> I've partitioned the second drive from Linux using cfdisk, and > created two partitions. The first partition is where I intend > to put Hurd, it's 500 MB (as I understand there's problems > with partitions bigger than this), is type 83 (Linux native), and > No -- I use a 1 Gig partition for my Hurd work. Your 13 Gig HD might cause problems, though...
> Next, I tried obtaining a newer version of GRUB. From > ftp.uruk.org/public/grub, I obtained grub-0.5.tar.gz, > dated August 20, 1998. I created a GRUB boot floppy according to > the instructions included with that archive: > > dd if=bin/stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 > dd if=bin/stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1 > > Unfortunately, using this GRUB boot floppy gave me the same > result. > That seems like a fairly old GRUB. The debian ftp archive should contain a more recent version. There might be some sort of issue if you are using new hardware. If you install the hurd debian package on your slink system, or even do a: `dpkg -x grub*.deb /foo` you can get a known working copy of the stage1, stage2, etc., binaries on your system (this command will extract it to a "foo" directory without actually installing it on your system.) The two-part dd commands you listed above should work fine. Please try again using the debian package as instructed above, then let us know how it goes. -Brent
