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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#33639: ISO installer image is broken on i686
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:01:45 +0200
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To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>
Cc: bug-xorriso@gnu.org, Thomas Schmitt <scdbackup@gmx.net>, 33639@debbugs.gnu.org

Hi Florian,

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> skribis:

> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 03:46:09PM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrot=
e:
>> Yes, it seems fixed, I can confirm.
>
> Well this is strange.  I got fine ISO images each time (fine with no
> complaints from xorriso or fdisk and bootable in QEMU without errors),
> but after dd=E2=80=99ing them to different USB flash drives each time I g=
et
> kernel output when inserting the flash drive:
>
> [   10.025223] GPT:Primary header thinks Alt. header is not at the end of=
 the disk.
> [   10.026735] GPT:3220583 !=3D 7831551
> [   10.028235] GPT:Alternate GPT header not at the end of the disk.
> [   10.029764] GPT:3220583 !=3D 7831551
> [   10.031290] GPT: Use GNU Parted to correct GPT errors.

Could it be simply due to the incorrect location of the GPT backup as
Thomas explained?

> Having such a USB flash drive inside my computer makes UEFI get stuck
> on some computers but not on others.

So you cannot boot from these USB drives at all?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.