rsync to clone disk - Can it work? grub-install error
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From: chloe K on 5 Dec 2007 11:50 thank you Andrew this is my mistake. the tmp folder is missing grub-install is fine thank you Andrew Sackville-West <andrew(a)farwestbilliards.com> wrote: On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 09:43:16AM -0500, chloe K wrote: > > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 02:56:57PM -0500, chloe K wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I install etch in hda > > then I add the hdc which have same partition but not same size in hda > > > > /dev/hda1 /boot > > /dev/hda2 /swap > > /dev/hda3 / > > > > i use rsync to copy data from hda to hdc > > > > I use fedora5 boot disk to boot. > > mount /boot and / and chroot to / > > did you mount /boot within the chroot? hmmm... what about the rest of the file system? Is / all on one partition? What are the permissions on /tmp? and does /bin exist at this point? > > > Yes, I did > > > > but I got error to grub-install /dev/hda > > > > You shouldn't call /sbin/grub-install. Please call /usr/sbin/grub-install instead! > > tempnam: No such file or directory > > /usr/sbin/grub-install: line 394: $log_file: ambigous redirect > > what actual command did you enter? > > > grub-install /dev/hda > I looked at the code and the issue is $log_file, which gets set early on but could be changed in a number of circumstances. But they all center around the use of /tmp and /bin/tempfile. I think somehow you're getting a null $log_file and thus causing this ambiguous redirect. I'm not sh pro by any stretch, so ymmv. A --------------------------------- Looking for a X-Mas gift? Everybody needs a Flickr Pro Account!
From: Andrew Sackville-West on 5 Dec 2007 12:20
On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 11:31:17AM -0500, chloe K wrote: > thank you Andrew > > this is my mistake. the tmp folder is missing > > grub-install is fine :) A |