mmdebstrap: Add mbr.bin installation to autopkgtest-build-qemu instructions

The generated image will not be bootable if `mbr.bin` is not installed into the MBR. These lines are copied from the "Debian desktop on USB stick" example.
mmdebstrap: Install mbr.bin in /boot and keep after installation
2022-02-13 20:00:35 +01:00 · 2022-02-13 19:56:39 +01:00 · 2022-02-13 19:55:29 +01:00 · 2022-02-13 17:44:25 +01:00 · 2022-02-13 17:42:26 +01:00
1 changed files with 11 additions and 8 deletions
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@ -6817,12 +6817,14 @@ Create a bootable USB Stick that boots into a full Debian desktop:
    END
    # You can use $(sudo blockdev --getsize64 /dev/sdXXX) to get the right
    # image size for the target medium in bytes
-    $ guestfish -N debian-unstable.img=disk:8G -- part-disk /dev/sda mbr : \
-        part-set-bootable /dev/sda 1 true : mkfs ext2 /dev/sda1 : \
-        set-label /dev/sda1 rootfs : mount /dev/sda1 / : \
+    $ guestfish -N debian-unstable.img=disk:8G -- \
+        part-disk /dev/sda mbr : \
+        part-set-bootable /dev/sda 1 true : \
+        set-label /dev/sda1 rootfs : \
+        mkfs ext4 /dev/sda1 : mount /dev/sda1 / : \
        tar-in debian-unstable.tar / xattrs:true : \
-        upload /usr/lib/SYSLINUX/mbr.bin /mbr.bin : \
-        copy-file-to-device /mbr.bin /dev/sda size:440 : rm /mbr.bin : \
+        upload /usr/lib/EXTLINUX/mbr.bin /boot/mbr.bin : \
+        copy-file-to-device /boot/mbr.bin /dev/sda size:440 : \
        extlinux / : copy-in extlinux.conf / : sync : umount / : shutdown
    $ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G -enable-kvm debian-unstable.img
    $ sudo dd if=debian-unstable.img of=/dev/sdXXX status=progress
@ -6857,10 +6859,11 @@ Use as replacement for autopkgtest-build-qemu and vmdb2:
    $ guestfish -N debian-unstable.img=disk:8G -- \
        part-disk /dev/sda mbr : \
        part-set-bootable /dev/sda 1 true : \
-        mkfs ext2 /dev/sda1 : mount /dev/sda1 / : \
+        mkfs ext4 /dev/sda1 : mount /dev/sda1 / : \
        tar-in debian-unstable.tar / xattrs:true : \
-        extlinux / : copy-in extlinux.conf / : \
-        sync : umount / : shutdown
+        upload /usr/lib/EXTLINUX/mbr.bin /boot/mbr.bin : \
+        copy-file-to-device /boot/mbr.bin /dev/sda size:440 : \
+        extlinux / : copy-in extlinux.conf / : sync : umount / : shutdown
    $ qemu-img convert -O qcow2 debian-unstable.img debian-unstable.qcow2

 As a debootstrap wrapper to run it without superuser privileges but using Linux
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Gioele Barabucci	5fa2457fd5	mmdebstrap: Add mbr.bin installation to autopkgtest-build-qemu instructions The generated image will not be bootable if `mbr.bin` is not installed into the MBR. These lines are copied from the "Debian desktop on USB stick" example.	2022-02-13 20:00:35 +01:00
Gioele Barabucci	8e6f183b3f	mmdebstrap: Install mbr.bin in /boot and keep after installation	2022-02-13 19:56:39 +01:00
Gioele Barabucci	97e6981ddc	mmdebstrap: Read extlinux's MBR from /usr/lib/EXTLINUX `/usr/lib/SYSLINUX` is not available if only `extlinux` is installed.	2022-02-13 19:55:29 +01:00
Gioele Barabucci	22c0ba45a0	mmdebstrap: Use ext4 instead of ext2 in examples	2022-02-13 17:44:25 +01:00
Gioele Barabucci	829df60242	mmdebstrap: Align autopkgtest-build-qemu and USB stick examples Write the same `guestfish` instructions in the same way in both the `autopkgtest-build-qemu` and the "Debian desktopn on a USB stick" example.	2022-02-13 17:42:26 +01:00