Mount -o loop filename /mnt
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Mon Nov 24 21:19:00 UTC 2008
Kamal Paryani wrote:
>> 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
>> Bug-free code is a myth.
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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
>
>
Yes the HP guys suggested Nlite but I do not have a good windows
computer to put it onto :-)
And further I give up. HP is going to send me a copy of Vista free
and that will end all this interesting but futile effort.
Karl
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