I have this error using this procedure to create a niked filesystem
running the line :
echo -e "unit: sectors\n\n/dev/sda1 : start=63, size=$sda1size, Id=7" | sfdisk
--force /dev/loop0
/Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ... OK//
//
//Disk /dev/loop0: 31.5 KiB, 32256 bytes, 63 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//
//
//>>> Script header accepted.//
//>>> Created a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x6888d234.//
//Start sector 63 out of range.//
//Failed to add partition: Numerical result out of range//
//Leaving./
Le 30/03/2016 13:23, Martin Kletzander a écrit :
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 11:06:57AM +0200,
arnaud.bougeard(a)univ-rennes1.fr wrote:
> Hello
>
> How to convert a bootable linux partition to virtual disk ?
> I tried :
>
> |dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/mnt/mydisk3/sda1.raw|
>
> |||qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 sda1.raw sda1.qcow2|
>
> |but the disk ||sda1.qcow2|is not bootable
>
>
> The second partition contains data and is very large, so I want to check
> the process with the system partition
>
https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/technique-for-synthesizing-a-partit...
> Arnaud
>
>
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