First steps after installation. See http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install for configuration bits and tips and tricks. # Setup GRUB You surely want grub to have a nice menu entry able to boot GNU, instead of typing a boring arcane. There are Debian-specific scripts that may help you. See [[GRUB]]'s page for this. # Setup `apt-get` Installing packages without having a network connection is described [[Distrib/DebianAptOffline]].