I attach the script I got from a friend for converting the five downloadable CD ISO images to a single DVD ISO image. Run it on a partition with at least 4 GB free space. For me, the final md5sum was: 622c7592a940dd1faa34843eb81144b5 SuSE_9.3.iso [No warranty, no responsibility for anything this script does to your computer! ;)] -- Shriramana Sharma http://samvit.org (o- Penguin #395953 //\ running on ancient Indian wisdom V_/_ and modern computing efficiency #!/bin/bash # Uncomment this section if you have physical cds and want to convert them to # ISOs first. You need to have the ISOs, named as in this script, for this # script to work predictably. #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #echo Please insert disk 1 of 5 and hit any key to continue. #read key #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD1.iso #echo Please insert disk 2 of 5 and hit any key to continue. #read key #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD2.iso #echo Please insert disk 3 of 5 and hit any key to continue. #read key #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD3.iso #echo Please insert disk 4 of 5 and hit any key to continue. #read key #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD4.iso #echo Please insert disk 5 of 5 and hit any key to continue. #read key #dd if=/dev/cdrom of=SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD5.iso #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #Mount the CDs in loopback mode: mkdir CD1 CD2 CD3 CD4 CD5 mount SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD1.iso CD1 -o loop mount SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD2.iso CD2 -o loop mount SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD3.iso CD3 -o loop mount SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD4.iso CD4 -o loop mount SUSE-9.3-Prof-i386-CD5.iso CD5 -o loop # Create a basic structure to overwrite files we need to modify for the CD (the checksums and boot files). cp -a CD1/boot . mkdir i586 i686 noarch # Create the NEW MD5SUMS as one file in order to allow SuSE to validate (thus install) all of the files from every CD and not just CD #1 # For the i586 directory: cat CD1/suse/i586/MD5SUMS CD2/suse/i586/MD5SUMS CD3/suse/i586/MD5SUMS CD4/suse/i586/MD5SUMS CD5/suse/i586/MD5SUMS > i586/MD5SUMS # For the i686 directory: cat CD1/suse/i686/MD5SUMS CD2/suse/i686/MD5SUMS > i686/MD5SUMS # For the noarch directory: cat CD1/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS CD2/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS CD3/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS CD4/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS CD5/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS > noarch/MD5SUMS # Now, create the ISO: mkisofs -o SuSE_9.3.iso -b boot/loader/isolinux.bin -c boot/loader/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -l -P SuSE -r -T -V SuSE_9.3 -x CD1/boot -x CD1/suse/i586/MD5SUMS -x CD1/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS -x CD1/suse/i686/MD5SUMS -x CD2/suse/i686/MD5SUMS -x CD2/suse/i586/MD5SUMS -x CD2/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS -x CD3/suse/i586/MD5SUMS -x CD3/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS -x CD4/suse/i586/MD5SUMS -x CD4/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS -x CD5/suse/i586/MD5SUMS -x CD5/suse/noarch/MD5SUMS -graft-points CD1 boot/=boot suse/i586/MD5SUMS=i586/MD5SUMS suse/noarch/MD5SUMS=noarch/MD5SUMS suse/i686/MD5SUMS=i686/MD5SUMS suse/=CD2/suse suse/=CD3/suse suse/=CD4/suse suse/=CD5/suse media.2/=CD2/media.2 media.3/=CD3/media.3 media.4/=CD4/media.4 media.5/=CD5/media.5 # Now just burn the ISO to a DVD (hint: use 'growisofs' or your favorite GUI-frontend to 'growisofs'). Optionally, you can mount this ISO like you did #above to verify it will work correctly, or if you don't want to actually burn it. Just call: #mkdir DVD #mount SuSE_9.3.iso DVD -o loop # Enjoy!