[SOLVED] initramfs unable to find a medium containing a live file system

Didier Spaier · 12-10-2016, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SCerovec

gparted version?

0.27.0
I used the zipped archive gparted-live-0.27.0-1-amd64.zip.

PROBLEMCHYLD · 12-10-2016, 07:15 PM

Yup, same version I'm using. Thanks again. 300MB partition to be able to clone, check, fix, resize, and partition isnt bad at all. For the most part, it's stable.

SCerovec · 12-11-2016, 02:36 AM

Still I would advise an dedicated external storage for a gparted-live. It has some advantages, and it's not that big: thumbdrives are ever cheaper...

PROBLEMCHYLD · 12-15-2016, 08:25 AM

I actually like this method better, putting it on the existing drive. No need to create an extra partition.

Code:

mkdir /dmt
cd /dmt
unzip gparted-live-0.27.0-1-i686.zip

image = /dmt/live/vmlinuz
  root = /dev/sda1
  label = 0.27.0
  append = "boot=live config union=overlay noswap noprompt ip=frommedia live-media-path=/dmt/live bootfrom=/dev/sda1 toram=filesystem.squashfs" 
  vga=788
  initrd = /dmt/live/initrd.img

SCerovec · 12-16-2016, 10:44 AM

Well, if used in copy to ram mode, it does have advantage over USB drive

PROBLEMCHYLD · 12-24-2016, 01:27 PM

When you clone a drive , do you clone the swap partition too?

Didier Spaier · 12-24-2016, 04:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PROBLEMCHYLD

When you clone a drive , do you clone the swap partition too?

Why would you do that?

PROBLEMCHYLD · 12-24-2016, 04:34 PM

I wasn't sure, I thought when you clone something, that you would include everything. Now I know, thanks.

PROBLEMCHYLD · 06-02-2017, 10:28 AM

How do I install lilo to a non-bootable drive?

bassmadrigal · 06-03-2017, 01:05 AM

There is no such thing as a non-bootable drive. All drives are bootable (assuming there's no limitations with your BIOS/UEFI). You're able to mark certain partitions as "bootable", but that is a relic from the earlier Windows days and it's unnecessary to use now (although, it doesn't hurt anything to do so... I still generally mark my needed partitions as bootable). But lilo/grub/elilo/syslinux/etc and the BIOS/UEFI don't care if a partition is marked as bootable. If that partition is referenced in the bootloader, then it can boot, whether the flag is set or not.