Re: [Bug-xorriso] ISO installer image: GPT versus MBR partitions

[Ludovic Courtès]

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 06:34:16PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> I lost track of the discussion.  You’re looking at a MacBook-specific
>> issue, right?
>> 
>> (The underlying question being: can this wait after 1.0 is out?  :-)
>> If it’s MacBook-specific, I would answer “yes.”)
>> 
>
> As I understand it, Thomas’ work is about
> - making a correct ISO image and
> - making it work on more machines.
>
> I would have hoped the 1.0 ISO could already be made correct.
> Older ISOs work on cooperative motherboards as well though, it appears
> only old Macs are affected.  A more recent 2014 Macbook Air boots fine
> though.

So the ISO only “fails” (somehow?) on old Macs, is that correct?

If it’s “just” about old Macs, that’s not a 1.0 blocker for me (though
it’s something we should fix.)

If the issue might be broader, we need more data to estimate the scope
of the problem (your table mentioned UEFI vs. “legacy” boot and Lenovo
laptops, which I’m not sure how to interpret.)

Thanks,
Ludo’.