On Sat, Aug 06, 2022 at 12:53:52AM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > Hi, > > Having done `make bin/ipxe.usb` and copying that to an > USB-memory-device, I had NOT a bootable iPXE. > > While researching what went wrong, I saw an unexpected partion type: > > Be OS >
A "FAT" partition is what was expected. > |$ sudo fdisk -l bin/ipxe.usb > |Disk bin/ipxe.usb: 368 KiB, 376832 bytes, 736 sectors > |Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > |Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > |I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > |Disklabel type: dos > |Disk identifier: 0x00000000 > | > |Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > |bin/ipxe.usb4 * 32 4095 4064 2M eb BeOS fs > |$ > > > By whom is that reproducable? All who execute these commands: cd /tmp wget --quiet https://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.usb file ipxe.usb /usr/sbin/fdisk -l ipxe.usb <screenshot> stappers@myhost:~ $ cd /tmp stappers@myhost:/tmp $ wget --quiet https://boot.ipxe.org/ipxe.usb stappers@myhost:/tmp $ file ipxe.usb ipxe.usb: DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 4 : ID=0xeb, active, start-CHS (0x0,1,1), end-CHS (0x1,63,32), startsector 32, 4064 sectors stappers@myhost:/tmp $ /usr/sbin/fdisk -l ipxe.usb Disk ipxe.usb: 368 KiB, 376832 bytes, 736 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type ipxe.usb4 * 32 4095 4064 2M eb BeOS fs stappers@myhost:/tmp $ </screenshot> > On a known working "bin/ipxe.usb", which partition type has it? I'm asking because I have the unplesant feeling that the bin/ipxe.usb build process doesn't any more yield a working image. I'm unable to mount the partitition. I hope this message gets a response like "works for me". Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse _______________________________________________ ipxe-devel mailing list ipxe-devel@lists.ipxe.org https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo/ipxe-devel
