On Wed, Apr 13, 2011, at 10:54:46 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > What commands did you use to create the original image? > > If image.img was created by simply:- > dd if=/dev/sda of=/image.img > then bs is unnecessary.
I did not create the image directly using dd but rather used a script which makes a bootable disk image for this purpose of remotely reinstalling the OS. Running file(1) on the image from Debian shows this if it helps: image.img: x86 boot sector; partition 4: ID=0xa5, active, starthead 0, startsector 0, 50000 sectors, code offset 0x3c, BSD disklabel I tried dd with and without bs, however there is no difference. Just to clarify why I am so confused about this: In Debian etch or squeeze: 1) dd if=image.img of=/dev/sda bs=1M 2) Reboot 3) New boot loader is seen and starts to boot OS, but the the OS hangs or crashes. In the current Arch release: 1) dd if=image.img of=/dev/sda bs=1M 2) Reboot 3) New boot loader is seen, new operating system boots properly. Thanks a lot for the reply, -Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110412221052.66c5b...@mkproductions.org
