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diff --git a/faq/drivers.mdwn b/faq/drivers.mdwn index ca7abab4..48baa76a 100644 --- a/faq/drivers.mdwn +++ b/faq/drivers.mdwn @@ -13,10 +13,24 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta title="what hardware is supported? What drivers does GNU/Hurd have?"]] +As of September 2024, if you want to run the Hurd in real hardware, +old Thinkpads are known to work well. We recommend the X200, T400, or +T500 Thinkpads, which support internet connectivity via the ethernet +port. Those laptops support a maximum of 8GB of RAM, and you could +use libreboot with an SSD! You could probably purchase one of those +used laptops for about $200 or less. Be sure to read about the +[[current status of the Hurd|hurd/status]]. Until we fix the +libdiskfs/ext2fs issues on the [[64 bit port|faq/64-bit]], we +recommend you use the 32 bit version of the Hurd. + +A cheaper option is the T43 (2GB max RAM) or T60 (4 GB max RAM), which +one can find for about $50. + Currently, for disks Mach integrates old drivers from Linux through some [[community/gsoc/project_ideas/driver_glue_code]], which provide IDE disk support, and we have an AHCI driver which provides [[SATA -support|faq/sata_disk_drives]]. +support|faq/sata_disk_drives]]. [[Rumpdisk|hurd/rump]] lets us use +modern hard drives, like SSDs. For network boards, we use the [[DDE]] toolkit to run linux 2.6.32 drivers in userland processes, which provides both long-term |