Tory M Blue wrote: > Okay, > > i'm at it again, doing weird stuff. But i'm running into an issue and > have not a clue (probably already figured that out).. > > systemimager 3.7.5 and the supporting cast.. > > Images just fine but I'm now trying to get a newer image on an older > box and I should be able to do that with some tweaks but it's not > working. > > systemimager works to the systemconfigurator point then falls on it's knees. > > systemimager locates the drive, see's that it is in fact a /dev/hda, > runs thru the entire partition creation, label creating and rsyncs the > image. The script then manipulates the modprobe.conf etc.etc and > launches systemconfigurator with the following values. > > chroot /a/ systemconfigurator --verbose > --excludesto=/etc/systemimager/systemconfig.local.exclude --configsi > --stdin << EOL || shellout > > > After the image is layed down, the files are manipulated /dev/sda -> > /dev/hda etc. > > I see the following messages (sorry can't paste identical as it's only > sending systemconfigurator data to screen). > > Probing devices to guess bios drives > "No suitable drive was found in the generated device map" > > Reverting to backed up copy. > > Getting label for /dev/hda1 thru /dev/hda8 > > Warning Label / not found anywhere on the System > > And continues this way thru all my partitions and labels which I > believe systemimager actually successfully created earlier in the > script. > > I then get the normal no bootloaders were installed as there were no > acceptable blah blah devices found and Croak dead.. > > I can do a fdisk -l and see my partition table is correct.. But it's > never able to really create the MBR is my guess since the box won't > boot.. /etc/grub.conf shows correct and linux rescue sees the linux > filesystem, so systemconfigurator is failing to complete it's task and > i'm left with a fully imaged, partitioned disk but no Master Boot > Record or boot loader. > > A) systemconfigurator is failing to find my HDA device, why, when > systemimager found it fine.. > B) where is systemconfigurator pulling the device map from? Is there > something being caught on the original sda image that needs to be > manually changed > > I'm sure someone can walk me thru what systemconfigurator is doing and > or what files it's grabbing to see if' that's the issue. i've also > gone as far as changing /boot/grub/device.map to hda from sda in the > image (no luck)..
Which version of systemconfigurator are you using? have you tried the latest version on trunk? http://svn.systemimager.org/listing.php?repname=systemconfigurator&path=%2Ftrunk%2F&rev=0&sc=0 Instruction to get it are here: http://svn.systemimager.org/ Regards, -Andrea ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ sisuite-users mailing list sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
