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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