[syslinux] isohybrid: change default offset to 1 to avoidparted troubles

[Sven-Hendrik Haase]

On 01.03.2010 19:11, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 03/01/2010 06:39 AM, Miller, Shao wrote:
>   
>> Attached is cmdr's diff to the isohybrid script, also for those
>> interested.  I think a problem here is with disk utilities' complaints
>> of a recursive partition table.  I wonder if there's a way to address
>> this _other_than_ changing "offset" in the isohybrid script.  Original
>> isohybrid on the "left" ("<") and modified one on the "right" (">").
>>
>>     
> Note that all of these are command-line options already.  His diff just
> changes the default.
>
> Either way, I think it might be hard to deal with.  The problem is
> exactly that the partition table *is* recursive (meaning that one of the
> partitions contain the partition table itself) -- intentionally.
> Operating systems don't seem to have an issue with it, but (g)parted does.
>
> The offset option allows one to generate a different table, but then one
> has to mount the whole device (e.g. /dev/sdc) not the partition
> (/dev/sdc1) -- which also means that one can't use the remainder of the
> device as a disk partition.
>
> 	-hpa
>
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Strange, as I was *only* able to use the remainder (after resizing using
gparted) when I set the offset differently. Else I wouldn't have been
able to resize it at all. What's the magic trick here?

-- Sven-Hendrik