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Note to flaggers: ms-sys uses a stable/unstable versioning system like the old (pre-2.6) linux kernel. 2.5.x aren't in the stable series, this package won't get upgraded unless a 2.4.2 or 2.6.0 happen.

I get the below error when running makepkg -si. I've tried redownloading and using the Makefile from a manually downloaded ms-sys-2.4.1.

==> Entering fakeroot environment... ==> Starting package()... Makefile:97: *** target pattern contains no '%'. Stop. ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package(). Aborting...

Thanks chungy. I was able to make a bootable Win10 USB stick, according to your directions. Running ms-sys -n on the partition also was required, as you recommend. Other instructions don't have this step, and it won't boot ("This is not a bootable disk").

Running ms-sys -n on the partition can be done after the USB stick is created, if that step was missed.

Note to flaggers: ms-sys uses a stable/unstable versioning system like the old (pre-2.6) linux kernel. 2.5.x aren't in the stable series, this package won't get upgraded unless a 2.4.2 or 2.6.0 happen.

I've been able to successfully make bootable Windows 7 USB sticks with this package, but it is a little tricky. My method goes as such: 1. Partition the drive with MBR (not GPT!), making an NTFS partition with type 0x07 and the active flag set 2. Use mkfs.ntfs on the new partition 3. Run "ms-sys -n" on the partition, and "ms-sys -7" on the whole USB device itself 4. Copy all the files from the Windows 7 DVD/ISO to the NTFS partition; "cp -r" is sufficient...

@okabekudo Same here...ended up using rufus to create it. I actually thought something all of a sudden was wrong with my image(had only one).

I don't think this works any longer for creating bootable Windows 7 usb sticks on a fully updated system. I've tried for several hours now with different isos that all work when creating a bootable stick on windows. I know that I did nothing wrong in the process because I've done this many times. Formatting to ntfs setting bootflag creating mbr through ms-sys -7 copying the files of the iso to the stick. I even tried the devel version but no luck. It prompts "this is no bootable disk" every time on many different computers. Could someone try this to confirm it's broken?

> I don't know [...] why you're so eager to not use it. I haven't been convinced that it's necessary for this package. Examples like chromium, firefox, systemd, tor are far easier to see the need given their attack surfaces. > ? This has to be run as root. For certain uses. I've used it as non-root plenty of times (eg: virtual machine images :p)

I don't know how effective the hardening-wrapper is for this nor why you're so eager to not use it. > disk devices/partitions are normally off-limits to non-root users ? This has to be run as root. > PIE may become the default in gcc "soon" (nullifying the need for the wrapper). It's probably been "soon" for years now. Doesn't nullify the need until it has happened. > install the package beforehand and knock yourself out. Would require you remembering all packages which are written in C/++.

From both the wiki and IRC discussion, I glean: 1. Including the makedepends for hardening-wrapper is optional. 2. It is most useful for programs susceptible to security attacks. ms-sys is not SUID and disk devices/partitions are normally off-limits to non-root users. 3. PIE may become the default in gcc "soon" (nullifying the need for the wrapper). 4. If you want to build a hardened executable, install the package beforehand and knock yourself out. I understand that you are the previous maintainer, I thank your input, but at the moment, I don't believe there's a critical reason to include hardening-wrapper as a makedepends.