I'm trying to prepare an image that I can dd into disk or boot using PXE.
Some context: I create an image, partition it using sfdisk (MBR), create loop devices for the whole disk and main partition, format the main partition as ext4, mount it and install a base system + kernel and grub-pc packages using debootstrap, then generate initramfs, mount dev, proc and sys into partition root directory and install grub.
Output of fdisk -l for /dev/loop0 (loop device for the whole image):
Disk /dev/loop0: 1,1 GiB, 1211572224 bytes, 2366352 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0xfdf8e68d Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/loop0p1 * 2048 2097151 2095104 1023M 83 Linux /dev/loop0p2 2097152 2359295 262144 128M 82 Linux swap / Solaris Grub install commands:
chroot $ROOT grub-install --target=i386-pc /dev/loop0 chroot $ROOT update-grub Grub config seems to be generated correctly with kernel and initramfs detected. But when I'm trying to boot system using the resulting image, grub2 can't find any partition:
Loading boot sector... booting... error: no such device: some-file-system-UUID error: unknown filesystem. Entering rescue mode... grub rescue> ls (hd0) grub rescue> insmod ext2 grub rescue> ls (hd0) What could be wrong in my grub installation steps? How grub2 can't see a partition that is present in fdisk output?
PS: BIOS is set up for legacy mode. I also tested my image with kvm and have exactly the same result.
