linuxmint / linuxmint/mintstick
Detect non-hybrid ISOs?
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Description
Could mintstick detect non-hybrid ISO images and issue an error (or at least a warning) that the resulting stick might not be bootable?
I don't expect there is a desire for mintstick to become Rufus or WoeUSB-ng, so writing ISO files that need to be manipulated to make them work is likely to remain out of scope. But that means the program is really going to work for hybrid images only. Something with a partition table, essentially. And it's easy enough to determine if there is one present or not to tell the user that they need something else, rather than perform the operation and fail silently.
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Research direction
No file or test is named in the issue. Start by locating the ISO-writing entry point and any existing image validation, then determine how partition-table presence is checked. Done means non-hybrid images are identified before writing and the user receives an error or warning, while hybrid images continue to work.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100