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[PATCH] build: Make ISO-9660 image bootable from USB flash drive.

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From: ng0 <ng0 <at> infotropique.org>
To: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
Cc: 27661-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#27661] ISO-9660 image working and ready
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 20:37:52 +0000

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Danny Milosavljevic transcribed 1.4K bytes:
> Thanks!
> 
> Pushed.
> 
> If we want we can (in the future) provide only the iso9660 image on the homepage (for x86_64).
> 
> It will work from CD and USB flash drive - that should cover all the options.

Woo! Thanks for your work on this :)

I'll test this tomorrow evening.
Exciting news.

> (Usually, ARM systems have a more involved boot process and will not work, neither from SD card nor from CD-ROM - and booting from USB flash drive is out of the question).
> 
> Of course it would be nice if people could test the iso9660 image a bit (especially on UEFI systems of which I have none).
> 
> To generate one, for example do this:
> 
> guix system disk-image -t iso9660 foo.scm # will print the name of the directory that contains "guixsd.iso" in the end.
> 
> where foo.scm contains:
> 
> (use-modules (gnu))
> (use-package-modules linux bootloaders)
> (use-service-modules base networking ssh)
> 
> (operating-system
>   (host-name "beagle-bone-black")
>   (timezone "Europe/Zurich")
>   (locale "en_US.UTF-8")
> 
>   (bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/vda")))
>   (kernel linux-libre)
> 
>   (file-systems
>    (cons
>     (file-system
>       (mount-point "/")
>       (type "iso9660")
>       (title 'label)
>       (device "gnu-disk-image"))
>     %base-file-systems))
> 
>   (users
>    (cons*
>     (user-account
>      (name "test")
>      (group "users")
>      (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "video"))
>      (home-directory "/home/test")
>      (password "sa5JEXtYx/rm6")) ; Password is pass.
>     %base-user-accounts))
> 
>   (services
>    (cons*
>     (dropbear-service)
>     (dhcp-client-service)
>     %base-services)))
> 
> 
> 
> 

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