From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Thomas Schmitt" Subject: Re: ISO installer image: GPT versus MBR partitions Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 19:23:41 +0200 Message-ID: <12476672817441828904@scdbackup.webframe.org> References: <20190423164040.vqfv4mf6g5edtodk@pelzflorian.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40833) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hIz6k-00014O-Fc for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:21:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hIz6i-0002Ay-Jw for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:21:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20190423164040.vqfv4mf6g5edtodk@pelzflorian.localdomain> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: bug-xorriso@gnu.org Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Hi, Florian pelaz wrote: > So the options are: > =C2=B7 Update mtools and then somehow patch mformat to zero out this > region. I will hopefully tonight post a proposal for - Leave grub-mkrescue and mformat as they are. Rather do the partition entry removal in the course of Guix ISO production. It will be windfall profit of my detailed proposal for creating ISOs with MBR partition table and Linux mountable ISO partition. Have a nice day :) Thomas