hardcoded 'partfile_alt_format'

[farhan-ct]

Discussed in #1000

^{Originally posted by farhan-ct March 5, 2024}
Hi,

I observed that the option 'partfile_alt_format' is hardcoded as false, which results in not considering fixed chunks made using gnu split. Is there any specific reason why this was done?

@copy

[copy]

It was a prototype that was never used. The current format has the advantage that you can't get the chunk size wrong (you'd get 404s).

Feel free to send a PR to expose the alternative format, if you really want to use it.

[farhan-ct]

This is what I am using currently, same as mentioned in main.js demo page

1. I edited the built libv86.js file and hardcoded partfile_alt_format to true.
2. I split my image using split -b 1M -a8 -d --additional-suffix .img <image-name>.img <some-prefix>-

  hda: {
    url: <.img url>,
    size,
    async: true,
    fixed_chunk_size: 1024 * 1024,
    use_parts: true,
  }

and it's working great.

I am closing this issue for now, thank you!