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From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: bug-xorriso@gnu.org, Thomas Schmitt <scdbackup@gmx.net>,
	guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ISO installer image: GPT versus MBR partitions
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:34:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190426113444.7puwyenlcmoo3ghd@pelzflorian.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k1fim4c7.fsf@gnu.org>

On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 06:34:16PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> I lost track of the discussion.  You’re looking at a MacBook-specific
> issue, right?
> 
> (The underlying question being: can this wait after 1.0 is out?  :-)
> If it’s MacBook-specific, I would answer “yes.”)
> 

As I understand it, Thomas’ work is about
- making a correct ISO image and
- making it work on more machines.

I would have hoped the 1.0 ISO could already be made correct.
Older ISOs work on cooperative motherboards as well though, it appears
only old Macs are affected.  A more recent 2014 Macbook Air boots fine
though.

As for the latter, here are my findings when booting the USB
installer:


|                     | Nvidia PC with        | AMD GPU PC with                      |
|                     | Asus P8H67-V board    | Asus P8H67-?                         |
|---------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------|
| x86_64              | boots with UEFI       | boots but graphical installer        |
| unpatched master    | and legacy            | only works with UEFI                 |
|---------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------|
| x86_64 with Danny's | boots with UEFI       | boots but graphical installer        |
| patches (wip6)      | and legacy            | only works with UEFI                 |
|---------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------|
| i686                | boots graphical       | boots in legacy mode w/o             |
| unpatched master    | installer in legacy   | graphical installer, boots from      |
|                     | mode, boots from      | harddisk instead when selecting UEFI |
|                     | harddisk instead when |                                      |
|                     | selecting UEFI        |                                      |
|---------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------|
| i686 with Danny's   | boots graphical       | boots in legacy mode w/o             |
| patches (wip6)      | installer in legacy   | graphical installer, boots from      |
|                     | mode, boots from      | harddisk instead when selecting UEFI |
|                     | harddisk instead when |                                      |
|                     | selecting UEFI        |                                      |
|---------------------+-----------------------+--------------------------------------|

|                     | 2010 Macbook       | Lenovo Ideapad 100S |
|---------------------+--------------------+---------------------|
| x86_64              | boot gets stuck    | does not appear     |
| unpatched master    | before listing     | in the boot         |
|                     | devices to boot    | selection           |
|                     | from               |                     |
|---------------------+--------------------+---------------------|
| x86_64 with Danny's | boots fine with a  | does not appear     |
| patches (wip6)      | selection of “EFI  | in the boot         |
|                     | Boot” and “GRUB    | selection           |
|                     | 2.02”; both appear |                     |
|                     | to boot in UEFI    |                     |
|                     | mode though        |                     |
|---------------------+--------------------+---------------------|
| i686                | boot gets stuck    | boots fine (is      |
| unpatched master    | before listing     | only shown as EFI   |
|                     | devices to boot    | device)             |
|                     | from               |                     |
|---------------------+--------------------+---------------------|
| i686 with Danny's   | only “GRUB 2.02”   | boots fine (is      |
| patches (wip6)      | can be selected,   | only shown as EFI   |
|                     | but boots from     | device)             |
|                     | harddisk instead   |                     |
|---------------------+--------------------+---------------------|

I wonder why guixsd-install-0.15.0.i686-linux.iso did not boot on the
Lenovo Ideapad 100S before.  Windows claims the Lenovo is a 32-bit
machine only btw.

Regards,
Florian

  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-26 11:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found] ` <1582867226375139246@scdbackup.webframe.org>
2019-04-16  9:57   ` bug#33639: ISO installer image is broken on i686 Gábor Boskovits
2019-04-16 13:40     ` ISO installer image: GPT versus MBR partitions (was bug#33639) Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-16 16:32       ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-16 17:57         ` ISO installer image: GPT versus MBR partitions Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-16 19:55           ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-16 20:31             ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-16 21:15               ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-17  8:59                 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-17 10:23                   ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-17 10:30                     ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-17 15:51                     ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-17 22:35                       ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-18  6:32                         ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-18  7:00                           ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-18  7:07                             ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-18  8:13                               ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-18 12:19                                 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-18 13:50                                   ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-18 21:28                                     ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-19  7:29                                       ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-19  8:03                                     ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-19  9:01                                       ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-19  9:39                                         ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-19 10:58                                           ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-19 14:57                                             ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-19 11:30                                         ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-19 18:33                                           ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-19 19:23                                             ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-20 10:26                                               ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-20 10:50                                                 ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-20 11:16                                                   ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-20 11:29                                                     ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-20 14:23                                                       ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-20 14:54                                                         ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-20 15:17                                                           ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-20 15:33                                                           ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-20 16:32                                                             ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-21  7:58                                                               ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-21  9:35                                                                 ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-21 11:10                                                                   ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-21 11:16                                                                 ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-21 11:56                                                                   ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-21 12:27                                                                     ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-21 14:11                                                                       ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-21 14:36                                                                         ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-22 13:11                                                                           ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-23 16:40                                                                       ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-23 17:23                                                                         ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-17 12:24               ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-17 13:42                 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-23 18:14       ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-23 19:50         ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-23 20:18           ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-23 21:43             ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-24  6:56               ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-24  9:13                 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-24 10:34                   ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-24 22:13                     ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-04-25  7:07                       ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-25  9:45                       ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-25 13:44                         ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-25 14:59                           ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-04-25 16:22                             ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-25 17:55                               ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-04-25 18:46                                 ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-25 19:01                                   ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-04-25 16:34                         ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-26 11:34                           ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) [this message]
2019-04-26 14:41                             ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-26 15:30                               ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-26 13:57                           ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-27 13:20                             ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-27 16:24                               ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-28 12:53                                 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-25 11:49                   ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-25 15:09                     ` Thomas Schmitt
2019-04-25 15:58                       ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-25 16:40                         ` Thomas Schmitt

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