Installing an OS over the existing OS

[Aaron Rainbolt]

On 2/15/23 22:56, Phil wrote:
>
> On 16/2/23 14:42, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
>
> OK, I think I'm almost there.
>
> sudo grub-install --boot-directory /mnt/boot /dev/sdb
> Installing for i386-pc platform.
> grub-install: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding.
> grub-install: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required 
> for cross-disk install.
>
You probably ran `sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb`, not `sudo mkfs.ext4 
/dev/sdb1`. Which will nuke the partition table and make a filesystem on 
the whole drive. You'll probably have to start from scratch with 
reformatting the drive, sadly. The drive should partitioned and have the 
bootloader installed onto it, the partition should be formatted and have 
the ISO contents copied to it.

-- 
Aaron Rainbolt
Lubuntu Developer
https://github.com/ArrayBolt3
https://launchpad.net/~arraybolt3
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