Not sure I understand the use of the third partition. I have the boot- loader installer stick working ok. It boots the ubuntu alternate installer(/dev/sdb2), which I then install to /dev/sdc2 which is a second flash drive. The kexec for the install is working ok (I don't have casper since it's an alternate disk but I've modified kexec accordingly).
When the install is done I remove the installer stick and am just left with the stick that the installed os is on, as displayed below. /dev/sdb1 HFSplus partition with atvrecv /dev/sdb2 ext3 partition with the installed version of ubuntu. However when /dev/sdb1 boots for some reason it is read only so the patchstick cannot mkdir and mount sdb2 to perform the kexec into the newly installed os. Now I could probably get the built-in hd to kexec / dev/sdb2 but I'm only running this on a flash drive to test everything before I rebuild/upgrade my atv's. I don't want this to happen to /dev/ sda when I'm ready to deploy. Robert On Jan 8, 5:05 pm, SchneiderIS <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > I am just grabbing some time quickly on my laptop before my wife takes > over again. Sorry I haven't replied to your earlier port. > > I have installed it from a flash card and I hope the following is what > you are trying to figure out (namely that I have understood your > request). You will need to either reformat the patchstick partition > or resize it and then create a third partition. I did the latter and > had to do it from a linux machine (VirtualBox with Ubuntu installed > worked perfectly for this and more operations) since it needs to be > loaded on an ext2 or 3 formatted partition. With the partition in > place simply take the contents of the Mythbuntu iso and copy it onto > the new partition. With this approach I can boot into Ubuntu and run > the install. > > To reboot into the new partition you can use the following kernel > lines (you may need to adjust the sdb3 to suit). > > mkdir /install > mount /dev/sdb3 /install > > kexec --load /install/casper/vmlinuz --initrd=/install/casper/ > initrd.lz --command-line="preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/ > casper/initrd.lz nosplash vesa video=vesafb" > > kexec -e > > Hope this helps. > > On Jan 8, 5:10 pm, Robert Baptista <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Has anyone successfully installed Ubuntu or derivative 9.10 from the > > alternate iso/cd to the ATV? I am trying to install it to a secondary > > flashdrive on one of my Atv's for testing. The install completes with > > no problem but after the reboot the atv-bootloader partition on the > > flashdrive is read-only and thus cannot not mount and kexec the new > > install. > > > This procedure worked fine for me using 9.04 and the standard > > mythbuntu iso. So I'm not sure if it's something with the alternate > > install or 9.10 and grub2. I'm installing grub to the MBR of the flash > > drive as I believe the standard installer does. I've created a custom > > menu.lst for the patchstick parser, but even trying to mount manually > > I cannot since the fs is read only. > > > When I run gptsync it does say 'Status: Analysis inconclusive, will > > not touch this disk' so I'm thinking it's hosing the partitions. > > > Any ideas? > > Robert > >
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