Trying to run the GNU/Hurd on a linode
I'm trying to run the GNU/Hurd as my VPS. I've been told that it's possible to run the GNU/Hurd on a linode, but I'd do it anywhere that it works. I'd love to be able to do it, but I'm having a really hard time doing said thing…
This linode guide was pretty helpful:
But after I copied the installation media to /dev/sdb I get this error when I try to boot: Cannot Direct Disk boot a disk with no MBR: Linode Configuration Profile problems detected.
Several people on the #hurd irc channel seemed to think that you could run the GNU/Hurd on a linode, which is helpful! But I'm just having a hard time doing it properly.
On both my install config profile and my gnu/hurd config profile, I've set the vm mode to full virtualisation. For both of the config I'm booting directly from disk. The run level I've set to default run level.
I'm still having trouble. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
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xxd path/to/iso | head -n 1 on it. If it's all zeros, that's the case; I believe Finnix includes isohybrid, so you can just run that on it before dd-ing it to the disk.
parted cd-1.iso p
Model: (file)
Disk /root/cd-1.iso: 678MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 512B 678MB 678MB primary boot
fdisk -l cd-1.iso
Disk cd-1.iso: 646.9 MiB, 678305792 bytes, 1324816 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
cd-1.iso1 * 1 1324815 1324815 646.9M cd unknown
Both of those commands verify that the first partition starts at 512B.
Also file cd-1.iso shows this:
cd-1.iso: DOS/MBR boot sector ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data 'Debian sid h-i386 1' (bootable)
So I think that there does exist an MBR.