Re: GNU/Hurd installation

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Smith wrote:
> > I'll try downloading the 2022-08-24
> > version you reference above and see if that makes a difference.
> 
> It did not matter: same hang.  There's clearly some magic pixie dust
> that needs to be sprinkled on my system to get this to work, that I do
> not have.

Unfortunately, this magic pixie dust depends on your CPU model, UEFI/BIOS
settings, Linux host kernel version, and VirtualBox version. I've had VMs
that became unbootable after moving to a newer hardware, and vice versa.
The VirtualBox documentation [1] gives a certain amount of background
knowledge, which is then the basis for finding the right setting that
makes things work.

Sorry, I had expected that it would be as smooth for you as it was for me.

Bruno

[1] https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html