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Debian GNU/Hurd is an effort to port the Debian distribution to the Hurd. Around 75% of Debian packages can already be run under Debian GNU/Hurd, which makes it very usable. See the [[Status]] of the Debian port for more information.

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One noteable difference in this port, is that `/etc/mtab` -> `/proc/mounts`

## QEMU Image
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# Installing
- [Installation Instructions](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install)
  - [Upgrading K11 or K14 based systems to unstable](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2007/09/msg00007.html)
- [[After_install]] — Do this to get networking, new console and X

# Contributing
- [[Porting]] — Helping with porting packages
  * [[Patch_submission]] — How to submit patches for build failures
- [[Creating_image_tarball]]

### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-12

    <braunr> hm, there is something weird
    <braunr> after successfully installing (with the new installer cd), and rebooting, system init fails because fsck can't be run on /home (a separate partition)
    <braunr> it can't fsck because at that point, /home is already mounted, and indeed the translator is running
    <braunr> teythoon: any idea what might cause that ?
    <teythoon> me ?
    <teythoon> no
    <braunr> ok
    <braunr> ah no, actually /home isn't mounted oO
    <braunr> but fsck still refuses to check it, stating that reason
    <braunr> hm, /etc/mtab isn't a link to /proc/mounts here, might explain


### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-12

    <braunr> yes, better with a proper symlink :)
    <teythoon> good
    <youpi> Mmm, what is supposed to create that symlink?
    <teythoon> one debian init script did that at one time
    <teythoon> i believe they dropped that
    <youpi> err, but something must be creating it for newer systems
    <teythoon> good point
    <braunr> well, except for these small details, everything went pretty smooth
    <braunr> both on ide and ahci
    <youpi> it seems /etc/mtab gets created at boot
    <youpi> (on Linux I mean)
    <teythoon> youpi: i cannot find the init script, but i'm sure that it was there
    <youpi> I can't find it either on the installed system...
    <azeem> maybe pere or rleigh in #debian-hurd can help


### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-13

    <braunr>   6<--60(pid1698)->dir_lookup ("var/run/mtab" 4194305 0) = 0 3 "/run/mtab"  (null)
    <braunr> looks like /etc/mtab isn't actually used anymore
    <teythoon> it never was on hurd
    <tomodach1> braunr: well it is generated i believe from mounted filesystems
    <tomodach1> if its still around there is a reason for it, like posix compatiblity perhaps?
    <braunr> well the problem is that, as mentioned in pere's thread on bug-hurd, some tools now expect /var/run/mtab instead of /etc/mtab
    <braunr> and since nothing currently creates this file, these tools, such as df, are lost
    <braunr> they can't find the info they're looking for


### IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-17

    <braunr> i still don't have mtab at the proper location on darnassus
    <pere> is there something missing with sysvinit on hurd?
    <braunr> is that normal ?
    <pere> yes.  I recommended fixing it in the hurd package. (BTS #737759)
    <braunr> yes i saw but was there any action taken ?
    <pere> did not check
    <teythoon> i thought youpi mentioned that it is fixed in the libc and we just need to rebuild coreutils or something
    <pere> yes
    <braunr> oh ok
    <braunr> but doesn't that mean it will use /etc/mtab ?
    <pere> if I was a hurd porter, I would fix it in hurd while waiting for a fix in coreutils, just to save people for wondering about the breakage, but I am not the most patient of developers. :)

# Externel
* Official page about the Debian GNU/Hurd port: [Debian GNU/Hurd](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/)
* Debian [[FAQ]] — Frequently Asked Questions
* [Presentation](http://people.debian.org/~mbanck/talks/hurd_lt2004/html/) -Debian GNU/Hurd*, [[MichaelBanck]], LinuxTag 2004 Karlsruhe
* [Archive Qualification](http://wiki.debian.org/ArchiveQualification/hurd-i386)
* [[!wikipedia Debian_GNU/Hurd]] on Wikipedia