Making the primary boot partition C:

We have workstations with built-in multi-card readers (for SD cards), which during deployment end up being assigned drive letters before/lower than the hard drive. Using a task sequence, is there a way to set the hard drive as C: drive ?
Thanks

The format and partition task has the ability to choose specific physical disks and set their drive letters. You'll have to experiment with these settings until you find the right combination that works. Alternatively, you can also script diskpart to tightly
control the results and forgo the format and disk task altogether.
Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com

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Since the 10.7.2 release notes specifically mention changes to how the boot partition is accessed, I wanted to make sure, before upgrading, that it will not once again wreak havoc on my partition scheme by installing another boot partition or trying to modify the Windows partition thinking it is the missing boot partition. I think I read somewhere that in certain multi-boot setups, the Lion installer did not add the boot partition specifically to avoid the problems I was having; how do I make sure that I do not have them again?
Thanks.

You shouldn't have any issues, since Parallels v9 is the current version. You might want to visit the Parallels support forums to see if users there are aware of any issues. I know I upgraded my MBP from Mountain Lion to Mavericks and I had no issues with my Parallels v8. A short while after the update to Mavericks, I did upgrade my Parallels to v9, but I wasn't really having any problems on v8 either.

How do I prevent the Lion boot partition from being reformatted when using boot camp?

Under Windows 7, Computer Mgt, I shrink the C drive to create another drive. When I right click on the unused drive to format it, 200MB Lion boot is formatted and assigned a drive letter F. But I did not tell Windows 7 Computer Management to do that. I clicked on the unused 170GB space to create it as F, I did not click on the 200MB Lion boot partition at the front of the list.
Now I have to take the computer back to the Apple store to reinstall Lion for me.
I tried this twice and it happened twice. So now I need to go back to the Apple store a second time for help on the same problem.
Would the 200MB Lion boot disk at the front be safe from reformatting if I first made it drive letter F, and then made the new drive letter H at the right side of the drive list in Computer Management? Also, there is an unlettered drive between the Lion drive E and the Windows 7 drive C. Should I make that G prior to formatting drive H?
By the way, I did this on another MacBook pro that was using Snow Leopard, following the same procedure, and had no problems. So could a different version of Boot Camp be the issue?

I just found an older question similar to this one that you also replied to. It was from 2012 and never solved. The only things I am using in my set up is a male quarter inch cable from my guitar to my interface, a USB cable from my interface to my computer, and headphones from my interface to my ears of course. Just like in the other question I found I have everything in the Audio MIDI Setup of the computer set to use the interface as input and output and I also have everything in garage band setup to use the interface as audio input and output. Any new track is recording the metronome and any old track that is being played in the headphones. No external speakers are being used for monitoring and no microphones are being used.

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Hi,
This is what my partitions currently look like:
I'm aiming to have my 'Archroot' partition resized to soak up the ~25GB before it and to have my Archhome partition soak up the 26GB after the swap parition.
The first problem I'm having is that when I went to resize/move the Archroot partition into that space the Gparted gave me warning about me possibly losing data/losing the ability to boot since this partition contains my grub stuff.
The second problem is the fact that my Archhome resize would have to involve removing the swap partition and replacing it again at the end of then newly resized Archhome position. Is it okay to do this?
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hugecannon wrote:The first problem I'm having is that when I went to resize/move the Archroot partition into that space the Gparted gave me warning about me possibly losing data/losing the ability to boot since this partition contains my grub stuff.
Gparted always pops up warnings like that before it resizes stuff. Personally, I have never lost anything from resizing, but there is always a chance of that happening. I strongly suggest backing up important directories (like /etc and /home) before you do this, just because everyone should back up stuff. You'll thank me later when your disk drives crash.
hugecannon wrote:The second problem is the fact that my Archhome resize would have to involve removing the swap partition and replacing it again at the end of then newly resized Archhome position. Is it okay to do this?
Deleting swap and making it again later is totally fine, but you will have to do two things: first, type
swapoff -a
This will turn off your swap partition to make sure you aren't using it before you delete it. When you are done making the new swap partition, you will need to edit your /etc/fstab for the swap partition's new location ( /dev/sdbn ). Then just type
swapon -a
and you'll be good to go.

Simple UEFI GPT Dual boot with windows 8 boot partition question.

Hi everyone,
I think it's obvious from the quuestion that I'm a newbie here (and from the location of the post) but I have read (several times):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI_Bootloaders
and the incredibly helpful:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginner%27s_Guide
along with many forum posts. unfortunately this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … _Dual_Boot
appears out of date and so I need to ask you fine people my question.
If I want to dual boot Arch with my Windows 8 my question is on the boot partition. I have an existing windows EFI boot partition. should I mount this partition to my "/mnt/boot/efi" folder and then copy the files to this partition when I am setting up rEFInd (my chosen bootloader from wiki page, comments/suggestions are welcome) or should I setup a separate boot partition for my arch installation. I assume from reading about rEFInd that the former is how I should do it as this seems to be how refind would be able to "see" my windows bootloader.
The reason I am double checking and asking here is I know that windows can be a temperamental beast and is very prone to not booting so I don't want to mess with the windows boot partition unduly.
Thanks in advance guys, looking forward to getting my arch working!
Last edited by crashandburn4 (2013-03-03 13:42:43)

$esp = EFI System Partition?
also, ok, gummiboot, I'm glad I can mount the esp as /boot (that was my original thought but reread the tutorial and wasn't sure) just double checking, it is the esp created by windows 8 that I mount?
in addition, as I am slightly new to this is there any tutorial that can tell me how to set up gummiboot? I've looked here:
http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/gummiboot
but don't see anything in the way of detailed instructions.
from your post: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=159061
I'm gonna guess it's something like this (please let me know if this is right)
/mount $ESP /mnt/boot
pacman -S gummiboot
(after chrooting)
//exit chroot
gummiboot
*stuff saying gummiboot is not configured*
gummiboot install
is it something like that? can anyone point me towards a manual
Last edited by crashandburn4 (2013-03-03 14:58:53)

Default boot partition windows 2008

Hello
I have 2008 r2 standard server, and after a series of unfortunate events, it comes up with a dual boot partition choice when booting, with the default being a non-bootable partition so I have to hit the down arrow to select the correct partition when it
boots.
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thanks!

Hi,
On current situation, please confirm the correct boot partition via identifier that you can use. Then please
refer to the following articles and remove dual boot.
How
To Remove Windows 8 Dual Boot
How to Properly Delete a OS
in a Dual Boot
Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft
does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
If you are worried about above remove operation, please type msconfig in Run to open System Configuration.
Then navigate to Boot tab, select correct OS boot and set as default. Meanwhile, reduce the time of Timeout. Then check if can help you.
If anything I misunderstand, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
Hope this helps.
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[SOLVED] Setting default boot partition on Macbook Pro w/ no dual boot

I'm trying to install Arch on a new Macbook Pro 13", but I fear I've become somewhat confused by all the instructions in the wiki.
I have no interest in dual booting, so I left the mac's existing boot and recovery partitions alone and set up a new filesystem and boot partition. I installed rEFInd on the new boot partition and ran refind-install successfully. Installing Arch seemed to go perfectly as well.
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Last edited by whitebrice (2015-05-31 04:31:21)

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I have a mid-2010 27" Quad Core i5 iMac running 10.8.3. Startup disk recognizes the primary hard drive as a startup volume but will not boot from it. Have tried zapping PRAM, ran disk utility. No errors reported Any thoughts?

I have a mid-2010 27" Quad Core i5 iMac running 10.8.3. Startup disk recognizes the primary hard drive as a startup volume but will not boot from it. Have tried zapping PRAM, ran disk utility. No errors reported Any thoughts?

My bad Eric. The startup preference recognizes the primary as a 10.8.3 startup volume but when u select it the system does not boot. I can only boot from my external backup drive

How can you change the primary partition in Disk Utility?

I have made another partition using Disk Utility to install Snow Leopard. On my main partition Lion is installed but when i boot into Snow Leopard and try to delete the Lion partition it comes with an error "This operation requires a newer version of Mac OS X for this disk". I tried deleting the partition from Recovery HD but it says it couldn't unmount the disk.
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ralphfromhome wrote:
1) First of all what is GUID.
It's the "partition map scheme" Apple uses so your firmware knows what is what on your boot drive, what partitions there are and what format they contain.
2) Secondly, would I just be able to make a new image in disk utility and use that instead of an external hard drive?
No, you need something to boot off of and remove all data off the internal drive that's going to be reformatted with a new parttion, that's why you use the free Carbon Copy Cloner, it does both in one shot and it "blesses" the drive to make it bootable.
3) When I use Carbon Copy cloner will it only copy Snow Leopard Installation or all of my files also?
It copies everything in your Snow Leopard partition to the external drive, files, programs the OS everything except whats in the Trash.
4) In your 8th step you mentioned repairing permissions on both. Both of what?
Both drives, the internal and the external clone in Disk Utility (ignore the long list that appears)
It's a safety check to make sure your permissions are set back to original settings, I think the newer version of CCC now does this, but I havent' checked, doesn't hurt to do it again.
5) If you still feel like typing can you tell me how long this whole process might take?
Formatting a external drive
You should Erase with Zero option first, that will take a hour per 500GB
Formatting shoud be rather fast, a few minutes.
Cloning Snow Leopard to the external drive should take about a hour per 500GB
Formatting the internal drive a zero erase first for safety should take another hour per 500GB
Reverse cloning Snow Leopard back onto the internal drive should take another hour per 500GB
Good thing about it, it's pretty much all ciick and go watch TV while it works.
I was actually planning to make a Genius Bar appointment to fix it, by the way does that cost much?
No idea, but you don't have to pay if you get a external drive for $70 or so, CCC is free.
You get to keep the external drive and use it later for cloning as hard drives die all the time, the clone would get you back to using the computer.

OVM 3.2.1 / OEL 5.6 Template: How to resize the /boot partition

I need to enlarge the /boot partition from its default 100 MB to 300 MB for OEL 5.6.
I am using OVM_OL5U6_X86_64_PVM_10GB.tgz from Oracle edelivery.
Examining the modifyjeos manpage there is no function for extending and/or modifying /boot that I can locate unless it is an undocumented feature.
The way the disk partitions are laid out in the template make it very daunting as well with
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/dev/xvda3 swamp
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Accenture

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I'm using my computer's wired IP and the full filename, sx300_boot-13506.rfb, and I have the server interface as my computer's wired IP and tftp bound to my computer's wired IP, and no security.
I keep getting the error that the tftp server is unreachable:
Bytes Transferred:
0
Status:
Copy failed
Error Message:
TFTP server unreachable
The RAM memory log says things like:
2147483404
2014-Feb-04 17:04:57
Warning
%COPY-W-TRAP: The copy operation has failed
2147483405
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Notice
%TFTP-N-TIMERSEND: Session is closed after timeout is expired
2147483406
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%COPY-I-FILECPY: Files Copy - source URL tftp://172.16.0.90/sx300_boot-13506.rfb destination URL flash://BOOT
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%COPY-W-TRAP: The copy operation has failed
2147483408
2014-Feb-04 16:56:13
Notice
%TFTP-N-TIMERSEND: Session is closed after timeout is expired
2147483409
2014-Feb-04 16:54:58
Informational
%COPY-I-FILECPY: Files Copy - source URL tftp://172.16.0.90/sx300_boot-13506.rfb destination URL flash://BOOT
2147483410
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%COPY-W-TRAP: The copy operation has failed, aggregated (1)
2147483411
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Notice
%TFTP-N-TIMERSEND: Session is closed after timeout is expired, aggregated (1)
2147483412
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2147483413
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%COPY-W-TRAP: The copy operation has failed
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Seeking to Modify the /boot partition size

I need to enlarge the /boot partition from its default 100 MB to 300 MB for OEL 5.6.
I am OVM_OL5U6_X86_64_PVM_10GB.tgz from Oracle edelivery.
Examining the modifyjeos manpage there is no function for extending and/or modifying /boot that I can locate unless it is an undocumented feature.
I have located a Brute Force Method (BFM) on the Internet for modifying /boot on a running OS image but I would rather modify the template if at all possible thank you.
Mark E. LLoyd
Data Center Technology
Accenture

Target DisK Mode may be your best bet.
Another alternative. Remove the hard drive. Buy one of these hard drive adapters. http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2-0-to-IDE-SATA-S-ATA-2-5-3-5-HD-HDD-Adapter-Cable-/ 180550148600?pt=US_Drive_Cables_dapters&hash=item2a09a0a1f8&_requireRaptorProxy= false Then connect the hard drive to another computer.
 Cheers, Tom

/boot Partition was Deleted! What is the best way to recreate?

My /boot Partition was somehow deleted.
How can I recreate it?
I've been trying to boot from a LiveCD then un-archive the Grub and Kernel26 pkgs from a flash drive.
Then run:
mkinitcpio -c /mnt/sda3/etc/mkinitcpio.conf -k 2.6.31-ARCH -b /mnt/sda3/ -g /mnt/sda3/boot/kernel26.img
Everything seems to work except it fails to detect /dev/sda3.
Error Log:
:: Loding udev.../init: 11: /sbin/udevd: not found
/init: 11: /sbin/udevadm: not found
/init: 11: /sbin/udevadm: not found
Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/sda3 ...
Root device '/dev/sda3' doesn't exist, attempting to create it
ERROR: Failed to parse block device ids for '/dev/sda3'
ERROR: Unable to detect or create root device '/dev/sda3'
You are being dropped to a recovery shell
And no /dev/* devices show up, except for console, mem, null, and zero.

Hello o/
1) Boot on your live CD
2) Launch fdisk on your boot disk and create a new partition
3) mkfs.ext3 your new partition
mkfs.ext3 /dev/your_boot_partition
4) mount your / partition and /boot
mkdir /mnt/my_system
mount /dev/your_system_partition /mnt/my_system
mount /dev/your_boot_partition /mnt/my_system/boot
5) Chroot into your system :
chroot /mnt/my_system /bin/bash
6) Install grub and kernel26
pacman -S grub kernel26
7) Edit your /mnt/my_system/boot/menu.lst to reflect the change
8) Exit your chroot and umount yours partitions and reboot
Sorry for my english

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