Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Mike Easter Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mageia Subject: Mageia .iso configuration Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:27:28 -0700 Lines: 113 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net Yc8x2Lv4yGN/mabP2swxjAMe0En43xLFj3OH6JgnOJKixVHX6B Cancel-Lock: sha1:R+wQnnwdnG1zfOBzikh4G/2njTs= sha256:h7MLj/RiM1PuNN0VJGR6l8cevRKqFXK0ZAkOaa/r5WI= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com alt.os.linux.mageia:28103 8.5 mo ago in a thread here, I commented on Rufus USB writer's preliminary analysis of the Mag .iso: From: Mike Easter Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mageia Subject: Re: Non-isodumper persistence Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 12:36:22 -0700 Message-ID: >> The image you have selected is an ISOHybrid, but its creators have >> not made it compatible with ISO/File copy mode. As a result, DD >> image writing mode will be enforced. and >> Note: DD image mode enforced since this ISOHybrid is not ISO mode compatible. Since then I have employed disktype to compare such as the LMDE .iso with the Mag .iso: $ disktype lmde-7-cinnamon-64bit.iso --- lmde-7-cinnamon-64bit.iso Regular file, size 2.758 GiB (2960867328 bytes) DOS/MBR partition map Partition 1: 2.757 GiB (2960834560 bytes, 5782880 sectors from 64, bootable) Type 0x00 (Empty) ISO9660 file system Volume name "LMDE 7 Cinnamon 64-bit" Publisher "LINUX MINT" Preparer "LIVE-BUILD 20230502; HTTPS://SALSA.DEBIAN.ORG/LIVE-TEAM/LIVE-BUILD" Application "LMDE LIVE" Data size 2.757 GiB (2960834560 bytes, 1445720 blocks of 2 KiB) Joliet extension, volume name "LMDE 7 Cinnamon" Partition 2: 5 MiB (5242880 bytes, 10240 sectors from 4660) Type 0xEF (EFI System (FAT)) FAT12 file system (hints score 4 of 5) Volume size 4.975 MiB (5216256 bytes, 2547 clusters of 2 KiB) GPT partition map, 208 entries Disk size 2.758 GiB (2960867328 bytes, 5782944 sectors) Disk GUID 32303235-3130-3047-B130-303632313333 Partition 1: 2.757 GiB (2960805888 bytes, 5782824 sectors from 64) Type Basic Data (GUID A2A0D0EB-E5B9-3344-87C0-68B6B72699C7) Partition Name "ISOHybrid" Partition GUID 32303235-3130-3047-B131-303632313333 ISO9660 file system Volume name "LMDE 7 Cinnamon 64-bit" Publisher "LINUX MINT" Preparer "LIVE-BUILD 20230502; HTTPS://SALSA.DEBIAN.ORG/LIVE-TEAM/LIVE-BUILD" Application "LMDE LIVE" Data size 2.757 GiB (2960834560 bytes, 1445720 blocks of 2 KiB) Joliet extension, volume name "LMDE 7 Cinnamon" Partition 2: 5 MiB (5242880 bytes, 10240 sectors from 4660) Type Basic Data (GUID A2A0D0EB-E5B9-3344-87C0-68B6B72699C7) Partition Name "ISOHybrid1" Partition GUID 32303235-3130-3047-B132-303632313333 FAT12 file system (hints score 4 of 5) Volume size 4.975 MiB (5216256 bytes, 2547 clusters of 2 KiB) Partition 3: unused ISO9660 file system Volume name "LMDE 7 Cinnamon 64-bit" Publisher "LINUX MINT" Preparer "LIVE-BUILD 20230502; HTTPS://SALSA.DEBIAN.ORG/LIVE-TEAM/LIVE-BUILD" Application "LMDE LIVE" Data size 2.758 GiB (2960867328 bytes, 1445736 blocks of 2 KiB) El Torito boot record, catalog at 1164 Bootable non-emulated image, starts at 3725, preloads 2 KiB Platform 0x00 (x86), System Type 0x00 (Empty) ISOLINUX boot loader Bootable non-emulated image, starts at 1165, preloads 5 MiB (5242880 bytes) Platform 0xEF (EFI), System Type 0x00 (Empty) FAT12 file system (hints score 4 of 5) Volume size 4.975 MiB (5216256 bytes, 2547 clusters of 2 KiB) Joliet extension, volume name "LMDE 7 Cinnamon" ========== $ disktype Mageia-9-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso --- Mageia-9-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso Regular file, size 3.774 GiB (4052418560 bytes) GRUB boot loader, unknown compat version 121 DOS/MBR partition map Partition 2: 4 MiB (4194304 bytes, 8192 sectors from 7906088) Type 0xEF (EFI System (FAT)) FAT12 file system (hints score 5 of 5) Volume size 3.977 MiB (4169728 bytes, 2036 clusters of 2 KiB) Volume name "MGAISO-ESP" ISO9660 file system Volume name "Mageia-9-Live-Plasma-x86_64" Publisher "MAGEIA.ORG" Preparer "DRAKISO" Application "GNU XORRISO 1.5.2" Data size 3.770 GiB (4047917056 bytes, 1976522 blocks of 2 KiB) El Torito boot record, catalog at 65 Bootable non-emulated image, starts at 66, preloads 2 KiB Platform 0x00 (x86), System Type 0x00 (Empty) Bootable non-emulated image, starts at 1976522, preloads 4 MiB (4194304 bytes) Platform 0xEF (EFI), System Type 0x00 (Empty) FAT12 file system (hints score 5 of 5) Volume size 3.977 MiB (4169728 bytes, 2036 clusters of 2 KiB) Volume name "MGAISO-ESP" Joliet extension, volume name "Mageia-9-Live-Pl" ========== The LMDE .iso is a conventional hybrid. The Mag .iso is NOT. -- Mike Easter