Use parted to create partition table (issue #90)

[grml-debootstrap.git] / grml-debootstrap

diff --git a/grml-debootstrap b/grml-debootstrap
index 6e4182d..732dfc1 100755 (executable)
--- a/grml-debootstrap
+++ b/grml-debootstrap
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ MNTPOINT="/mnt/debootstrap.$$"
 [ -n "$DEFAULT_LOCALES" ] || DEFAULT_LOCALES='en_US.UTF-8'
 [ -n "$DISK_IDENTIFIER" ] || DISK_IDENTIFIER='26ada0c0-1165-4098-884d-aafd2220c2c6'
 [ -n "$EXTRAPACKAGES" ] || EXTRAPACKAGES='yes'
-[ -n "$FALLBACK_MIRROR" ] || FALLBACK_MIRROR='http://http.debian.net/debian'
+[ -n "$FALLBACK_MIRROR" ] || FALLBACK_MIRROR='http://httpredir.debian.org/debian'
 [ -n "$FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS" ] || FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS="no"
 [ -n "$FORCE" ] || FORCE=''
 [ -n "$HOSTNAME" ] || HOSTNAME='grml'
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ prompt_for_mirror()
   [ $? -eq 0 ] || bailout
 
   if [ "$CHOOSE_MIRROR" = 'net' ] ; then
-     [ -n "$MIRROR" ] || MIRROR='http://http.debian.net/debian'
+     [ -n "$MIRROR" ] || MIRROR='http://httpredir.debian.org/debian'
      MIRROR="$(dialog --stdout --title "${PN}" --inputbox \
                "Please enter Debian mirror you would like to use for installing packages." \
                0 0 $MIRROR)"
@@ -785,6 +785,8 @@ elif [ -n "$INTERACTIVE" ] ; then
    Using ISO:       $ISO"
    [ -n "$ARCH" ]  && INFOTEXT="$INFOTEXT
    Using arch:      $ARCH"
+   [ -n "$CONFFILES" ] && INFOTEXT="$INFOTEXT
+   Config files:    $CONFFILES"
 
    INFOTEXT="$INFOTEXT
 
@@ -808,11 +810,12 @@ else # if not running automatic installation display configuration and prompt fo
      [ -n "$GRUB" ]     && echo "   Install grub:    $GRUB" || echo "   Install grub:    no"
    fi
 
-   [ -n "$RELEASE" ]  && echo "   Using release:   $RELEASE"
-   [ -n "$HOSTNAME" ] && echo "   Using hostname:  $HOSTNAME"
-   [ -n "$MIRROR" ]   && echo "   Using mirror:    $MIRROR"
-   [ -n "$ISO" ]      && echo "   Using ISO:       $ISO"
-   [ -n "$ARCH" ]     && echo "   Using arch:      $ARCH"
+   [ -n "$RELEASE" ]   && echo "   Using release:   $RELEASE"
+   [ -n "$HOSTNAME" ]  && echo "   Using hostname:  $HOSTNAME"
+   [ -n "$MIRROR" ]    && echo "   Using mirror:    $MIRROR"
+   [ -n "$ISO" ]       && echo "   Using ISO:       $ISO"
+   [ -n "$ARCH" ]      && echo "   Using arch:      $ARCH"
+   [ -n "$CONFFILES" ] && echo "   Config files:    $CONFFILES"
    if [ -n "$VIRTUAL" ] ; then
       echo "   Deploying as Virtual Machine."
       if [ -n "$VMSIZE" -a -n "$VMFILE" ]; then
@@ -889,7 +892,7 @@ fi
 CURRENT_ARCH="$(uname -m)"
 if [ "$CURRENT_ARCH" != "x86_64" ] ; then
    if [ "$ARCH" = "amd64" ] ; then
-      eerror "It is not possible to build amd64 on $CURRENT_ARCH." ; eend 1
+      eerror "It is not possible to build amd64 on $CURRENT_ARCH. Consider installing and booting the 'linux-image-amd64' kernel or using '--arch i386' instead." ; eend 1
       bailout 1
    fi
 fi
@@ -1099,8 +1102,7 @@ prepare_vm() {
   if [ -n "$VMFILE" ]; then
     qemu-img create -f raw "${TARGET}" "${VMSIZE}"
   fi
-  echo 4 66 | /usr/share/grml-debootstrap/bootgrub.mksh -A | dd of="$TARGET" conv=notrunc
-  dd if=/dev/zero bs=1 conv=notrunc count=64 seek=446 of="$TARGET"
+  parted -s "${TARGET}" 'mklabel msdos'
   if [ "$FIXED_DISK_IDENTIFIERS" = "yes" ] ; then
     einfo "Adjusting disk signature to a fixed (non-random) value"
     MBRTMPFILE=$(mktemp)