Hi, (It would be embarrassing if a different Thomas was meant.)
songbird wrote: > your recent efforts helped me get an > install going via USB stick on this ancient > machine (the bug with the cd image not being > able to find isolinux.bin also was affecting > the netinst i386 cd-image i had downloaded). I assume you mean https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857597 In this case i have to share the thanks with David Christensen, who reported the bug and bravely tested, and Martin Str|mberg, who produced the fixed code. > the dd to copy the bytes as posted to the > bug (see cd-image bug list for those who > care) took care of it and i was off and > running... The vulnerable BIOSes seem to be more widespread than thought. The fixed MBR code piece http://www.ludd.ltu.se/~ams/tmp/isohdpfx.bin.170324 is said to be available only for a limited time. Be so kind and write a mail to 857...@bugs.debian.org which tells that David Christensen is not the only one who has a needy computer. Consider to support my proposal in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857597#55 "I propose that Debian gets it too and offers it for download together with a description what problem it might fix and how to apply it. If it gets a Debian URL and if i get pointed to an empty wiki page, i would volunteer to write the description." Have a nice day :) Thomas