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

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
Cc: 27661 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#27661] [PATCH] build: Make ISO-9660 image bootable from USB flash drive.
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:20:43 +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 | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/build/vm.scm b/gnu/build/vm.scm
> index 2d41c5756..b686ef298 100644
> --- a/gnu/build/vm.scm
> +++ b/gnu/build/vm.scm
> @@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ Grub configuration and OS-DRV as the stuff in it."
>                              "var=/tmp/root/var"
>                              "run=/tmp/root/run"
>                              "--"
> +                            ;; Store two copies of the headers
> +                            "-boot_image" "any" "partition_offset=16"

I think you’ll have to expound in the comment because it doesn’t sound
trivial.  :-)

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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