Thanks for your reply Scott [?] My problem is to install a system, Fedora or Centos, on a hard drive. I have used rsync the data in ext3fs.img to a new hard drive, and find data is right but I can't boot from the new drive. So I want to know how MBR is set in livecd-tools.
# If your livecd is built correctly and you have a functioning anaconda
installer on it you can run, it should just automatically install the
bootloader.
You're right, but bootloader is installed correctly but the setting is not
my want (maybe I take some wrong steps).
# If you want to manually install grub2, you can run grub2-install
/dev/{devicename}. That assumes you have a working grub2 environment.
I'm using this tool and testing now. I think it will solve my problems.
BTW, the script 'livecd-iso-disk' use a 'strange' way to set MBR: cat
mbr.bin > /dev/sda. I'm now sure this way could work. I use the lastest
version script to copy content on /dev/sda, and it boot failed (seems like
finding some usb device?).
Thx
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Scott Dowdle <[email protected]>wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > I'm now trying install a system on a disk, such as /dev/sda, in a
> > livecd environment.
> > I think I could just follow the steps of making a live cd without the
> > package step. It seems work, but I found there is no MBR settings
> > during making a livecd.
> >
> >
> > I also tried the 'iso-to-disk' script onto a disk. It's bootable, but
> > failed when finding a usb device.
> >
> >
> > I'm confused about the progress of setting correct MBR (to a grub, or
> > to a partition). Is there any clear steps to do that?
>
> I'm not really following you. You have a livecd you are booting from and
> wanting to install it to a hard drive? That's a typical install scenario.
> If your livecd is built correctly and you have a functioning anaconda
> installer on it you can run, it should just automatically install the
> bootloader. I've been building remixes since Fedora 9 or so (currently
> doing F17, F18, and F19) and I haven't had any problems with that.
>
> If you want to manually install grub2, you can run grub2-install
> /dev/{devicename}. That assumes you have a working grub2 environment.
>
> If I'm nowhere close to answering your questions... please explain a
> little more what the problem is.
>
> TYL,
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