how do i create a bootable image using mkisofs

[Tomoki Taniguchi]

yeah i first tried "dd"  which works great for making an exact replica
of the recovery disc.
but since the hardware check is called from the automain.bat script
located on the cd.  I want to make a copy with an edited automain.bat
which disable the HW check.

I don't think this is possible using "dd"




On 5/4/07, Ghodmode <ghodmode at ghodmode.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/5/07, Tomoki Taniguchi <tomoki.taniguchi at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I created an ISO image file using mkisofs
> > mkisofs -o recovery-dvd.iso /edited-cd-file-dir
> >
> > i mounted this under vmware player.
> > but the image file doesn't seem to be a bootable image.
> >
> > the root dir of the cd contains two files i feel
> > are some how related to the issue
> >
> > BOOTCTG.BIN: data
> > BOOTIMG.BIN: DOS floppy 1440k, x86 hard disk boot sector
> >
> > what options do i need to include in the mkisofs command to
> > to make the image file bootable?
> >
>
> Hi Tomoki,
>     Since you want to make an image of your entire disk, including the boot
> sector, I think you're better off with the "dd" command that the others sent
> to you.  The difference is that the mkisofs command makes an image from the
> files contained on the CD and the dd command makes an image of the device.
> I don't know all of the details of how this works, but the part that makes a
> CD bootable doesn't show up as a file.  I think that dd will get the
> bootable stuff as well as the files.
>
>     mkisofs does have a way to make a bootable image, but I don't think it
> would be the same bootable image that the CD currently has.  You can play
> with it if you want to, then post your results here :)  The details are in
> the man page.  Just search for the word boot.
>
> -- Vince
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