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Extracting guix.iso.xz with Xarchiver will give damaged .iso

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From: bo0od <bo0od <at> riseup.net>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 47632 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47632: Extracting guix.iso.xz with Xarchiver will give damaged .iso
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 01:31:17 +0000

Feel free to close this issue, I have tested this scenario again i cant 
reproduce.

Leo Famulari:
> On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 05:27:49AM +0000, bo0od wrote:
>> I have just tested to extract guix.iso.xz using Xarchiver and tried to
>> install guix.iso on a vbox, The image wont be readable/identified for
>> installation.
> 
> Thanks for the report.
> 
> I installed Xarchiver and used it to extract the iso.xz to /tmp.
> 
> Then I did this:
> 
> ------
> $ file guix-system-install-1.2.0.x86_64-linux.iso
> guix-system-install-1.2.0.x86_64-linux.iso: DOS/MBR boot sector; GRand Unified Bootloader, stage1 version 0x79, boot drive 0xbb, stage2 address 0x8e70, 1st sector stage2 0xb8db31c3, stage2 segment 0x201
> ------
> 
> So, I think it worked?
> 
> I found Xarchiver somewhat complicated...
> 

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