mkarchiso: implement "file system transposition" support for UEFI
- Feb 02, 2023
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nl6720 authored
There are claims that some UEFI allegedly natively support NTFS. Preload the required GRUB modules to support booting from NTFS on such systems. Additionally preload the exFAT and UEF modules, because, why not?
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nl6720 authored
Search for `/.disk/%UUID_SEARCH_FILENAME%.uuid` and pass the UUID of the volume it's on as `archisodevice`. mkarchiso will replace `%UUID_SEARCH_FILENAME%` with a hardcoded value generated using `SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` durring ISO build. This allows to prepare an UEFI bootable installation medium by simply copying the directory structure without having to touch `grub.cfg`. Relying on the volume UUID instead of its LABEL also avoids collisions of multiple ISOs created in the same month. Fixes #202
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nl6720 authored
Create a `/.disk/INSERT_UUID_HERE.uuid` file to implement something called "file system transposition". See https://www.mail-archive.com/grub-devel@gnu.org/msg34346.html for the proposal of it for grub-mkrescue. This will allow GRUB to search for the volume containing the file instead of hardcoding the ISO volume label or another file system or partition attribute in GRUB configuration. By only relying on the directory structure simplifies supporting medium preparation methods with manual partitioning such as https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/USB_flash_installation_medium#In_GNU/Linux_4
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