[tech] The Hurd

[Simon Fryer]

Bingle

> A while ago Grand Poobah Maset tapped:

> > I think that the Hurd is an interesting project within the free software
> > world. It would be nice if the UCC could get with the latest 'cool thing'
> > out there, and maybe run a Hurd box. I tryed to set one up a while ago,
> > but ran into problems with the flaky 486 hardware I was using.
> 
> Some people were doing this a couple of years ago I think. Wasn't there
> some multi-processor m/b box set aside for HURD?

Two 486's where specifically purchased to run the hurd. Unfortunatly they had 
rather interesting hardware combinations that made them difficult to install on.
One of these machins was then used for moray and the other for parts etc AFAIK. 

I think having a couple of hurd boxes would be really good. Make it two or more
though, one will just won't be enough - a development machine and a test and 
burn machine. 

Good Luck

See Ya
Simon

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