[NBLUG/talk] bootable cd from iso image

[Sean]

This is great information Andrew, thanks. I did want to point out an
easier method in Windows if you happened to have Nero installed
(specifically Nero Express). I'm afraid I don't have it on the system
I'm using now, so I'm going to have to be somewhat vague.

Copy the contents of the CD to a folder in Windows.
Open Nero Express and choose Make Bootable Disk (might be under the
Data Disk option)
Along the way it will ask for a floppy disk to copy the boot settings from.

You can also use a newer copy of Roxio (not sure which older versions
can do this) to create a Data Disc, and just click the Make Bootable
button at the top. It also will ask for a floppy to copy the settings
from.

The process is fairly automated and intuitive. If I'm reading what you
want to do correctly, this should work for you.

Good luck!

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On Dec 5, 2007 9:55 AM, Andrew <argonaut at gmx.co.uk> wrote:
> Glen Gunsalus wrote on Mon, 3 Dec 2007 21:19:06 -0800
> (GMT-08:00):
>
> > I have an iso image for which I don't have access to the file
> > system from which it was built.  I would like to make it
> > bootable.
> >
> > I have used it on machines with both floppy and cd drives -
> > just use a bootable floppy and then reference the cd for
> > system load.
>
> You'll need to re-master the CD, adding an image of the boot
> floppy to it. I believe you can do it this way:
>
> Before we begin, some assumptions:
> * You will be doing most of this on a Linux box that has plenty
>   of free space (more than twice the size of the data on the CD);
> * mkisofs is installed;
> * Data CDs get mounted at /media/cdrom0;
> * You have access to a machine (Linux or Windows) that has a
>   floppy drive.
>
> First, copy the contents of your existing CD to your hard drive.
> Place the CD in the drive, then run these commands in a terminal
> ("$" is the bash prompt):
> $ cd               (this takes you to your home directory)
> $ mkdir my_cd
> $ mount /media/cdrom0
> $ cp -R /media/cdrom0/* my_cd/
> $ umount /media/cdrom0
> Remove the CD and set it aside.
>
> Make a new directory called "boot_floppy". This is where you
> will put the image of the floppy disk that you've been using to
> boot the CD.
> $ mkdir my_cd/boot_floppy
>
> Now you'll need to make an image of that boot floppy. Go to a
> machine that has a floppy drive and insert the floppy disk.
>
> If the machine runs Linux, do this:
> $ dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/tmp/boot.img bs=10k count=144
> (You may need to do this as root if your regular user doesn't
> have permission to access the floppy device.) The image will be
> deposited in the /tmp/ directory.
>
> If the machine runs Windows, use a program called RawWrite for
> Windows. You can get it at http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite
> The "Read" tab will let you make an image of the floppy and save
> it to the hard drive. Give it a name of "boot.img".
>
> Remove the floppy disk from the drive. Set it aside. Copy or
> move (by any means at your disposal) the floppy image you just
> made into your my_cd/boot_floppy directory.
>
> And make a new .iso of your CD:
> $ mkisofs -r -b my_cd/boot_floppy/boot.img -c my_cd/boot_floppy/boot.catalog -o new_cd.iso my_cd/
>
> The new .iso will be called new_cd.iso, and will be in your home
> directory. Just burn it to a CD-ROM, cross your fingers and try
> to boot from it.
>
> I got a lot of information from
> http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/CD-roms.html .  Credit goes
> to that page's author. I recommend you read it. There is a
> caveat about initial ramdisks.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> A.
>
>
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