On 13/04/11 19:47, Mark Kane wrote: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011, at 14:33:34 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: <snipped> > I could be wrong, but from looking at the script a bit it looks like dd > is used to create the image like this: > > dd of=tmp/disk.img if=/dev/zero count=30720 bs=1k
After a quick squiz I agree > > Then the image is configured as a virtual device where things > like bsdlabel/newfs are done to it, and then mounted for files to be > added that way. > >> Which OS did you run the image creation script from? > > FreeBSD 8.2. > That was probably a red herring - sorry. <snipped> >> >> I'm assuming the message displayed by dd when the write is finished, >> is identical in both cases (Debian and ArchLinux)? > > Yes, the dd output from both Debian and Arch is identical in terms of > records in/out, bytes written, etc. > >> Sorry I can't provide an answer. Any chance you could post the script >> you used to create the image, or a link to it (I suspect it will >> answer the questions)?? > > Sure, the script link is below, though it is a bit more complex than a > single shell script. I realize what I'm trying to do here is probably > off topic for the Debian list, but because the same process is > having quite a different result on Debian vs another Linux distro I > hope it is OK to discuss it here. Well - it is about Debian... and the BSD bit *is* FreeBSD (http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/) so I can't see a problem there. :-) If ArchLinux does a better job I'm just interested in finding out how to match it with Debian - not convert ;-) > > http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/release/mfsbsd-1.1.tar.gz Cheers (neat scripting) - I'll have a proper look at that script in the next few days. Upon reflection I'd be willing to bet it's down to the difference between versions of coreutils - there's a couple of minor changes up until 8.9 (according to NEWS). While most of the changes I've read about improve speed and remove some minor bugs, I haven't noticed any that increase functionality. So it may well the current Debian version would work - just might be fussier about exact commands. ArchLinux appears to use the version currently in git, I haven't looked at it (8.10 changes). I'll have to have another read of the upstream docs when I've got some time (and my eyes are rested). <snipped> I use dd a lot, so still curious. Cheers --- Tuttle? His name's Buttle. There must be some mistake. Mistake? [Chuckles] We don't make mistakes. -- 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/4da586cf.5010...@gmail.com
