In ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/src/ please find: -rw-r--r-- 1 roland ftp 1559449 Dec 4 03:05 hurd-19981204.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 roland ftp 64332 Dec 4 03:00 hurd-19980915-19981204.diff.gz Word on the street is that you can build this with glibc-2.0.105 and have a bootable system.