Re: appending partition results in zero bytes written

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

Cameron Seader wrote:
> I am trying the following command with media status blank
> xorriso -indev
> SLE-Micro.x86_64-5.4.0-Default-SelfInstall-GM.install.iso3 -outdev -
> -append_partition 3 Linux ignition-micro.img -boot_image any replay

The problem seems to be due to the fact that -append_partition does not
set the internal flag for pending changes. So xorriso silently decides
not to write the new session.

It works for me if i add this command to the xorriso run

  -changes_pending yes

The sequence of -append_partition and -boot_image "any" "replay" in your
xorriso run might become problematic in future, because the idea of
"replay" is to override all previously made boot-related settings.
Currently -append_partition is not among these settings, but in some way
it would make sense to revoke all previously made -append_partition
at the beginning of "replay".

So i would advise to do -append_partition after "replay". I.e.:

   -boot_image any replay -append_partition 3 Linux ignition-micro.img

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I will have to examine why the flag is not set, why xorriso is so silent
when refusing to write, and whether the refusal is appropriate in the
-indev -outdev use case. (It makes much sense with -dev, which would cause
a new directory tree to be appended with not changes towards the old one.)

Further i will have to ponder whether "replay" should revoke
-append_partition. Your example shows that this might break working
scripts which use xorriso. So it would have to be introduced with much
caution, if ever.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas