Hi all, As I read man-page of mkisofs, I need to know this - from someone qualified.. Can I merge the boot.iso [which is SuSE 8.0's bootable CD] with some other files to produce a new and still bootable ISO and then write it to a CD? As this boot.iso is barely 16 MB, I feel I can store a lot more information in it, make this CD bootable and carry it home. Can it be done? [reading man page] -- Rohit +9122 5692 2101 D2,floor-3,Chandivali : SDE : TLSI : 9821394599@bplmobile.com The information below is compulsorily added for non-mahindrabt recepients. ********************************************************* Disclaimer This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************* Visit us at http://www.mahindrabt.com
On 2003.02.10 07:12 Rohit wrote:
Can I merge the boot.iso [which is SuSE 8.0's bootable CD] with some other files to produce a new and still bootable ISO and then write it to a CD?
You could mount it (loop), and then copy the files elsewhere, add the new files, and then create the new image. I'm not sure how to handle the bootable part, though. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
On Monday 10 February 2003 7:12 am, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2003.02.10 07:12 Rohit wrote:
Can I merge the boot.iso [which is SuSE 8.0's bootable CD] with some other files to produce a new and still bootable ISO and then write it to a CD?
You could mount it (loop), and then copy the files elsewhere, add the new files, and then create the new image. I'm not sure how to handle the bootable part, though.
Do a 'man mkisofs' for more information on making a bootable CD image. -Nick
The 03.02.10 at 15:25, Nick LeRoy wrote:
new files, and then create the new image. I'm not sure how to handle the bootable part, though.
Do a 'man mkisofs' for more information on making a bootable CD image.
I read that ages ago. Most man pages are not a guide on how to do things, just a list of options and syntax; and the mkisofs man page is one of those. I have to sadly reckon that I have only created a bootable CD, and it was in windows. I only had to create a boot floppy, tell nero to use it, and voilá! I'll have a look at what xcdroast has to offer, but I still do not know how to make a bootable CD, one as good as the SuSE rescue system, but customized to my likings. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
On Wednesday 12 February 2003 2:28 pm, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The 03.02.10 at 15:25, Nick LeRoy wrote:
new files, and then create the new image. I'm not sure how to handle the bootable part, though.
Do a 'man mkisofs' for more information on making a bootable CD image.
I read that ages ago. Most man pages are not a guide on how to do things, just a list of options and syntax; and the mkisofs man page is one of those.
I have to sadly reckon that I have only created a bootable CD, and it was in windows. I only had to create a boot floppy, tell nero to use it, and voilá! I'll have a look at what xcdroast has to offer, but I still do not know how to make a bootable CD, one as good as the SuSE rescue system, but customized to my likings.
-- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
Carlos...
From the CD-Writing HOWTO:
4.11 How to make bootable CD-ROMs? You must have an 1.44 MB bootable floppy-disk. Create an exact image of this floppy-disk by issuing the command dd if=/dev/fd0 of=boot.img bs=18k Place this floppy image into the directory holding the collection of your files (or into a subdirectory of it, just as you like). Tell mkisofs about this file with the option '-b' and also use '-c'. For details read the file README.eltorito in the mkisofs-distribution. An interesting application for a custom bootable CD is as a virus safe DOS- or Windows-system. It saves you the money for the hard disks (if you have a network and use samba to put the user-data on a file server). The German computer magazine c't has a article about this issue in the issue 11/99, page 206 ( http://www.heise.de/). Some details about the bootable RedHat CD-ROM is available from http://members.bellatlantic.net/~smithrod/rhjol-technical.html. -Nick
The 03.02.12 at 15:18, Nick LeRoy wrote: [making a bootable CD image.]
From the CD-Writing HOWTO:
4.11 How to make bootable CD-ROMs?
Ah! I forgot to look there O:-)
An interesting application for a custom bootable CD is as a virus safe DOS- or Windows-system.
Windows on CD? I thought it wasn't possible, it tries to write to the disk during boot.
It saves you the money for the hard disks (if you have a network and use samba to put the user-data on a file server). The German computer magazine c't has a article about this issue in the issue 11/99, page 206 ( http://www.heise.de/).
Pity... I don't know german, and perhaps I'm too old to learn new languages O:-)
Some details about the bootable RedHat CD-ROM is available from http://members.bellatlantic.net/~smithrod/rhjol-technical.html.
I'll have a look one day :-) I have a bootable CD of a mini-distro, I think it is named LinuxDemo. It even has KDE! The hardware detection part is based on SuSE. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:28:29 +0100 (CET)
"Carlos E. R."
I have to sadly reckon that I have only created a bootable CD, and it was in windows. I only had to create a boot floppy, tell nero to use it, and voilá! I'll have a look at what xcdroast has to offer, but I still do not know how to make a bootable CD, one as good as the SuSE rescue system, but customized to my likings.
I have been making customized bootable cd's with mkcdrec. http://mkcdrec.ota.be It is a bash script which allows you to make a bootable cd using isolinux. It puts your current kernel and modules in so it boots, your system just fine. Perfect for rescue cds. If you closely examine the Config.sh, there is a section where you can put different programs in the utilities directory, and link them to the ramdisk. I have used this to make a bootable cd with my whole perl5 libs on it, and mc. In the past, I have used it to make a usable system on cd, with dialout, lynx, pine, etc. The biggest problem is to link the so libs in to the system running in the ramdisk. You can set the ram disk size. If you want more ideas on it, email me off list. -- use Perl; #powerful programmable prestidigitation
The 03.02.12 at 18:39, zentara wrote:
I have been making customized bootable cd's with mkcdrec. http://mkcdrec.ota.be
That's looks interesting! I'll have a look :-)
If you want more ideas on it, email me off list.
Not so fast :-) -- but if you know of more documents, like howtos, on the subject, that would be nice :-) -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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