diff --git a/mmdebstrap b/mmdebstrap
index c83ca2d..d8ee1ec 100755
--- a/mmdebstrap
+++ b/mmdebstrap
@@ -6817,12 +6817,14 @@ Create a bootable USB Stick that boots into a full Debian desktop:
     END
     # You can use $(sudo blockdev --getsize64 /dev/sdXXX) to get the right
     # image size for the target medium in bytes
-    $ guestfish -N debian-unstable.img=disk:8G -- part-disk /dev/sda mbr : \
-        part-set-bootable /dev/sda 1 true : mkfs ext2 /dev/sda1 : \
-        set-label /dev/sda1 rootfs : mount /dev/sda1 / : \
+    $ guestfish -N debian-unstable.img=disk:8G -- \
+        part-disk /dev/sda mbr : \
+        part-set-bootable /dev/sda 1 true : \
+        set-label /dev/sda1 rootfs : \
+        mkfs ext4 /dev/sda1 : mount /dev/sda1 / : \
         tar-in debian-unstable.tar / xattrs:true : \
-        upload /usr/lib/SYSLINUX/mbr.bin /mbr.bin : \
-        copy-file-to-device /mbr.bin /dev/sda size:440 : rm /mbr.bin : \
+        upload /usr/lib/EXTLINUX/mbr.bin /boot/mbr.bin : \
+        copy-file-to-device /boot/mbr.bin /dev/sda size:440 : \
         extlinux / : copy-in extlinux.conf / : sync : umount / : shutdown
     $ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G -enable-kvm debian-unstable.img
     $ sudo dd if=debian-unstable.img of=/dev/sdXXX status=progress
@@ -6857,10 +6859,11 @@ Use as replacement for autopkgtest-build-qemu and vmdb2:
     $ guestfish -N debian-unstable.img=disk:8G -- \
         part-disk /dev/sda mbr : \
         part-set-bootable /dev/sda 1 true : \
-        mkfs ext2 /dev/sda1 : mount /dev/sda1 / : \
+        mkfs ext4 /dev/sda1 : mount /dev/sda1 / : \
         tar-in debian-unstable.tar / xattrs:true : \
-        extlinux / : copy-in extlinux.conf / : \
-        sync : umount / : shutdown
+        upload /usr/lib/EXTLINUX/mbr.bin /boot/mbr.bin : \
+        copy-file-to-device /boot/mbr.bin /dev/sda size:440 : \
+        extlinux / : copy-in extlinux.conf / : sync : umount / : shutdown
     $ qemu-img convert -O qcow2 debian-unstable.img debian-unstable.qcow2
 
 As a debootstrap wrapper to run it without superuser privileges but using Linux