Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, :)
... > songbird wrote: >> one of the nice people here posted a program for doing this >> called make_isombr_part (or something similar). > > That was me. > > Presentation of first version: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg01215.html > > Richard Owlett's encounter first failed because the binary was amd64 and > his architecture was i386: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg01218.html > I then proposed to build it from source, which seems to have succeeded: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg01225.html > > >> i have two versions of it now, but it was a five years ago and >> i don't recall if i made the changes or got a new version from >> the author. :) > > Your request for a dry-run mode was fulfilled by a new version: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg01268.html > which needed a fix because of a misleading program message: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/03/msg01270.html > That's the version which is still available as > http://scdbackup.webframe.org/make_isombr_part.c > MD5 dd3e1a16e9593f908a1ce9ec848fd929 :) i have no recall of that any more (my brain's been reused by many things over the past five years), but thank you! :) > (My local version is slightly younger and seems to have been augmented > for being able to determine the USB stick size on FreeBSD, too. Dunno > whether this was for real use or just some finger exercises for myself.) > >> 3. add boot loader (syslinux) > > Why this step ? > The ISO brings a SYSLINUX/ISOLINUX boot loader for legacy BIOS (and GRUB > for EFI). The MBR of the ISO hops onto the ISOLINUX boot image which then > brings up the SYSLINUX boot menu. > > What negative effect did you see when not performing this step 3 ? i have no idea or recall. it may have been some fantasy on my part. my rough notes were written to make sure i had some way of knowing what i was up to but i only did it the one time back then and didn't need to use those notes again (or i'd have fixed them up). for me it helps to have at least a stick poking in about the right direction instead of having to learn it all all over again, even if those notes may not be complete. > Have a nice day :) :) same to you! :) songbird
