Am 14.07.2010 21:28, schrieb Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi: >> Are you sure that this only affects the qemu cdrom? >> Shouldn't we provide >> a simple workaround that catches all CD drives, no matter >> what kind of >> weird bugs there might be? >> > > This is a bug in qemu-kvm ide cdrom drive implementation, does not implement > or does not work the command "READ DISC INFORMATION". > > As workaround just boot on qemu as scsi cd-rom that works better than ide > implementation. (I guess that adding a workaround in archiso should be in > case of real machine where there is no choice)
You don't know what kind of broken hardware exists out there, sadly. >> Can you summarize what exactly -T split does? > > Sure > > -T basic: join both .iso keeping .sqfs intact. > -T split: join both .iso modifiying .sqfs with the follow rules: > > * usrshare.sqfs (any) is build from i686 root-image.sqfs [this can be done > since /usr/share for both archs is the same] > * libmodules.sqfs (for each arch) is build from root-image.sqfs > (respectively) [useful for boot 64Krnl/32User] > * /usr/share and /lib/modudes are removed from both root-images.sqfs > * core-any-pkg.sqfs (any) is build from i686 core-pkgs.sqfs. > * *any* packages are removed from both core-pkgs.sqfs Okay, -T split looks cool. > -T full: join both .iso doing all work in "split", but also removes specified > files (listed on a file) from root-image.sqfs. Okay, what is that list? >> Also, there is the overlay: We used to have a separate >> overlay for each >> architecture, is that still necessary? If we add >> "Architecture = auto" >> to pacman.conf and use $arch in mirrorlist (is that already >> done?), it >> seems we can use the same overlay for both architectures. >> >> > > Yes, anyway overlay.sqfs is 8192 bytes :P Still ... shouldn't be duplicated. > PS: sorry for email format I am out from my home. Sent via webmail, running > under custom archiso with KDE with all "chiches" (toys) :P No problem, seems like you're having fun.
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