From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1Vd0br-0003TG-Pw for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:33:07 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60129) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vd0bk-0003KY-95 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:33:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vd0be-0002Kp-Vb for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:33:00 -0500 Received: from mail-ea0-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c01::229]:61557) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vd0be-0002KQ-Mq for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:32:54 -0500 Received: by mail-ea0-f169.google.com with SMTP id k11so2993237eaj.28 for ; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 08:32:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=UqJ5tRh5kH1dW6j8qsccdwZA+dLmtJk7molLHZ5bvjg=; b=RnIFJu8llaCA/8BrJ7WzfnrFfSoRktOf4UZHxA8KEIiPUIHTnNWPJAear7qJAjlm9A 7wdD8QKJM7RGbxcG+2kcUuMMU/gBTObrDEAWkAuD2kr4S76skrDv93Dx9uLJSamUXbTt /5M+JWqgcFQ8s/8O6qOh12m2FFENBECdcrcE2IQdC2mFAAb8CTup5mdiXMyc8MjfBKVP zg0KVDU6gwB5uvKGjYjfQgWXAze+I61IBsl0IqQJ13jbbWaAVwPYJWmHm7W75IucemUU CmfcErXF2yfzNmuLgxpCT93+AOG5WlItS2k618rb8Oy7u/zcMJAPaIQh/+YA1Y8GgNX3 UL3A== X-Received: by 10.14.88.132 with SMTP id a4mr456052eef.60.1383496373720; Sun, 03 Nov 2013 08:32:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.16] (31-249.1-85.cust.bluewin.ch. [85.1.249.31]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id z2sm22553164eee.7.2013.11.03.08.32.52 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 03 Nov 2013 08:32:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <52767AB3.4010302@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 17:32:51 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131005 Icedove/17.0.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: How important is the MBR partition offset of grub-mkrescue ? References: <52767048.9050902@gmail.com> <15937651386011965065@scdbackup.webframe.org> In-Reply-To: <15937651386011965065@scdbackup.webframe.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="----enig2QBRDSECXRJEIPGJMWLGG" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4013:c01::229 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:33:06 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) ------enig2QBRDSECXRJEIPGJMWLGG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >=20 >> It's in our git repo in util/ >=20 > Yes, i know. But obviously there are older versions around. > For re-tinkering the image it would be helpful to know > the options used. >=20 You can retrieve older versions from git history. >=20 > I just collected all xorrisofs options of > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/tree/util/grub-mkrescue.in >=20 > Just stunning. > Has all this stuff actually been tested ? >=20 Yes, I've tsted mega-boot image manually an single-boot images are used in automated testing system. >=20 >> FAT would make it look like most common USB stick. >=20 > You mean a FAT partition with offset 512 bytes towards the > start of the ISO filesystem ? > Probably more, to avoid conflicting with APM and GPT > But how to keep udev from recognizing the ISO PVD ? My guess is that FAT rule would take precedence. ------enig2QBRDSECXRJEIPGJMWLGG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREKAAYFAlJ2erMACgkQNak7dOguQgmmWgEAkrHANjATDBSQthwd1a6yOPBK F49OUYBVtMqni+frqdsA/09FvOtIGbChjxc6SM/SRjhFw/VRh14K3CkeqLOS13xj =+gTd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------enig2QBRDSECXRJEIPGJMWLGG--