From: sl@9front.org
To: 9front@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: mkusb
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 01:21:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ec24ce58515273a522c6f00aedec7464@sp.inri.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9b6dbc193c25728cd659e8da0dacc8a5@rei2.9hal>
> there should be a generic way of making a harddrive bootable.
> then we could just use this from the installer instead of
> /rc/bin/inst/bootsetup and also use it to make usb drives
> bootable.
>
> something like:
>
> mkbootfat [-b] /dev/sdXX
>
> the -b switch would try to make everything from scratch:
> - whipe
> - install mbr
> - make single dos partition (fdisk)
> - format the dos partition
>
> normal procedure is like:
> - look for 9fat and dos partitions, let the user select one if multiple
> choices are present.
> - install pbs on dos partition (disk/format -b)
> - mount and copy 9bootfat+kernel+plan9.ini to dos partition
> - make dos partition active and optionally install mbr if not already done
This seems by far the best approach. I've repaired my hack of convenience,
but will aim for something general enough to be called by the installer.
-sl
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-08 1:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-07 3:44 mkusb sl
2012-05-07 5:25 ` mkusb Jens Staal
2012-05-07 7:36 ` mkusb cinap_lenrek
2012-05-07 20:04 ` mkusb sl
2012-05-07 8:07 ` mkusb cinap_lenrek
2012-05-08 1:21 ` sl [this message]
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