Hi Robert, This is where my newbyism (I still find many things to be a mystery/ voodo act so I cannot call myself an expert) holds me back from being of much use. The only thing I can think of is that SDB needs to be "blessed"? This is a complete guess though in that I have seen the term used online in order to make a partition available but I am not sure if this is a Apple OS only thing. It does sound like you need to CHMOD the partition (recursively) at a minimum.
My use of the third partition was strictly to load the LiveCD files onto and if memory serves me correct it was also a write permissions issue. On Jan 8, 9:06 pm, Robert Baptista <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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