Bug#988472: install-mbr doesnt create a partition
Control: reassign -1 installation-guide On 13-05-2021 18:32, Justin B Rye wrote: > Marc Haber wrote: >> Package: release-notes >> Severity: minor >> >> Hi, >> >> Chapter 4.3.3.1 of the release notes suggest using install-mbr /dev/sdX >> followed by mkdosfs /dev/sdX1. On a really blank medium, this doesn't >> work since install-mbr does NOT create a partition. > > You mean the Installation Guide, not the Release Notes. > > > "https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.en.html#usb-copy-flexible; > | Since most USB sticks come pre-configured with a single FAT16 > | partition, you probably won't have to repartition or reformat the > | stick. If you have to do that anyway, use cfdisk or any other > | partitioning tool to create a FAT16 partition[3], install an MBR using: > | > | # install-mbr /dev/sdX > | > > It looks to me as if this needs "(and) then" before "install", among > other fixes. For instance, footnote 3 is: > > | [3] Don't forget to set the "bootable" bootable flag. > > which is probably trying to say: > > [3] Don't forget to activate the "bootable" flag. OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Bug#988472: install-mbr doesnt create a partition
Marc Haber wrote: > Package: release-notes > Severity: minor > > Hi, > > Chapter 4.3.3.1 of the release notes suggest using install-mbr /dev/sdX > followed by mkdosfs /dev/sdX1. On a really blank medium, this doesn't > work since install-mbr does NOT create a partition. You mean the Installation Guide, not the Release Notes. "https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.en.html#usb-copy-flexible; | Since most USB sticks come pre-configured with a single FAT16 | partition, you probably won't have to repartition or reformat the | stick. If you have to do that anyway, use cfdisk or any other | partitioning tool to create a FAT16 partition[3], install an MBR using: | | # install-mbr /dev/sdX | It looks to me as if this needs "(and) then" before "install", among other fixes. For instance, footnote 3 is: | [3] Don't forget to set the "bootable" bootable flag. which is probably trying to say: [3] Don't forget to activate the "bootable" flag. -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
Bug#988472: install-mbr doesnt create a partition
Package: release-notes Severity: minor Hi, Chapter 4.3.3.1 of the release notes suggest using install-mbr /dev/sdX followed by mkdosfs /dev/sdX1. On a really blank medium, this doesn't work since install-mbr does NOT create a partition. Greetings Marc
