[syslinux] isolinux: Generate GPT and Mac bootable images

Matthew Garrett mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org
Mon Aug 8 11:03:25 PDT 2011


On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 01:02:03PM -0500, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 08/08/2011 12:57 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> >>
> >> Also, remember that you end up having actual execution of code at offset 0!
> > 
> > Yeah. This disassembles to something harmless. Easiest approach would be 
> > to stick another xor at offset 0 - that should satisfy the Acers in the 
> > normal case, with it only being overwritten in the Mac case.
> > 
> 
> This is overwritten on disk or in memory?  I'm confused, I guess.

On disc. The default behaviour wouldn't change in any meaningful way, 
the user needs to pass the -m option to have the APM written.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org




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