On 04.09.2012 20:44, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote: > On 09/04/12 18:51, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: >> On 04.09.2012 16:32, Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) wrote: >> >>> From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)"<arn...@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) > > I want to create an image file without superuser access. So I can't mount > a loopback device, so the grub directory is not actually inside the image: > it's the directory from which the target filesystem is created. > > If there's another way to do that, I'd be glad to hear it. >
grub-mkrescue > > By the way, I'm also thinking about patching the build infrastructure > to support building a cross-installer (e.g. grub-mkimage as an x86 > executable > but cross-compiling lib/grub/powerpc-ieee1275/*). Is there an interest for > that? Long since done. It's also use for automated tests. > > > Regards, > Arnout > g -- Regards Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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