Hello Jesse, Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2...@gmail.com> skribis:
> 1. generate the install image > guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9600 --verbosity=3 -- > root=installation-os-x86_64.iso --system=x86_64-linux -e '(@ (gnu > system install) installation-os)' > > 2. examine the resulting iso > readlink installation-os-x86_64.iso | xargs file > > output: /gnu/store/3xp541s4zrxass6h6rcwfz7bc33wv84p-disk-image: DOS/MBR > boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0x83, active, start-CHS (0x0,32,33), end- > CHS (0xe3,198,58), startsector 2048, 3657239 sectors; partition 2 : > ID=0xef, start-CHS (0xe3,198,59), end-CHS (0xe8,224,16), startsector > 3659287, 81921 sectors > > 3. Compare this output with what file says about the official > installation iso: > wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.0.1.x86_64-linu > x.iso.xz > unxz guix-system-install-1.0.1.x86_64-linux.iso.xz > readlink guix-system-install-1.0.1.x86_64-linux.iso > > output:guix-system-install-1.0.1.x86_64-linux.iso: DOS/MBR boot sector; > GRand Unified Bootloader, stage1 version 0x79, boot drive 0xbb, stage2 > address 0x8e70, 1st sector stage2 0xb8db31c3, stage2 segment 0x201; > partition 1 : ID=0xee, start-CHS (0x0,0,2), end-CHS (0x3f6,38,4), > startsector 1, 2694403 sectors, extended partition table (last) > > It appears file discovered the GRand Unified Bootloader in the official > iso but not in the generated iso. I can’t seem to reproduce it now: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ guix describe Generacio 101 Aug 26 2019 09:31:24 (nuna) guix a707484 repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit: a707484d64e7e46f8cb8401c660fbb6eb77ab9c6 $ guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 gnu/system/install.scm /gnu/store/cpyyjnwbpm2hrpcjf1j8y4yjis9za33s-image.iso $ file /gnu/store/cpyyjnwbpm2hrpcjf1j8y4yjis9za33s-image.iso /gnu/store/cpyyjnwbpm2hrpcjf1j8y4yjis9za33s-image.iso: DOS/MBR boot sector; GRand Unified Bootloader, stage1 version 0x79, boot drive 0xbb, stage2 address 0x8e70, 1st sector stage2 0xb8db31c3, stage2 segment 0x201; partition 2 : ID=0xef, start-CHS (0x3ff,63,32), end-CHS (0x3ff,63,32), startsector 2711068, 5760 sectors $ guix system disk-image --file-system-type=iso9660 -e '(@ (gnu system install) installation-os)' /gnu/store/cpyyjnwbpm2hrpcjf1j8y4yjis9za33s-image.iso --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Not sure what’s going on… Ludo’.
