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Nils Olav Fossum schrieb:
> "fdisk /clear 1" translates into "parted mklabel msdos"
> (in "sub convert_fdisk_parted")
> I tried to change this translation to "parted --help"
Hmm. Perhaps you can try at this stage something like
(pseudo code)
if (not empty first sector of /dev/sda) then
system("dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=1 ; reboot");
>>>> What we could do here is getting an bootsector from this manual install
>>>> on this specific device, save it then - having booted Knoppix or other
>>>> live CD - eg. with dd if=/dev/sda of=mybootsec count=1
>>>> and put this file to /z/site/mybootsec
>>>>
>>>> When installing with unattended, throw it with
>>>> dd if=/z/site/mybootsec of=/dev/sda
>>>> on the disk before parted is first time started (you know, it's the same
>>>> as erasing all data on the disk, so be careful).
>
> I have this in mind as a solution.. ..but its not a clean way to do it..
>
Yes, but first we need to find something better which works ... ;-)
>>> or, is it possible to 'patch' mbr' direct on disk?
>
> I tried to do:
> echo -e -n "\xf0" |dd of=/dev/sda1 bs=1 seek=26 conv=notrunc
> before dosemu/windows installation started,
> but it did not work.. ..I have to do some more reading about this..
According to this
http://www.mail-archive.com/unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net/msg05236.html
you should do it _after_ dosemu run (see my other mail about
/etc/master), 'cause there's no bootsect.dat before windows install
>
> Maybe find a tool to fix on-disk geometry, (fdisk ?)
> after partitioning is done..
>
> oh, well, still some options left.
Yes, perhaps. Could you try to script fdisk ?
Falko
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