Issue 861: support grml2usb on raw devices

Created on 2010-05-31.00:45:13 by mika, last changed 2012-01-13.01:30:31 by mika.

Messages
msg3889 (view)	Author: ch	Date: 2011-07-23.22:12:03
Fixed in 19b2fe785e5357247588698b1fd9f432f3c89c0d. Tested by mru.
msg3888 (view)	Author: ch	Date: 2011-07-23.20:43:19
GRUB1 support is blocking this; suggesting removal. Will take a look.
msg3197 (view)	Author: mika	Date: 2010-05-31.00:45:10
I have a USB stick without any partitions, so /dev/sdb is mounted directly. It works fine on Linux and Windows, even booting works without any problems. So why I cannot use grml2usb on it? Moreover: AFAIK the error messages is a lie, because the BIOS doesn't know anything about partitions. It just reads sector CHS(0,0,1) and executes it if the MBR signature 0x55AA is found. The rest is done by the code in the MBR (i.e. scanning the partition table for 'active' partitions and boot them, or any fancy menu things). So: Why the check for 'raw device' at all? Why not an documented option to suppress this check? I tried grml2usb /meduna/grml_2010.04.iso /dev/sdb and even with --grub --grub-mbr both give the same error message. :-(

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2012-01-13 01:30:31	mika	set	status: fixed-in-git -> resolved nosy: mika, ch
2011-07-23 22:12:03	ch	set	status: chatting -> fixed-in-git nosy: mika, ch messages: + msg3889
2011-07-23 20:43:19	ch	set	status: unread -> chatting nosy: + ch messages: + msg3888
2010-05-31 00:45:13	mika	create

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