Need help making bootable CD-R

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Author: Gontran
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Subject: Need help making bootable CD-R
* Carl Parrish () wrote:
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> First you have to make the directory into a .iso file this is easy just
>
> mkisofs -r -o <target file>.iso <source directory>


If you want that bootable, you might consider including a boot image.

<ahem>

A reading from the book of mkisofs(8) according to Joerg Schilling.

-b eltorito_boot_image
Specifies the path and filename of the boot image to be used
when making an "El Torito" bootable CD. The path- name must be
relative to the source path specified to mkisofs. This option
is required to make an "El Torito" bootable CD. The boot image
must be exactly the size of either a 1.2, 1.44, or a
2.88 meg floppy, and mkisofs will use this size when creating
the output iso9660 filesystem. ...

Praise be to our lord Joerg Schilling.


Gontran