1) sudo apt-get install qemu grub-disk
2) wget http://ftp.gnuab.org/pub/debian-cd/K10/debian-K10-hurd-i386-CD1.iso
3) dd if=/dev/zero of=debian-gnu-hurd-hdd.img bs=1M seek=3000 count=0
4) qemu -boot d -cdrom debian-K10-hurd-i386-CD1.iso -hda debian-gnu-hurd-hdd.img
5) Hit ENTER to "boot:" prompt
6) Hit ENTER to "Release Notes"
7) "Initial Keyboard Configuration": choose qwerty/fi-latin1
"Partition a Hard Disk": ENTER ENTER y ENTER
create two primary partitions: 2500M for / and rest for swap.
9) "Initialize and Activate a Swap Partition": choose /dev/hda2
10) "Initialize a GNU/Hurd Partition": choose /dev/hda1 and mount it as /
11) "Install the Base System": hit ENTER and choose cdrom, choose "list"
12) Choose "Reboot the system" and then kill qemu at "boot:" prompt
13) zcat /usr/share/grub-disk/grub-0.95-i386-pc.ext2fs.gz > grub-0.95-i386-pc.ext2fs
14) qemu -boot a -cdrom debian-K10-hurd-i386-CD1.iso -hda
debian-gnu-hurd-hdd.img -fda grub-0.95-i386-pc.ext2fs -M isapc
14b) or qemu -boot a -cdrom debian-K10-hurd-i386-CD1.iso -hda
debian-gnu-hurd-hdd.img -fda grub-0.95-i386-pc.ext2fs -isa
15) Choose the first grub option, "GNU".
16) Don't worry about error messages. just type "./native-install" and ENTER.
17) Type 8 and Helsinki.
18) run "reboot"
19) Choose "GNU" from grub wait for system to boot. now type "./native-install"
for the second time
20) Choose "1. Dialog" frontend.
21) Choose "3. medium"
22) "Do you want system wide readable home directories?" pick "yes"
23) "Should tcpd setup paranoid hosts.allow and hosts.access" pick "yes"
24) Type "reboot" yet again, choose "GNU" from grub
25) Hmm, boot hangs here
26) Reboot with "-s" kernel option
27) mount / -oremount,rw
28) export TERM=mach
29) nano -w /etc/default/hurd-console and change ENABLE='true'
30) mount / -oremount,ro
31) reboot
32) type "login root" to "login>" prompt.
33) cd /dev ; MAKEDEV hd0s2 hd2
34) nano -w /etc/fstab and add "/dev/hd0s2 none swap sw 0 0" and "/dev/hd2
/cdrom iso9660fs ro,noauto 1 1"
34) swapon -a
35) mkdir /cdrom ; mount /cdrom
36) /cdrom/upgrade/install.sh
37) /cdrom/upgrade/gui.sh and choose "vesa" driver and "1280x960 @ 60Hz"
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