sudodus@bionic64 /media/multimed-2/test/ubuntu $ sudo gdisk groovy-desktop-amd64_2020-10-08.iso [sudo] lösenord för sudodus: GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.3 Partition table scan: MBR: MBR only BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: not present *************************************************************** Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format in memory. THIS OPERATION IS POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE! Exit by typing 'q' if you don't want to convert your MBR partitions to GPT format! *************************************************************** Exact type match not found for type code CD00; assigning type code for 'Linux filesystem' Command (? for help): q sudodus@bionic64 /media/multimed-2/test/ubuntu $ sudo gdisk groovy-desktop-amd64_2020-10-08_fixed-by-xorriso.iso GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.3 Partition table scan: MBR: protective BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: present Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. Command (? for help): q sudodus@bionic64 /media/multimed-2/test/ubuntu $ sudo gdisk groovy-desktop-amd64.iso GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.3 Partition table scan: MBR: protective BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: present Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT. Command (? for help): q sudodus@bionic64 /media/multimed-2/test/ubuntu $ ls -l groovy-desktop-amd64_2020-10-08.iso groovy-desktop-amd64_2020-10-08_fixed-by-xorriso.iso groovy-desktop-amd64.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 sudodus sudodus 2931490816 okt 9 11:36 groovy-desktop-amd64_2020-10-08_fixed-by-xorriso.iso -rw------- 1 sudodus sudodus 2931951616 okt 8 13:02 groovy-desktop-amd64_2020-10-08.iso -rw------- 1 sudodus sudodus 2936969216 okt 9 21:15 groovy-desktop-amd64.iso sudodus@bionic64 /media/multimed-2/test/ubuntu $ md5sum groovy-desktop-amd64_2020-10-08.iso groovy-desktop-amd64_2020-10-08_fixed-by-xorriso.iso groovy-desktop-amd64.iso 0ca0a6242caffcb7c67497fc659f2b8c groovy-desktop-amd64_2020-10-08.iso d585d0bffe1161302c000b058482a53a groovy-desktop-amd64_2020-10-08_fixed-by-xorriso.iso 00cbcce8855c00dd2231077e3a01aebc groovy-desktop-amd64.iso sudodus@bionic64 /media/multimed-2/test/ubuntu $ sudo kpartx -av groovy-desktop-amd64.iso add map loop0p1 (253:0): 0 5725588 linear 7:0 64 add map loop0p2 (253:1): 0 9952 linear 7:0 5725652 add map loop0p3 (253:2): 0 600 linear 7:0 5735604 sudodus@bionic64 /media/multimed-2/test/ubuntu $ lsblk -fm /dev/loop0 NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT SIZE OWNER GROUP MODE loop0 iso9660 Ubuntu 20.10 amd64 2020-10-09-21-15-31-00 2,8G root disk brw-rw---- ├─loop0p1 iso9660 Ubuntu 20.10 amd64 2020-10-09-21-15-31-00 2,7G root disk brw-rw---- ├─loop0p2 vfat ESP 6508-0C9E 4,9M root disk brw-rw---- └─loop0p3 300K root disk brw-rw---- sudodus@bionic64 /media/multimed-2/test/ubuntu $ sudo kpartx -d groovy-desktop-amd64.iso loop deleted : /dev/loop0 After booting, there is a 'writable' partition. sudodus@bionic64 /media/multimed-2/test/ubuntu $ lsblk -fm /dev/sdc NAME FSTYPE LABEL UUID MOUNTPOINT SIZE OWNER GROUP MODE sdc iso9660 Ubuntu 20.10 amd64 2020-10-09-21-15-31-00 29,1G root disk brw-rw---- ├─sdc1 iso9660 Ubuntu 20.10 amd64 2020-10-09-21-15-31-00 2,7G root disk brw-rw---- ├─sdc2 vfat ESP 6508-0C9E 4,9M root disk brw-rw---- ├─sdc3 iso9660 Ubuntu 20.10 amd64 2020-10-09-21-15-31-00 300K root disk brw-rw---- └─sdc4 ext4 writable 8b73f753-eb94-40ec-8995-f57c64933d3f 26,3G root disk brw-rw---- Let us hope, that it is not only a happy coincidence, but that squashing bug #1886148 did also squash bug #1895329, but now there is another 3rd partition, and we should look for a 4th partition.