Re: DVD 1 of squeeze 6.0.1.a not OK?
Thank you for the diligent support too, and have a nice day.
Best regards,
Rui
On Apr 13, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> I do confirm that after removing the isohybrid of the image, I am
>> able to mount it.
>
> Whew. So xorriso's ISO 9660 data are not to blame.
>
> Bad news is that obviously the mere presence of a PC-BIOS Master
> Boot Record keeps the operating system from mounting the image.
> This MBR sits in a region where ISO 9660 (aka ECMA-119) allows
> arbitrary system dependend data. So it is not standards conformant
> to take offense and to refuse mounting.
>
>
> Steve:
> A simple solution might be little de-MBR programs in some widely
> available interpreter languages, which get offered for download together
> with the images:
> Seek byte 0, write 32 kB of zeros, keep all other bytes unaltered.
>
> In any language this would run much faster than the dd copy method.
>
>
> Have a nice day :)
>
> Thomas
>
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