F18, efi-bootable live images

[Chris Murphy]

On Oct 2, 2012, at 12:59 PM, Brian C. Lane wrote:
>> 
>> This happens:
>> 
>> livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr --efi


>> 
>> 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000200 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54
>> 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x3d3d2000 (gpt): 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54
>> Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance.
>> Waiting for devices to settle...
>> mkdosfs 3.0.12 (29 Oct 2011)
>> ERROR: This live image does not support EFI booting
> 
> Thanks for the report, the nightly images weren't working right because
> of the splash image change. livecd-tools 18.12 fixes this.

I guess I vaguely recall from F17 that --reset-mbr --efi gets you a hybrid MBR/GPT thing that did work for me, but I didn't realize that was an expected outcome that it worked.


Chris Murphy