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| author | Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386@yahoo.com.ar> | 2012-12-10 12:06:19 -0300 |
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| committer | Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386@yahoo.com.ar> | 2012-12-10 12:06:19 -0300 |
| commit | f11f34ce48cc5557870dd716e989a87cd4722589 (patch) | |
| tree | 9e7c3f9438f3711c7aedb691afb3f48945ce0de9 /docs/README.knownissues | |
| parent | 943fc674115a36f0488644fdf5647bfeb297acae (diff) | |
[archiso] Update README.knownissues
Signed-off-by: Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz386@yahoo.com.ar>
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diff --git a/docs/README.knownissues b/docs/README.knownissues index c397afb..2f9cf70 100644 --- a/docs/README.knownissues +++ b/docs/README.knownissues @@ -8,3 +8,16 @@ and device mapper devices made by archiso will be "free" on "shutdown tmpfs" (A.K.A deinitramfs), build at initramfs by [archiso_shutdown] initcpio hook. Proper shutdown is mostly important when persistent is used. + +** (2) ISOHYBRID-MBR does boot on some hardware: + + Some firmwares (BIOS) gets confused about using this hack + (first partition start at offset 0 -> MBR "infinite recursion"). + Solutions: + (a) Do not use this method, instead copy files manually and + setup the bootloader [PC-BIOS (MBR)] (See README.transfer). + (b) Change offset of the partition on the ISO or on the target medium + (if ISO is already dumped): + # isohybrid.pl -offset 1 <ISO-SOURCE> + OR + # isohybrid.pl -offset 1 <DEV-TARGET> |