[ltp] Re: Bootable CD

[Frank Roberts - SOTL]

Thanks Richard

If can not make bootable CD but must make bootable images then it probabe=
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would be prudent to ask the real question.

I downloaded Mandrake 9.1rc2 and then proceded to copy it to disk by use =
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the previously mentiones command and by XCDRoast.

In short it will not boot the box to start installation; Md 9.0 which I h=
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as a commerical box set does.

Assumming that the download is perfect - it was done over a line that is=20
better than a T3 - does anyone have any thoughts on what is going wrong.

Thanks
Frank

On Wednesday 19 March 2003 18:53, Richard Neill wrote:
> You don't make a "bootable CD", you make a "bootable iso image"
> and then record that to cd.
>
> 'man mkisofs' will help.
>
> Sorry that's rather brief - I can't remember how to actually do it. Hop=
e
> it's slightly useful anyway.
>
> Richard

On Wednesday 19 March 2003 18:51, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> > One can copy a CD image from HD to CD by:
> > cdrecord -dev=3D0,2,0 -speed=3D12 -data <file name>.iso
> > for a data iso on my Thinkpad
> >
> > One can likewise make a bootable floppie by:
> > dd if=3D/dev/fd0 of=3Dboot.img bs=3D8192
> >
> > So, how soes one make a bootable CD?
> > cdrecord -dev=3D0,2,0 -speed=3D12 boot.img <file name>.iso
> >
> > I know well at least I think boot.img has to be in there somewhere.  =
So
> > how does one do this?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Frank