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Re: [LUG] Bootable CD's

 

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Michael Mortimore wrote:
> this page seems to indicate that the boot loader is a file on the fs
> so I'd expect you can just include the file in the new iso and tell
> mkisofs which file it is.
> http://www.nongnu.org/lpi-manuals/lpi-201/html/ch04s04.html
> 
> or you could try syslinux?
> http://syslinux.zytor.com/iso.php#how
> or palo
> http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/cgi-bin/cvslite/palo/README.html
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/7/06, Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Does anyone know of a way in which I can extract the bootable section of a
>> CD/DVD so that it can then be re-used for another bootable CD/DVD with
>> only a slight modification to the filesystem.. (pre-patched CD/DVD type
>> thing)

That tells me how to make a CD bootable (which I can do anyway) but not
how to extract the boot section of a currently bootable CD...

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Neil Stone

Systems Administrator
FlashTek UK

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