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Can't create msdos partition table without advanced partitioning?
by Tom Horsley 21 Nov '22

21 Nov '22

Installing fedora 37 from workstation live iso to a virtual machine. I couldn't find any way to partition a blank disk with a msdos partition table without using the advanced manual partitioning. Did I miss something, or is that the way it works now?

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Re: It's a brick :-<(
by Barry Scott 21 Nov '22

21 Nov '22

> On 20 Nov 2022, at 22:45, Michael D. Setzer II <mikes(a)guam.net> wrote: > > Not always the case. Going back to the old DOS days, > believe the OS would try 3 times before giving the > abort/retry/ignore error message, and sometimes many > retires would get a good read... To clarify the drive will not substitute a good block after a bad block read. As you say tools like spinrite have smart algorithms in them to recover data in spite of errors by looking at pattern in the raw data come from the disk after multiple reads of the same block. Relies on the error patten changing to gives clues to the bits that are probable right I recall. Barry

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F37 workstation live
by Bill Cunningham 21 Nov '22

21 Nov '22

Hum. I believe this has to do with the new grub policy. I used rufus's dd option to copy the live workstation iso to a USB. When I boot from this, I get the grub rescue mode. There is the 'grub>' prompt. I must be really over looking something here. The same happens if I am in fedora and using 'dd' from the CLI. What should I be doing here? B

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Re: F37 workstation live
by Bill Cunningham 21 Nov '22

21 Nov '22

On 11/20/2022 8:06 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 19:45:18 -0500 > Bill Cunningham wrote: > >> Is there >> anything that can quickly be entered into the grub2 CLI to boot from? > Probably if you're a grub2 expert, but I'm not I'm afraid :-). Nor am I. I myself favored syslinux. But, must stay up with the times I guess.

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Fwd: F37 workstation live
by Bill Cunningham 21 Nov '22

21 Nov '22

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: F37 workstation live Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 19:45:18 -0500 From: Bill Cunningham <bill.cu1234(a)gmail.com> To: Tom Horsley <horsley1953(a)gmail.com> On 11/20/2022 7:14 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 18:59:41 -0500 > Bill Cunningham wrote: > >> What should I be doing here? > The innards of the iso image were different from f36. I can boot > the .iso file itself directly from a grub2 entry with a little > work. I've got a directory named "images" in a partition with the > UUID of 7ad8f114-5b24-47bb-86c6-0b229519d76c and I use this grub2 > gibberish: > > set data_usb_uuid="7ad8f114-5b24-47bb-86c6-0b229519d76c" > > function set_data_usb_root { > insmod ext2 > insmod gzio > insmod part_gpt > insmod part_msdos > load_env bootvid > set root='hd0,msdos2' > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ${data_usb_uuid} > } > > menuentry 'Fedora Workstation Live 64-bit 37 (1.7)' { > set_data_usb_root > set isofile="/images/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-37-1.7.iso" > loopback loop "$isofile" > linux (loop)/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz > root=live:CDLABEL=Fedora-WS-Live-37-1-7 iso-scan/filename="$isofile" > rd.live.image > initrd (loop)/images/pxeboot/initrd.img > } > > This is all actually on a USB stick where I have grub installed, > but with appropriate modification to uuid and partition numbers > (from the hd0,msdos2 thing) it should work from a hard disk as well. > > I've got a slew of different iso files on the USB stick and menu > entries for all of them, so it is handy to do installs as well > as rescue operations. Takes a while to get it set up and working, > but is quite useful once it works. I used this info to build it: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Multiboot_USB_drive Whew, ok I see. I think myself, it would be simpler to just make a USB with syslinux. Is syslinux becoming depricated? I myself never like grub, especially grub2. I liked lilo but no one, at least, any big distros are using it now. Thanks much Tom I will work on this. Is there anything that can quickly be entered into the grub2 CLI to boot from? B >

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It's a brick :-<(
by Geoffrey Leach 20 Nov '22

20 Nov '22

I find myself in need of a bootable rescue disk that provides (at least) disk diagnostics and disk wipe programs. (I have a F36 thumb - I assume that it has neither) Referrals would be greatly appreciated.

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F37 in Beta?
by Bill Cunningham 20 Nov '22

20 Nov '22

I noticed that the "beta" label was taken off of the latest fedora 37 release. I use rufus to create a fedora server net install and usually I can create an ISO with it and all is fine. But it seems, when in beta, I have to use 'dd' version to copy bit for bit to the USB to repair or net install. That seems to be what I am having to do. I use 'fdisk /dev/sdb' too and the contents say EFI partition names and GPT, my machine is an old MBR. Now all of this is really no big deal, but it all seems to be with something still in beta. Is this true or my imagination? The grub gui is different too than it is with a regular release stage. If I am right and this is beta stuff? Is F37 then, still in beta? I usually wait until after beta but I will use it anyway. Bill

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boot fedora 37 iso image file from grub2?
by Tom Horsley 20 Nov '22

20 Nov '22

For Fedora 36 this magical nonsense works to boot the iso image file stashed on a usb stick: set data_usb_uuid="7ad8f114-5b24-47bb-86c6-0b229519d76c" function set_data_usb_root { insmod ext2 insmod gzio insmod part_gpt insmod part_msdos load_env bootvid set root='hd0,msdos2' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ${data_usb_uuid} } menuentry 'Fedora Workstation Live 64-bit 36 (1.5)' { set_data_usb_root set isofile="/images/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-36-1.5.iso" loopback loop "$isofile" linux (loop)/isolinux/vmlinuz ${bootvid} root=live:CDLABEL=Fedora-WS-Live-36-1-5 iso-scan/filename="$isofile" rd.live.image initrd (loop)/isolinux/initrd.img } If I try the same thing with the Fedora 37 iso image file (looking up the CDLABEL to use via the isoinfo tool), it doesn't work. I guess the entire internal structure of the iso image is now different? (Something to do with getting rid of syslinux maybe?) Anyone know the proper incantation to boot the iso image directly via grub2?

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virt-p2v
by Ranbir 20 Nov '22

20 Nov '22

Has anyone used virt-p2v lately? I just tried to use it on my Fedora 36 desktop (for the first time) to build a boot disk and it bombed out: virt-builder: error: failed to download http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:/virt-builder-imag… : HTTP status code 404 If reporting bugs, run virt-builder with debugging enabled and include the complete output: virt-builder -v -x [...] I ran virt-builder directly to list the supported O/Ses and added the above debug flags: https://pastebin.com/xM3EZyCA Is there a workaround? -- Ranbir

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problem with sudo
by Geoffrey Leach 20 Nov '22

20 Nov '22

any suggestion as what might be my probem (yes, change made with visudo)

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