On Aug 27, 3:30 pm, Byron P <[email protected]> wrote: > well somehow I lost the gpt partition table, so maybe that is part of > it. I did manual partitioning in the install.... so unsure of why > the table would of been messed with.. the mbr install? > > On Aug 27, 3:22 pm, Byron P <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to install mythbuntu onto an external USB hard drive. I > > partitioned the drive and install the atv-bootloader stuff in the > > first partition, and then used the network install of ubuntu to > > install. > > > After installation the usb drive won't boot and when I plug it into my > > laptop I see that the atvrecv flag is gone from the first partition. > > > Is there any way to re-enable this flag with out wiping out the > > install? > >
Sorry for top posting before. I got ubuntu 9.04 installed on my external drive. I'm not able to boot into linux though with just the drive plugged in to the apple tv. I created another atv-bootloader usbstick and if I have that plugged in at the same time as the usb hd, I ubuntu boots correctly. during the install I did install grub, but didn't want it to write to the mbr to sdb as I was afraid that was what wiped out my gpt partion table during my first try, so instead I pointed it to the linux partion, sdb2. running gptsync on the drive (plugged into my laptop) I get this: $ sudo gptsync /dev/sdb Current GPT partition table: # Start LBA End LBA Type 1 40 69671 Apple Recovery 2 69672 77091551 Basic Data 3 77095935 78140126 Linux Swap Current MBR partition table: # A Start LBA End LBA Type 1 40 69671 af Mac OS X HFS+ 2 * 69672 77091551 83 Linux 3 77095935 78140126 82 Linux swap / Solaris Status: Analysis inconclusive, will not touch this disk. also from parted: $ sudo parted -s /dev/sdb unit s print Warning: /dev/sdb contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are now using an msdos partition table. Is this a GPT partition table? Model: HTS54804 0M9AT00 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 78140160s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 40s 69671s 69632s hfs+ primary atvrecv 2 69672s 77091551s 77021880s ext3 primary 3 77095935s 78140126s 1044192s linux-swap primary Is there any solution that wouldn't the data on the drive (so I could avoid another install)? I have a workaround using the usb stick, but would rather be able to boot with just the HD attached. thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/atv-bootloader?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
