On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 08:08:00PM +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Good time of the day. thanks
> I'm trying to transfer a bootable image to a HDD - to boot from it as > if from the image, this way: > > cat ./boot.iso > /dev/sdb > sync It may create a hidden partition , if iam correct. I mean HIDDEN NTFS like that ... cfdisk may show it as sdb1. > Then I try to boot from it in KVM having specified at command line: > -hda /dev/sdb -boot c > > but it does not boot. may be since the /dev/sdb1 is the one which contains files. by the way.. any errors.. > Using fdisk shows me partitioning at all - that i suppose should not to > be. > > Is it workable way i have undertaken? Or I can achieve it only > installing a linux on HDD and then make it loading from its boot loader > having transferred the image to a partition (cat ./boot.iso > > /dev/sdb1)? About KVM I do not know. But the other part may work. /Jeffrin. -- software engineer. department of computer science rajagiri school of engineering and technology. -- 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/20110307211117.ga2...@debian.jeff
