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Installing MeeGo on the HP mini 5102

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The EFI BIOS in some hardware like HP Mini 5102 doesn't support booting our MeeGo isohybrid images. Until the isohybrid/BIOS is fixed this is the workaround.
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The EFI BIOS in some hardware like HP Mini 5102 doesn't support booting our MeeGo isohybrid images. Until either isohybrid or the EFI BIOS is fixed there is a simple workaround that involves modifying the image with the isohyrbid tool.
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On the host machine,
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On any linux machine that has the isohybrid tool, execute:
'''$ isohybrid -offset 64 <image-name.img>'''
'''$ isohybrid -offset 64 <image-name.img>'''
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dd this image and then boot normally.
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This modifies the isohybrid image signature inside the image to a deeper offset and allows most EFI BIOSes to properly recognize the boot sectors as plain iso9660, and subsequently boot normally.

Revision as of 17:40, 21 September 2010

The EFI BIOS in some hardware like HP Mini 5102 doesn't support booting our MeeGo isohybrid images. Until either isohybrid or the EFI BIOS is fixed there is a simple workaround that involves modifying the image with the isohyrbid tool.

On any linux machine that has the isohybrid tool, execute:

$ isohybrid -offset 64 <image-name.img>

This modifies the isohybrid image signature inside the image to a deeper offset and allows most EFI BIOSes to properly recognize the boot sectors as plain iso9660, and subsequently boot normally.

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