Re: [Bug-xorriso] ISO installer image: GPT versus MBR partitions

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

Florian Pelz wrote:
> For x86_64 iso images, the Macbook does *not dismiss*.  It gets stuck
> in the lightgray startup screen forever without showing a menu with
> the drives to boot from, except for the Debian ISO image, for which a
> menu is shown with an »EFI partition« that runs a bootloader when
> chosen.

So the problem might be during the inspection of the EFI partition whether
it is worth to be offered for booting.

Comparing the output of program "strings" from both bootx64.efi files,
i see in the Debian file text about Secure Boot, which are not in the
Guix file:

  SecureBoot
  SetupMode
  ...
  Secure Boot forbids loading module from %s
  ...
  grub_efi_secure_boot

Older Debian netinst maybe ? ... digging in my collection ...

The youngest without "Secure" in its bootx64.efi is
  debian-7.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso

You could check whether this hangs like Guix.

Debian's own ISO archive of 7.7.0 only offers CD-1 as jigdo.
Probably with the same EFI equipment.
But let's google ...

  
http://ftp.riken.go.jp/Linux/debian/debian-cdimage/archive/7.7.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso

It matches my old copy. 232,783,872 bytes.
SHA512:
  
5cb6e4fea55fbb5173f90c3a545b843c6c193e29c3aa32b3306c9bbdfb1ad6a6a36ae8be50e91af9d03d5f21c472bd05d04d3508172e0b519e76714333c7c74b


Have a nice day :)

Thomas