GNU bug report logs - #27661
[PATCH] build: Make ISO-9660 image bootable from USB flash drive.

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
Cc: 27661 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#27661] [PATCH v2] build: Make ISO-9660 image bootable from USB flash drive.
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 16:08:02 +0200

Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org> skribis:

> * gnu/build/vm.scm (make-iso9660-image): Make image bootable from USB flash
> drive.
> ---
>  gnu/build/vm.scm | 13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/build/vm.scm b/gnu/build/vm.scm
> index 2d41c5756..d8c53ef37 100644
> --- a/gnu/build/vm.scm
> +++ b/gnu/build/vm.scm
> @@ -367,6 +367,19 @@ Grub configuration and OS-DRV as the stuff in it."
>                              "var=/tmp/root/var"
>                              "run=/tmp/root/run"
>                              "--"
> +                            ;; Store two copies of the headers.
> +                            ;; The resulting ISO-9660 image has a DOS MBR and
> +                            ;; one protective partition (with type 0xCD).
> +                            ;; Because GuixSD only uses actual partitions
> +                            ;; rather than what /proc/partitions returns, work
> +                            ;; around it by storing the primary volume
> +                            ;; descriptor twice, once where it should be and
> +                            ;; once in the partition.
> +                            ;; Allegedly, otherwise, many other GNU tools
> +                            ;; (automounters etc) would also be confused by
> +                            ;; the extra partition so it makes sense to
> +                            ;; store two copies in any case.
> +                            "-boot_image" "any" "partition_offset=16"

Now I understand.  :-)

Perfect, thank you!

Ludo’.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.