[issue861] support grml2usb on raw devices

[Michael Prokop]

New submission from Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org>:

I have a USB stick without any partitions, so /dev/sdb is mounted
directly. It works fine on Linux and Windows, even booting works without
any problems.

So why I cannot use grml2usb on it?

Moreover: AFAIK the error messages is a lie, because the BIOS doesn't
know anything about partitions. It just reads sector CHS(0,0,1) and
executes it if the MBR signature 0x55AA is found. The rest is done by
the code in the MBR (i.e. scanning the partition table for 'active'
partitions and boot them, or any fancy menu things).

So: Why the check for 'raw device' at all? Why not an documented option
to suppress this check?

I tried

  grml2usb  /meduna/grml_2010.04.iso /dev/sdb

and even with --grub --grub-mbr

both give the same error message. :-(

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messages: 3197
nosy: mika
priority: wish
status: unread
title: support grml2usb on raw devices

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