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Use the fdisk command to partition the disk and make the partition bootable.
echo -e "n\np\n1\n\n\nt\n83\na\n1\nw" | fdisk /dev/xvdc
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/xvdc1 *
Format the new boot disk partition /dev/xvdc1.
6.
mkfs.ext4 /dev/xvdc1
Setup and mount the new boot disk partition and get the single blockID.
7.
mkdir /virtual diskfile namemount /dev/xvdc1 /virtual diskfile name
Setup and mount the new boot disk.
a.
mkdir /virtual diskfile namemount /dev/xvdc1 /virtual diskfile name
For example, make a directory and mount the newboot boot disk:
mkdir /newbootmount /dev/xvdc1 /newboot
Get the single blockID.
b.
# blkid /dev/xvdc1/dev/xvdc1: UUID="3d7a177b-0fa0-4212-9c0c-
c5554bb1817a" TYPE="ext4"
Copy the original boot content to the new boot disk.
8.
cp -dpR /boot/* /virtual diskfile name
For example, for the disk named newboot:
cp -dpR /boot/* /newboot
Make the new boot partition the active boot partition
9.
umount /virtual diskfile nameumount /bootmount /dev/xvdc1 /boot
umount /newbootumount /bootmount /dev/xvdc1 /boot
Setup Grub in the new boot disk.
10.
Use the grub or grub2 command, where /dev/xvdc is the new boot disk device.
• If you are using Oracle Linux 6U7, use grub:
# grub
grub> device (hd0) /dev/xvdc
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup (hd0)
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