[syslinux] isolinux: Generate GPT and Mac bootable images

Matthew Garrett mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org
Mon Aug 8 11:07:51 PDT 2011


On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 01:04:59PM -0500, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 08/08/2011 01:03 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> >>
> >> 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.
> > 
> 
> So you'd have isohybrid-mac or isohybrid-acer :(

Pretty difficult to have 0x45 be equal to 0x33, sadly. Older Macs don't 
seem to be enthusiastic about secondary El Torito images at all, and 
ignore GPT labelled CDs. Which seems to leave us with APM or nothing. 
I'll do some more testing to see if I can convince them otherwise.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org




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