Please enable the hybrid mode for ISOLINUX on the LiveCD/DVD and InstallCD, so that it can be booted from USB without any modifications. Quote from doc/isolinux.txt: --- Starting in version 3.72, ISOLINUX supports a "hybrid mode" which can be booted from either CD-ROM or from a device which BIOS considers a hard disk or ZIP disk, e.g. a USB key or similar. To enable this mode, the .iso image should be postprocessed with the "isohybrid" script from the utils directory: isohybrid filename.iso --- Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. plug in an USB drive (in this case /dev/sdb) 2. dd if=install-amd64-minimal-2008.0-r1.iso of=/dev/sdb 3. try to boot from the drive Actual Results: Booting fails. Expected Results: Booting succeeds.
We'll consider adding this functionality in catalyst. However, it's not going to happen immediately.
*** Bug 266082 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The isolinux cdtars in catalyst have been updated to 3.72 to add support for this feature. However, catalyst won't automatically run the script to convert the ISO images. Anyone who wants to use this functionality can run the script themselves after they download the ISO image.
Created attachment 341038 [details, diff] catalyst-9999-isohybrid.patch Attached is a proposed patch for adding isohybrid functionality to catalyst's create-iso.sh.
Created attachment 341062 [details, diff] catalyst-9999-isohybrid-r1.patch It appears that "isohybrid --uefi" isn't available until syslinux-6 so I've revised the patch to only apply to pure isolinux targets.
patch accepted, thanks
