Mount -o loop filename /mnt

[Kamal Paryani]

> Here's step-by-step directions I put together based on this Google
> search.
>
> http://www.google.ca/search?q=genisoimage+make+bootable+WinXP+ISO
>oel Goguen
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> First, here is how to extract the boot image you'll need to pass to
> genisoimage:
>
> - Run 'isoinfo -d -i /path/to/win_xp.iso'.  This will output some
> information, you want to look for the line beginning with 'Bootoff'.
> Write down the second number from that line.
>
> - Extract the boot image: dd if=/path/to/win_xp.iso of=boot.img bs=2048
> count=1 skip=<number from previous step>
>
> This gives you boot.img, which you pass to genisoimage to create an El
> Torito bootable image.  This command should give you a g

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Joel Goguen <jtgoguen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 08:37 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Joel Goguen wrote:
>> > On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 05:34 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>> >
>> >> Joel Goguen wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 18:32 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Joel Goguen wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 17:58 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>     What I want to do is change the ownership to me and make all the
>> >>>>>> files rwx for my purposes. But the read only has it all locked up. How
>> >>>>>> do you turn that off? Even root cannot :-)
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> AFAIK, ISO files are read-only file systems.  You would need to copy all
>> >>>>> the files off the ISO, modify what you want, then re-create the ISO
>> >>>>> image.  Look at 'man genisoimage' for details on doing that.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>     Thank you and genisoimage is a HUGE software. It will take a few
>> >>>> hours to learn what it can do. It looks like it can add some files to a
>> >>>> .iso file. That is what I am trying to do. I tried mkisofs -r -o but it
>> >>>> didn't work at all.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Karl
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>> For what you seem to need to do with it, it's actually quite simple.
>> >>> Put all the files you want on the ISO image into a single folder, then
>> >>> run 'genisoimage -o myimage.iso /path/to/folder/' and you'll have
>> >>> 'myimage.iso' that contains all the files in the folder.  Now, how to
>> >>> change the ISO9660 conformance level to not truncate filenames and such
>> >>> is up to you to find in the man page...which is actually quite easy to
>> >>> find :)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>     Really what is going on is I have a cd-rom of WindowsXP Professional
>> >> with SP2 and I want to put it on my cheap laptop from Compaq which came
>> >> with Windows Vista which is Windows Melinium in character. It is so
>> >> terrible I deleted it.
>> >>
>> >>     Well now HP has told me the SATA hard drive has been giggered so you
>> >> can't load anything but Vista. I told them I loaded Ubuntu Intrepid with
>> >> no problems at all from the SATA hard drive.
>> >>
>> >>     Then they let me d/l some strange software from the HP web page and
>> >> I need to "remaster" the WinXP cd-rom with these drivers within. So I
>> >> got the .iso easy with the gui Copy a disk. You then tell it to copy to
>> >> a file and it does a fine job.
>> >>
>> >>     The mount -o loop was found on Google and it works of course. But it
>> >> has a problem(s) that prompted my message. The first is you can't add
>> >> any files to the .iso because it complains. I can't find any way to make
>> >> it a bit bigger. I think the added drivers are about 150 mb.
>> >>
>> >>     What you say about getting the format right for the new cd-rom is a
>> >> problem I do not know a thing about.
>> >>
>> >> Karl
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> > I don't know what ISO level Windows XP CD uses, but try level 4 to
>> > start.  All you need to do is:
>> >
>> > - Copy all files from the WinXP ISO to a folder on your computer
>> > - Add the files you need to this folder
>> > - Run genisoimage to create the new ISO image
>> > - Burn the new ISO to disc
>> >
>> >
>>     I did make a cd-rom and it fails to boot. It looks perfect on Linux
>> but it ain't good for windows. I did not use anything like a 4 and have
>> no idea what that is.
>>
>> I used the simplest method on the man page and that it appears is too
>> simple. Another drink coaster :-)
>>
>>     Please send the whole context of a call so my pee brain can do it.
>>
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
> It seems that the Windows XP CD doesn't come with an obvious boot image.
> The simplest method in the man page wouldn't have used it anyway though,
> you need to tell genisoimage to make a bootable image.
>ood image:
>
> genisoimage -b /path/to/boot/img -no-emul-boot -c boot.cat
> -max-iso9660-filenames -relaxed-filenames /path/to/win_xp/folder/
>
> --
> J
>

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Joel Goguen <jtgoguen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 08:37 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Joel Goguen wrote:
>> > On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 05:34 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>> >
>> >> Joel Goguen wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 18:32 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> Joel Goguen wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 17:58 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>     What I want to do is change the ownership to me and make all the
>> >>>>>> files rwx for my purposes. But the read only has it all locked up. How
>> >>>>>> do you turn that off? Even root cannot :-)
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> AFAIK, ISO files are read-only file systems.  You would need to copy all
>> >>>>> the files off the ISO, modify what you want, then re-create the ISO
>> >>>>> image.  Look at 'man genisoimage' for details on doing that.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>     Thank you and genisoimage is a HUGE software. It will take a few
>> >>>> hours to learn what it can do. It looks like it can add some files to a
>> >>>> .iso file. That is what I am trying to do. I tried mkisofs -r -o but it
>> >>>> didn't work at all.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Karl
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>> For what you seem to need to do with it, it's actually quite simple.
>> >>> Put all the files you want on the ISO image into a single folder, then
>> >>> run 'genisoimage -o myimage.iso /path/to/folder/' and you'll have
>> >>> 'myimage.iso' that contains all the files in the folder.  Now, how to
>> >>> change the ISO9660 conformance level to not truncate filenames and such
>> >>> is up to you to find in the man page...which is actually quite easy to
>> >>> find :)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>     Really what is going on is I have a cd-rom of WindowsXP Professional
>> >> with SP2 and I want to put it on my cheap laptop from Compaq which came
>> >> with Windows Vista which is Windows Melinium in character. It is so
>> >> terrible I deleted it.
>> >>
>> >>     Well now HP has told me the SATA hard drive has been giggered so you
>> >> can't load anything but Vista. I told them I loaded Ubuntu Intrepid with
>> >> no problems at all from the SATA hard drive.
>> >>
>> >>     Then they let me d/l some strange software from the HP web page and
>> >> I need to "remaster" the WinXP cd-rom with these drivers within. So I
>> >> got the .iso easy with the gui Copy a disk. You then tell it to copy to
>> >> a file and it does a fine job.
>> >>
>> >>     The mount -o loop was found on Google and it works of course. But it
>> >> has a problem(s) that prompted my message. The first is you can't add
>> >> any files to the .iso because it complains. I can't find any way to make
>> >> it a bit bigger. I think the added drivers are about 150 mb.
>> >>
>> >>     What you say about getting the format right for the new cd-rom is a
>> >> problem I do not know a thing about.
>> >>
>> >> Karl
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> > I don't know what ISO level Windows XP CD uses, but try level 4 to
>> > start.  All you need to do is:
>> >
>> > - Copy all files from the WinXP ISO to a folder on your computer
>> > - Add the files you need to this folder
>> > - Run genisoimage to create the new ISO image
>> > - Burn the new ISO to disc
>> >
>> >
>>     I did make a cd-rom and it fails to boot. It looks perfect on Linux
>> but it ain't good for windows. I did not use anything like a 4 and have
>> no idea what that is.
>>
>> I used the simplest method on the man page and that it appears is too
>> simple. Another drink coaster :-)
>>
>>     Please send the whole context of a call so my pee brain can do it.
>>
>>
>> Karl
>>
>>
> It seems that the Windows XP CD doesn't come with an obvious boot image.
> The simplest method in the man page wouldn't have used it anyway though,
> you need to tell genisoimage to make a bootable image.
>

you can use the software from www.nliteos.com to integrate sata
drivers into your
xp cd