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Ploppz

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Registered: 2013-09-14

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[Solved] archiso: generated iso not bootable.

Hi. I don't know if this belongs in this subforum.

I decided to try to create a live image, following this guide.

I only added some packages by creating a local repository of AUR packages and editing packages.x86_64.
I did not change releng/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh, nor did I change anything else.

My problem is that when I try to boot the .iso file in VirtualBox, it says that there is no bootable media... So there's probably something wrong with my iso file. But what could it be? It doesn't report any errors except for "bsdcpio: Failed to set default locale". Here is the full elaborate backlog: http://sprunge.us/UZTO

The .iso file was made by running `genisoimage -V "ARCHIVE_2015_03_-27" -J -r -o isoimage.iso ./airootfs` in releng/work/x86_64.

Is there some cruicial step I skipped which renders my .iso unbootable? I don't know how to go about even getting a hint what could be wrong. I'm also new to these tools in particular.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Last edited by Ploppz (2015-04-28 08:03:32)

teateawhy

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Re: [Solved] archiso: generated iso not bootable.

The .iso file was made by running `genisoimage -V "ARCHIVE_2015_03_-27" -J -r -o isoimage.iso ./airootfs` in releng/work/x86_64.

Where in the guide you linked to does it tell you to run genisoimage?
You are supposed to run the build script.

# ./build.sh -v

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ar … ld_the_ISO

Ploppz

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Registered: 2013-09-14

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Re: [Solved] archiso: generated iso not bootable.

Ah, thanks. I assumed you would have to build the iso yourself, but found it in the directory out.

Last edited by Ploppz (2015-04-28 08:03:21)