[bug #32998] grub-mkrescue ISO images bootable as disk (like isohybrid) but not mountable within Linux

2013-03-01 Thread Mark Ferrell
Follow-up Comment #10, bug #32998 (project grub): Mounting the entire ISO image (/dev/sda) will result in the entire device being marked as busy, and so no other partitions will be accessible so long as the ISO is mounted. Supplying the _-partition_offset_ option to grub-mkrescue will result in

[bug #32998] grub-mkrescue ISO images bootable as disk (like isohybrid) but not mountable within Linux

2013-03-01 Thread Mark Ferrell
Follow-up Comment #11, bug #32998 (project grub): +verbatime+ Patch to modify grub-mkrescue which makes the protective partition a mountable one. This exposes the first 32k of the drive image as writable to applications which obey the boundaries of the partition table. diff -ruN

[bug #32998] grub-mkrescue ISO images bootable as disk (like isohybrid) but not mountable within Linux

2013-03-01 Thread Mark Ferrell
Follow-up Comment #12, bug #32998 (project grub): Patch to modify grub-mkrescue which makes the protective partition a mountable one. This exposes the first 32k of the drive image as writable to applications which obey the boundaries of the partition table. diff -ruN