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-*- Text -*-
-GNU Hurd version 0.1.
+GNU Hurd version 0.2.
This is the Hurd. Welcome.
+This version of the GNU Hurd runs on various ix86 machines, including
+i386, i486, i586 (pentium), i686 (hexium [pentium pro]).
+
For instructions on compiling and installing the GNU Hurd from an
already running Hurd system, see the file `INSTALL'.
@@ -13,7 +16,9 @@ trouble to maintain these instructions and keep them up to date. Your
best bet is to start with a running Hurd system already. If you do
decide to cross compile, you will need to examine the instructions in
INSTALL for building Mach, libc, and the Hurd together, and follow
-them.
+them. The instructions in INSTALL-cross are quite out-of-date, but
+they contain some useful hints buried amongst the errors, so we have
+left the file for those who find it useful.
Please note that this directory also contains a fair amount of
not-yet-working code. By default, the makefiles build only the