Not getting a good CF-image with Snapgear-3.3...

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Hi all!

I'm trying to build a usable Snapgear install, but am running into problems at the end when the CF-image is being assembled. Looks like the mbr generated is not complete/valid.

Here's some output:

> dd if=/dev/zero of=mbr.img bs=512 count=1
> 1+0 records in
> 1+0 records out
> echo -e "1,121343,L,*\n,,61,-" | sfdisk -uS -C 490 -H 8 -S 32 mbr.img
> Warning: mbr.img is not a block device
> Disk mbr.img: cannot get geometry
> 
> Disk mbr.img: 490 cylinders, 8 heads, 32 sectors/track
> 
> sfdisk: seek error: wanted 0x0000000000000000, got 0x0000000000000000
>  mbr.img: unrecognized partition table type
> Old situation:
> No partitions found
> New situation:
> Units = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0
> 
>    Device Boot    Start       End   #sectors  Id  System
>  mbr.img1   *         1    121343     121343  83  Linux
>  mbr.img2        121344    125439       4096  61  SpeedStor
>  mbr.img3             0         -          0   0  Empty
>  mbr.img4             0         -          0   0  Empty
> 
> sfdisk: seek error: wanted 0x0000000000000000, got 0x0000000000000000
> Re-reading the partition table ...
> BLKRRPART: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> 
> If you created or changed a DOS partition, /dev/foo7, say, then use dd(1)
> to zero the first 512 bytes:  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo7 bs=512 count=1
> (See fdisk(8).)
> make[4]: *** [extimage] Error 1
> make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/evert/Snapgear/vendors/Soekris/net4801'
> make[3]: *** [extimage-64MB] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/evert/Snapgear/vendors/Soekris/net4801'
> make[2]: *** [image] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/evert/Snapgear/vendors/Soekris/net4801'
> make[1]: *** [image] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/evert/Snapgear/vendors'
> make: *** [image] Error 2


As you can see I am aiming at a 64MB CF on a Soekris(-compatible) system.


Regards,
   Evert