On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 03:24:47PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: >Hi, > >the new development snapshot of GNU xorriso is uploaded. > http://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/xorriso-1.0.1.tar.gz > >Version timestamp 2011.01.26.133107, MD5 d90b1502f3d4c116931024497a260f83 > >For a test i created a new ISO image from the content of >debian-squeeze-di-rc2-i386-businesscard.iso by: > > mount -o loop debian-squeeze-di-rc2-i386-businesscard.iso /mnt > > dd if=debian-squeeze-di-rc2-i386-businesscard.iso \ > bs=1K count=32 of=debian.sysarea > > xorriso -as mkisofs -o debian-businesscard-xorriso.iso \ > -allow-leading-dots -J -R \ > -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \ > -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \ > -isohybrid-mbr debian.sysarea -partition_offset 16 \ > /mnt > >Tests passed: > >- It can be mounted by Linux. A diff -r with the mounted original > yields the plausible result: > diff: /mnt/debian: recursive directory loop > Files /mnt/isolinux/boot.cat and /mnt2/isolinux/boot.cat differ > Files /mnt/isolinux/isolinux.bin and /mnt2/isolinux/isolinux.bin differ > (The differing files contain the block address of isolinux.bin which > is not the same in both images.) > >- It unpacks with libarchive 2.8.4 (without the patch by Michihiro > Nakajima) to the same file tree as does an image created by > genisoimage. > >- It boots from CD on a amd64 to an install menu with a little > rocket. > >- It boots from USB stick to the same menu. > >So to my best knowledge it should be safe for production. >I use it for my own backups now.
Cool. :-) I've just taken that and built it ready for use in the next Debian CD builds. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
