From: "Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>
To: grub-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] grub-setup: make it possible to specify the root device
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:51:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50463187.1090303@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1346769168-28089-1-git-send-email-arnout@mind.be>
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On 04.09.2012 16:32, Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) wrote:
> From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" <arnout@mind.be>
>
> When creating a bootable disk image in a file rather than on a physical
> device, it is not possible to guess the root partition. Therefore,
> allow the root partition to be specified on the command line.
Looks like you just do it wrong. Correct way is to create a loopback and
then use kpartx to discover partitions, not use loopback with offset.
This "root device" is purely technical information and it should be
discovered automatically from the information we already have (we have a
directory)
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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-04 16:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-04 14:32 [PATCH] grub-setup: make it possible to specify the root device Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)
2012-09-04 16:51 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko [this message]
2012-09-04 18:44 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2012-09-05 5:04 ` Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
2012-09-06 17:42 ` Arnout Vandecappelle
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