Re: [Stupid Question] How can I boot my ISO/tar/ext2 image created with buildroot?

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From	Scott Wood <scott@buserror.net>
Subject	Re: [Stupid Question] How can I boot my ISO/tar/ext2 image created with buildroot?
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Message-ID	<slrnjp9r3d.edk.scott@snotra.buserror.net> (permalink)
Date	2012-04-23 00:45 -0500

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On 2012-04-20, Willy <gruppi@willygroup.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> I've created an image (in various formats: ext2/iso/tar) with buildroot 
> 11/2011.
> Until now I've used unetbootinet to create a bootable usb pen drive for 
> testing in the target machine (i386).
>
> Now I want put the image to my hard disk, and boot from that.
>
> How can I put the image into the hard drive and make it bootable?
>
> Thanks a lot!

You'll need a bootloader of some sort (grub, lilo, etc.), and of course an
appropriate kernel.  Beyond that, just create a normal ext2/3/4 filesystem
in a normal partition, and make sure the boot loader is in a partition
marked bootable (or the MBR).

There really shouldn't be that much different between a USB drive and a hard
disk, beyond getting the BIOS to look at the right device (which I'd imagine
would be harder with the USB drive than the hard disk).

-Scott

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[Stupid Question] How can I boot my ISO/tar/ext2 image created with buildroot? Willy <gruppi@willygroup.org> - 2012-04-20 09:28 +0200
  Re: [Stupid Question] How can I boot my ISO/tar/ext2 image created with buildroot? Scott Wood <scott@buserror.net> - 2012-04-23 00:45 -0500
    Re: [Stupid Question] How can I boot my ISO/tar/ext2 image created with buildroot? Willy <gruppi@willygroup.org> - 2012-04-24 15:36 +0200

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