Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:58:36 +0000 From: Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install freebsd from inside another operating system Message-ID: <4943CD9C.6040909@jessikat.plus.net> In-Reply-To: <ygfprk2wlrf.fsf@dominion.borderworlds.dk> References: <493D246C.80008@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <ygfprk2wlrf.fsf@dominion.borderworlds.dk>
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My experiments with the depenguinator seem to show it has a hidden dependency on the partition used for the constructed disk image. On my ubuntu 8.10 the original install constructed /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 extended /dev/sda5 swap Not sure why the extended, but it wasn't really needed so I deleted sda5 & sda2 and then created a new primary partition /dev/sda2 for the swap. When using /dev/sda5 grub gave an error 12: invalid device, now with exactly the same build process /dev/sda2 gives a boot that works. However, the result crashes when the next stage kicks in. I don't know where the dependency is, perhaps it must use a primary partition or perhaps there's some way to specify the boot device that's not being used. The bootcode is fixed and not a function of the boot target (which is suspicious). -- Robin Becker
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