"-g /dev/sda1" means /dev/sda1 is the partition where /boot/grub exists. It does not mean the MBR. In you case, try not to use "-g /dev/sda1", i.e. /opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-sr -e1 auto -e2 -c -r -j2 -k -p true -t restoreparts 2012-04-05-13-img sda1
Steven. On 2012/4/11 下午 05:16, Mark Ellerby wrote: > Hi, > > I am using clonezilla-live to backup a linux OS to an image, then > restore it to another hard disk. (Testing in preparation for, hopefully, > a network installation onto many PCs) > > I install Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to the disk at /dev/sda. sda1 is root and > sda2 is swap. Grub goes on /dev/sda1, NOT the MBR. (I have good reasons > for doing this). Then I boot Clonezilla Live via PXE. I am able then to > image sda1 to a temporary hard disk. > > Then I swap out the source hard disk for a blank one, and partition it > similarly to the source one (sda1 root, sda2 swap). Following that I > boot Clonezilla Live and enter the command shell. I mount the disk with > the image with it onto /home/partimag. > > I run this command next: > > /opt/drbl/sbin/ocs-sr -e1 auto -e2 -c -r -j2 -k -p true -g /dev/sda1 -t > restoreparts 2012-04-05-13-img sda1 > > In theory grub should be installed to /dev/sda1. However, I get the > following message: > > The boot loader on /dev/sda is not grub. Skip running grub-install! > > I am unable to find out why this is so. Nothing in /var/log has anything > grub-related in there, so far as I can tell. > > I can manually install grub to the root partition by doing this: > > mkdir /a > mount /dev/sda1 /a > mount --bind /dev /a/dev > mount --bind /dev/pts /a/dev/pts > mount --bind /proc /a/proc > mount --bind /sys /a/sys > chroot /a bin/bash > [chroot] grub-install --force /dev/sda1 > > It's not ideal, because I'd like to be able to boot Clonezilla and > restore images automatically. Is there any way I can get the ocs-sr > command do what I want? > > Many thanks, > Mark > -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven _at_ stevenshiau org> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan. http://www.nchc.org.tw Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 1024D/9762755A Fingerprint: A2A1 08B7 C22C 3D06 34DB F4BC 08B3 E3D7 9762 755A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Clonezilla-live mailing list Clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live
