[Fedora-livecd-list] auto-biarch (x86_64 + i686) LiveUSBFlash [Re: auto-biarch (x86_64 + i686) LiveDVD patch + ISO]

Hi, followup on: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-livecd-list/2009-June/msg00018.html On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:53:58 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: updated it to use ifcpu64.c32, thanks for the notice. It is currently tested only with F-12 (updated) but it should work with any release. It can take Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso + Fedora-12-x86_64-Live.iso or it can build two such from hypothetical custom Fedora-12-LiveCD.ks. The previous version created biarch DVD. But one could not easily convert it to USBFlash as livecd-iso-to-disk expects a single directory on the CD/DVD. As CD/DVD are IMO no longer useful as bootable media this script converts: uni-arch x86_64 CD/DVD + uni-arch i686 CD/DVD -> bi-arch x86_64+i686 USBFlash Created it now just for my personal needs; there is missing: * Some proper integration with livecd tools. Either * livecd-creator should be able to create biarch CD/DVDs AND livecd-iso-to-disk should convert such biarch CD/DVDs into USBFlashes. or * livecd-iso-to-disk should create biarch USBFlash from two uniarch CD/DVDs. or * livecd-iso-to-disk should be able to update uniarch USBFlash with second uniarch CD/DVD creating biarch USBFlash (=reimplementing this script). * It does not have EFI. Unaware how to test it and when it is needed for x86*. * It is an ugly hack. Some people may think Fedora should stop producing i686. Unfortunately I still know about two boxes running 32bit only CPUs. (Running i686 on x86_64 box has no technical benefits; besides some easier compatibility with proprietary i686 binaries as I heard about.) Regards, Jan