Fwd: New Keeper Linux Bootable CDROM

Gontran Zepeda plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Wed, 24 Apr 2002 08:06:42 -0700


* George Toft (george@georgetoft.com) wrote:
> OK you gurus, here's a question:  How do I take a bootable CD like this, and
> make changes to it, then rewrite it back to a CD?
>
> I'm thinking I would dd the cd to an iso image, mount the iso image, make 
> changes, then burn the modified iso.  Am I on track here?  When I mount the 
> iso image, is it writable?

IANAG.  But I do believe that you would need to cp -r from your mount
point to a _writable_ directory (eg not iso9660 fs :), do your mods, then
use mkisofs to redo the thing.  Don't forget to include the el torito
options for your boot image.  cdrecord *.iso and vwallah.

Gontran