[Bug 524803] Re: isolinux hybrid mode should be used - all other major distributions do so since last year

[Colin Watson]

This is done as of tomorrow's daily builds.  Sorry for the delay.  See:

  https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2011-June/033495.html

** Changed in: ubuntu-cdimage
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: ubuntu-cdimage
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: ubuntu-cdimage
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (cjwatson)

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Title:
  isolinux hybrid mode should be used - all other major distributions do
  so since last year

Status in Ubuntu CD image build software:
  Fix Released
Status in “syslinux” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: syslinux

  Since all other major distributions create hybrid mode iso images it
  is really sad to see that U does not use that feature. It was
  introduced with syslinux 3.72 which was over 1 year ago and used till
  then by Fedora, Moblin, Kanotix... As the U syslinux is a SuSE
  modification i would suggest to use the OpenSuSE patches. OpenSuSE
  uses hybrid images since 11.2, so only U is lagging behind. Source:

  http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/src-
  oss/suse/src/syslinux-3.83-1.23.src.rpm

  Maybe the patches work with 3.84 too, which would be the current
  version. All that needs to be done is

  isohybrid image.iso

  after creating the iso image and then you can copy it 1:1 onto usb
  drives, also

  qemu -hda image.iso

  will show the menu as simple test for hybrid mode.

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