Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-20 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Stelian Iancu wrote: > Today once I got back to work I wanted to recreate the bad iso for you to > test. So I have created a new fresh VM with Debian 7.3.0 (and xorriso 1.2.2) > and this time it worked flawlessly. That's much better than if it would work for me but not for you. Note (again),

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-17 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > which basically left me with the original command and, surprise, it > worked! That's quite surprising. There is no corresponding bug fix to see in my ChangeLog. (... and i cannot remember either ...) Although xorriso-1.2.2 is outdated, it would still be good to know how i accidently fixed

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-17 Thread Stelian Iancu
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > > > See my previous mail. Made it work with xorriso 1.3.4. Do you still > > > want me to go ahead and do what you wrote below? > > > > We could be curious and leave out the options > > > > -eltorito-alt-boot -e boot/grub/efi.img -

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-17 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > > See my previous mail. Made it work with xorriso 1.3.4. Do you still > > want me to go ahead and do what you wrote below? > > We could be curious and leave out the options > > -eltorito-alt-boot -e boot/grub/efi.img -no-emul-boot -isohybrid-gpt-basdat Correcting myself: Option -isohyb

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-17 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > See my previous mail. Made it work with xorriso 1.3.4. Do you still > want me to go ahead and do what you wrote below? We could be curious and leave out the options -eltorito-alt-boot -e boot/grub/efi.img -no-emul-boot -isohybrid-gpt-basdat If my theory about the need for GPT and EFI is

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-17 Thread Stelian Iancu
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > > In the end, I went ahead and manually compiled xorriso 1.3.4 and with > > this one and the command that Debian itself uses to create the > > netinst iso it worked (without the jigdo stuff). The resulting iso is > > bootable from

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-17 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > In the end, I went ahead and manually compiled xorriso 1.3.4 and with > this one and the command that Debian itself uses to create the > netinst iso it worked (without the jigdo stuff). The resulting iso is > bootable from the USB key. >From my remote position i would say that your firmware

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-17 Thread Stelian Iancu
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > Hi Thomas, See my previous mail. Made it work with xorriso 1.3.4. Do you still want me to go ahead and do what you wrote below? Thanks! S. > > first question because i am lacking other valid ideas: > > Does your machine boot th

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-17 Thread Stelian Iancu
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Stelian Iancu wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > >> Hi, >> > > Hi, please see below. > > >> >> i am the developer of xorriso and always interested >> in learning about problems. >> >> > However, after writing it to a USB stic

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-17 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, first question because i am lacking other valid ideas: Does your machine boot the original netinst ISO from USB stick ? Second question: How large is your result image ? Can you upload it to a place from where i could get it for inspection ? For the details: > /root/debian/test.iso1 * 1

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-17 Thread Stelian Iancu
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > Hi, please see below. > > i am the developer of xorriso and always interested > in learning about problems. > > > However, after writing it to a USB stick, it doesn't boot, > > and I don't know why. > > What kind of machine do you

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-17 Thread Stelian Iancu
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Brian wrote: > On Thu 16 Jan 2014 at 16:02:00 +0100, Stelian Iancu wrote: > > > I am trying to create a USB stick with Wheezy which would auto-install. > > I've managed to create the iso successfully following the instructions > > here: https://wiki.debian.org/Deb

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-16 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i am the developer of xorriso and always interested in learning about problems. > However, after writing it to a USB stick, it doesn't boot, > and I don't know why. What kind of machine do you use ? What kind of firmware does it have: PC-BIOS , UEFI, ... ? How far does it get with booting ?

Re: Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-16 Thread Brian
On Thu 16 Jan 2014 at 16:02:00 +0100, Stelian Iancu wrote: > I am trying to create a USB stick with Wheezy which would auto-install. > I've managed to create the iso successfully following the instructions > here: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed/EditIso > > I've checked the result

Problem creating iso for a USB stick

2014-01-16 Thread Stelian Iancu
Hello everybody, I am trying to create a USB stick with Wheezy which would auto-install. I've managed to create the iso successfully following the instructions here: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed/EditIso I've checked the resulting iso with vmware fusion on my mac and it works, i