Subject: bug#35136: closed (Re: bug#33639: ISO installer image is broken on i686)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:48:03 +0000

Your bug report

#33639: Git master installer disk-image has GPT PMBR size mismatch

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#33639: ISO installer image is broken on i686
From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
To: "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked], Thomas Schmitt <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 17:47:05 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Hello,

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <[email-masked]> skribis:

> On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 11:26:28PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Florian, it would be great if you could confirm.  Just apply it on
>> ‘master’, and then run:
>> 
>>   ./pre-inst-env guix system disk-image --file-system-format=iso9660 \
>>      gnu/system/install.scm
>> 
>
> Yes, it seems fixed, I can confirm.  Four rebuilds seem fine and are
> bootable in QEMU.

This is a happy end.  :-)
Committed as 66ec389580d4f1e4b81e1c72afe2749a547a0e7c.

Thank you!

Ludo’.

Subject: Git master installer disk-image has GPT PMBR size mismatch
From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 07:33:17 +0200
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Since commit 45c0d1d790f01ebc020fc4b2787a6abcdaa3f383 all install ISOs
created with

guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 gnu/system/install.scm

cannot boot for me, see

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2019-04/msg00061.html

fdisk reports this:

florian@florianmacbook ~ [env]$ fdisk g1.iso # commit 391e0d65d7129d53c025963d2758724e75626eb4

Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.32.1).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.

Command (m for help): q

florian@florianmacbook ~ [env]$ fdisk g2.iso # commit 45c0d1d790f01ebc020fc4b2787a6abcdaa3f383

Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.32.1).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.

GPT PMBR size mismatch (3230583 != 3200895) will be corrected by write.

Command (m for help): q