Hi,
I'm trying to create a bootable disk image for plex86 using another
partition that I have and am looking for assistance. I keep getting
drive geometry errors from GRUB, which I'm trying to use as a boot
loader.
Here was the layout of the original partions
DEVICE1: PARTITION1 (NTFS): Windows2k
DEVICE2: PARTITION1 (ext2): Linux
PARTITION2:(ext2): Hurd
PARTITION3:(swap): Swap (linux and hurd)
I had LILO in the MBR of DEVICE1, which booted Win2k, or took you to the
boot sectors of D2P1 or D2P2. D2P1 had another LILO for booting various
Linux kernels in D2P1. D2P2 had GRUB for booting various Hurd/Gnumach
kernels in D2P2.
So, I created an image of D2P2
dd if=/dev/hdb2 of=disk.img
So, I now have an image of D2P2 with Grub in it's boot sector, and
Hurd/Gnumach. Something like this:
| Boot Sector Grub | Hurd |
I think I need to create something like this:
| MBR | Boot Sector Grub | Hurd |
To try to boot it using plex86 and not have GRUB get the drive
geometries confused.
Can someone point me to documentation on how I could lay out a proper
image file to boot with, or provide instructions on how to go about
creating it?
--Ian
