[SOLVED] usbimg2disk.sh FAILED at line 483

rudsonalves · 03-16-2015, 10:42 AM

I saw the parameter changed Alien Bob:

Quote:

On Slackware 13.37:

Code:

        -A number
              Make the indicated partition(s) active, and all others inactive.

On Slackware 14.1:

Code:

       -a, --activate device [partition-number...]
              Switch  on  the bootable flag.  If no partition-number is speci-
              fied, then all partitions with an enabled flag are listed.

OPTIONS
       -A, --append
              Don't  create  a new partition table, but only append the speci-
              fied partitions.

But in Slackware64 14.1, where "-a, --activate device [partition-number...]" in sfdisk command, the script usbimg2disk.sh is "-A" and not "-a".

Check you self

http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackwa...usbimg2disk.sh

The same in Slackware-current.

http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackwa...usbimg2disk.sh

See the code

Code:

...
makebootable() {
  # Only parameter: the name of the USB device to be set bootable:
  USBDRV="$1"

  # Sanity checks:
  if [ ! -b $USBDRV ]; then
    echo "*** Not a block device: '$USBDRV' !"
    exit 1
  fi

  # Set the bootable flag for the first partition:
  /sbin/sfdisk -A $USBDRV 1
}
...

Thank you for your kindness.

Alien Bob · 03-16-2015, 01:14 PM

That's what I meant. The script stayed the same, expecting that a sensible develoer does not suddenly mess up the meaning of the parameters of his program.
As a result of that, the script in Slackware-current does not work anymore.
That's not the fault of the script which has existed since before Slackware 13.37.