Thomas Schmitt wrote: >songbird wrote: ... >> ok, looks like the two versions are the same in >> the first sector (netinst for i386 and amd64) so >> the fix should work... > > The fix should apply to all Debian i386 and amd64 ISOs which were made > with isohybrid functionality. The bug was introduced in may 2009. Steve > McIntyre announced the new capability of Debian testing ISOs in january > 2011. Debian 6 came out in february. > I have a debian-6.0.5-amd64-businesscard.iso which already is isohybrid. > > One possible drawback is that it does not preserve the Apple Partition > Map of the EFI-capable Debian ISOs. > I am not aware of any machine which would boot Debian ISOs with APM > and would not if APM is missing. To my understanding it is necessary > to anounce HFS+ boot images to certain old Macs. But Debian ISOs do > not provide HFS+ images.
... i just realised this morning that for the new machine i should not need to apply this fix to get it to boot from a USB stick. heh... songbird