Dell DL1000 Appliance User's Guide

Creating bootable partitions on a Linux machine

To create bootable partitions on a Linux machine by using the command line:

Attach to all devices using the bsctl utility with the following command as root: sudo bsctl --attach-to-device /dev/<restored volume>
- NOTE: Repeat this step for each restored volume.
Mount each restored volume by using the following commands: mount /dev/<restored volume> /mnt mount /dev/<restored volume> /mnt
- NOTE: Some system configurations may include the boot directory as part of the root volume.
Mount snapshot metadata for each restored volume by using the following commands: sudo bsctl --reset-bitmap-store /dev/<restored volume> sudo bsctl --map-bitmap-store /dev/<restored volume>
Verify that the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) contains the new volumes by using either the blkid command or the ll /dev/disk/by-uuid command.
Verify that /etc/fstab contains the correct UUIDs for the root and boot volumes.
Install Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) by using the following commands: mount --bind /dev/ /mnt/dev mount --bind /proc/ /mnt/proc chroot/mnt/bin/bash grub-install/dev/sda
Verify that the /boot/grub/grub.conf file contains the correct UUID for the root volume, or update it as needed by using a text editor.
Remove the Live CD disk from the CD-ROM drive and restart the Linux machine.