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On Thursday 21 April 2011 21:12:12 Neal Murphy wrote: > Suppose you have a 100MB disk image file. In parted, you can: You can make a GPT partition table: mklabel gpt mkpart boot ext2 1mb 20mb mkpart swap linux-swap 20mb 30mb mkpart root ext4 30mb 50mb mkpart root-1 ext4 50mb 75mb mkpart root-2 ext4 75mb 100mb toggle 1 boot print quit A PC98 table is similar, except it sets all partitions bootable by default and doesn't seem to understand filesystem names: mklabel pc98 mkpart boot ext2 1mb 20mb mkpart swap linux-swap 20mb 30mb mkpart root ext4 30mb 50mb mkpart root-1 ext4 50mb 75mb mkpart root-2 ext4 75mb 100mb toggle 2 boot toggle 3 boot toggle 4 boot toggle 5 boot print quit Or you can use the traditional MSDOS partition scheme. mklabel msdos mkpart primary ext2 1mb 20mb mkpart primary linux-swap 20mb 30mb mkpart primary 30mb 50mb mkpart extended 50mb 100mb mkpart logical 51mb 75mb mkpart logical 76mb 100mb toggle 1 boot print quit Your VM should boot from any of them. Parted also seems to understand the difference between decimal (MB) and binary (MiB). If it doesn't work, I've a large selection of hats to choose for a snack. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
