Manually assembling bootable hd image

[Dag Sverre Seljebotn]

(Is it ok to post user questions in here? I didn't find a user list only the 
dev list...)

I'm trying to get a Compaq EVO T20 booting with GRUB (thin client with 
soldered on flash disk on the IDE interface). Only way to access it decently 
is to prepare a new firmware image in a file, then flash the box with this 
firmware (through BIOS functions).

So, I have to install a bootloader at the offset of the hd payload in the 
firmware file, then do a firmware upgrade, and hopefully install GRUB this 
way.

My best attempt so far has been to do the floppy procedure: Concatenate stage1 
and stage2 and put it right in the beginning. This just results in a portion 
of the drive being dumped to screen and a halt...(with no "GRUB" in the 
beginning, this worries me).

Should this have worked? Any other hints?

As far as hardware/BIOS compatability goes, all I know is that the Windows NT 
Embedded loader works perfectly.

// Dag Sverre Seljebotn