multiuser) > $ apt-get update > $ apt-get upgrade > $ apt-get install git-core > $ apt-get build-dep hurd gnumach > $ apt-get install build-essential libpciaccess-dev libpcap0.8-dev > $ cd /home/gnumach_dde > $ autoreconf -i && ./configure --enable-kdb --enable-device-drivers=none --enable-lpr --enable-floppy --enable-ide > $ make > $ cd ../hurd_dde > $ cp -r dde_pcnet32 dde_forcedeth > $ cd dde_forcedeth > $ rm pcnet32.c > $ cp /home/forcedeth.c ./ > $ sed -i 's/pcnet32/forcedeth/g' Makefile > $ sed -i 's/pcnet32/forcedeth/g' .gitignore > $ sed -i 's:-lhurd-slab:../libhurd-slab/libhurd-slab.a:' Makefile > $ sed -i 's:-I/include:-I..:' Makefile > $ nano forcedeth.c add these 2 lines after the last #include #include > $ cd .. > $ git add dde_forcedeth > $ git commit -a -m 'Add forcedeth driver' > $ autoreconf -i && ./configure > $ mkdir -p hurd/include/ddekit > $ make libddekit libmachdev devnode pfinet > $ cd libdde_linux26 > $ make > $ cd ../dde_forcedeth > $ make If the make fails it might be necassary to replace some of the -l options (or all) in Makefile with the real path to the library objects (example: change *-lhurd-slab* to *../libhurd-slab/libhurd-slab.a*) > $ cp /home/gnumach_dde/gnumach /boot/gnumach_dde > $ mkdir /hurd/dde > $ cp /home/hurd_dde/devnode/devnode /hurd/dde > $ cp /home/hurd_dde/pfinet/pfinet /hurd/dde > $ cp /home/hurd_dde/dde_forcedeth/dde_forcedeth /hurd/dde/forcedeth reboot to hurd with the new gnumach_dde > $ settrans -c /dev/forcedeth /hurd/dde/forcedeth > $ settrans -c /dev/eth0 /hurd/dde/devnode -M /dev/forcedeth eth0 > $ settrans -c /servers/socket/2 /hurd/dde/pfinet -i /dev/eth0 -a 192.168.1.194 -g 192.168.1.254 -m 255.255.255.0 replace the ip, gateway and mask with your own ones > $ nano /etc/resolv.conf add line: nameserver 192.168.1.254 DONE