feat: add support for MBR images
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Current evaluation
MBR image support was merged via canonical/imagecraft#338, commit 47fd939, including GRUB installation for MBR images on x86 systems.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #338 was approved and merged into the main project as commit 47fd939, adding MBR image support and GRUB installation for x86 systems.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
This includes installing grub on MBR images on x86 systems. This is the
only MBR system for which grub has a target — everything else is efi,
u-boot, or coreboot.
IMAGECRAFT-137
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- [x] I've successfully run `make lint && make test`.
- [ ] I've added or updated any relevant documentation.
- [ ] In documents I changed, I [added a meta description](https://canonical-starflow.readthedocs-hosted.com/how-to/add-a-page-meta-description/) if one was missing.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | MBR image support was merged via canonical/imagecraft#338, commit 47fd939, including GRUB installation for MBR images on x86 systems. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged MBR image support in #338 (47fd939), including GRUB installation for MBR images on x86, the only MBR platform supported by GRUB. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #338 (commit 47fd939), adding MBR image support on x86 systems by installing GRUB, the only MBR platform with a GRUB target. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged implementation adding MBR image support for x86 systems via GRUB installation. Approved by two reviewers and passed CI checks following resolution of initial lint and copilot failures. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged to add MBR image support by installing GRUB on x86 systems. Resolves IMAGECRAFT-137. No additional comments or documentation updates were required. |
Update history
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #310 Support creating MBR images | imagecraft | closed | MBR image support delivered: PR #329 (commit 805f640) added mbr/hybrid mbr,gpt volume schemas, PR #338 (47fd939) implemented actual MBR layout plus BIOS/GRUB boot support; closed by maintainer steinbro ("Done via #329"). |