Bug#1031696: Use of symbolic links in non-free ISO images breaks file system transposition support
Followup-For: Bug #1031696
On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 01:04:26 +0000, James Addison wrote:
> I've been able to build local NETINST ISO images successfully using the merged
> changes (thanks, Steve), and was also able to file-copy them to a FAT32
> filesystem and successfully boot from that into Debian Installer using QEMU.
>
>
> Building images with the '-f' option to xorriso also works.. it's not clear to
> me yet whether the results are an improvement, though.
I haven't (have not) been able to install Debian from FAT32-based media created
using file-copy from either of these two approaches.
In both cases d-i integrity checks of the FAT32 media contents were copied onto
failed.
And some self-reflection:
Ideally I would have performed that testing _before_ adding so many notes here
and offering a changeset; my apologies for taking a shortcut. I felt that
there could be a (time-limited) opportunity to increase the potential audience
for the Debian bookworm installer (and perhaps there is, somehow, but doing so
at the risk of the integrity of the system does not seem wise).
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