CDROM ISO

Linux ISO / CDROMs / DVD

ERASE CDRW

cdrecord blank=all

WRITE ISO

If your CDRW is on /dev/hdc :

cdrecord dev=ATAPI:/dev/hdc some-iso-file.iso

Bootable CDROM

* Install syslinux (package). * make a directory called bootcd * copy /usr/lib/syslinux/isolinux.bin to bootcd * copy desired kernel image from /boot to bootcd/linux. Example: * copy desired initrd.img from /boot to bootcd/initrd.img. Example: * edit bootcd/isolinux.cfg and place the following line * mkisofs -o bootcd.iso -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -J -hide-rr-moved -R bootcd/ * burn the image to CD.

Extract boot image from an iso

isoinfo -d -i mycd.iso CD-ROM is in ISO 9660 format System id: Win32 Volume id: BartPE Volume set id: Publisher id: Data preparer id: Application id: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR (C) 1993 E.YOUNGDALE (C) 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING Copyright File id: Abstract File id: Bibliographic File id: Volume set size is: 1 Volume set sequence number is: 1 Logical block size is: 2048 Volume size is: 94113 El Torito VD version 1 found, boot catalog is in sector 19 NO Joliet present NO Rock Ridge present Eltorito validation header: Hid 1 Arch 0 (x86) ID '' Key 55 AA Eltorito defaultboot header: Bootid 88 (bootable) Boot media 0 (No Emulation Boot) Load segment 0 Sys type 0 Nsect 4 Bootoff 53 83

    • extract cd boot image

dd if=../parkeon.iso of=boot.img bs=2048 count=4 skip=83

Burn back an iso with boot image

mkisofs -iso-level 4 -volid ""BartPE"" -A PEBUILDER/MKISOFS -sysid ""Win32"" -b boot.img -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -hide bootsect.bin -hide boot.catalog -o bartspe.iso io

-- PatrickNomblot - 07 Jan 2009