[WBEL-users] WhiteBox DVD iso!
William Warren
hescominsoon@emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com
Mon, 22 Nov 2004 07:36:26 -0500
actually you CAN make a bootable dvd with nero 5.5.10.35 and up.
I am sure roxio 6 can too.
Mir wrote:
> NP,
>
> First let me say I have been looking for a FTP site to upload, if I find one
> I will post the address.
>
> Well I basically followed this link:
>
> http://www.linuxcompatible.org/story14425.html
>
> Here is my ?condensed?/laymans version:
>
> I did this in Windows XP PRO (sans SP2 of course ;-), don't ask why, ok I'll
> tell ya!, I haven't installed linux yet on my new machine because it is
> Intel SATA RAID 0 and I don't have the time but the procedure should not be
> much, if at all, different on Linux:
>
> 1) Make a Dir for work being done (I called mine C:/Temp/WBDVD_work/)
>
> 2) Dump entire contents of 3 CDs in sub-directories eg.
> C:/Temp/WBDVD_work/WBDisc1, C:/Temp/WBDVD_work/WBDisc2,
> C:/Temp/WBDVD_work/WBDisc3
>
> 3) Next make your DVD iso Dir C:/Temp/WBDVD_work/WBDVDDisc
>
> 4) Here is where it gets slightly complicated (though not really but maybe I
> my explanation might confuse some). COPY (not move) the isolinux directory
> from the first cd to the working dir >xcopy /F /H /E
> C:/Temp/WBDVD_work/WBDisc1/isolinux/ C:/Temp/WBDVD_work/isolinux you'll
> need it for creating the bootable part of the DVD.
>
> 5) That wasn't that bad was it? Ok now copy all CONTENT (not the dirs
> themselves) from all 3 discs into DVDiso dir (you could move instead if you
> are running out space!) and let it overwrite. IE. xcopy /F /H /E
> C:/Temp/WBDVD_work/WBDisc1/* C:/Temp/WBDVD_work/WBDVDDisc/ Repeat for all 3
> discs. **(don't quote me on these command lines I just used the GUI :-P)
>
> 6) Now edit (yes I use the edit command in windows!!) .discinfo in your DVD
> iso dir to include all three disc:
>
> Orig .discinfo
>
> 1087246080.55
> White Box Enterprise Linux 3.0 Respin 1
> i386
> 1
> RedHat/base
> RedHat/RPMS
> RedHat/pixmaps
>
> Fourth line indicates which disc it is but you can add multiple discs by
> comma separation! Your new .discinfo will look like:
>
> 1087246080.55
> White Box Enterprise Linux 3.0 Respin 1
> i386
> 1,2,3
> RedHat/base
> RedHat/RPMS
> RedHat/pixmaps
>
> 7) Almost done, now from what I could find on the web you CAN NOT make a
> bootable copy from most popular windows burning software, nero etc. they
> said use mkisofs, luckily a windows port has been around for a while (just
> google it!). I copied over mkisofs.exe and cygwin1.dll to my work dir
> C:/Temp/WBDVD_work/ .
>
> 8) Next use this command to make ISO image (remember this is ONE command):
> mkisofs.exe -o Whatever-You-Want-Here-dvd.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c
> isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -m
> TRANS.TBL WBDVDDisc/
>
> 9) That’s it! You should have an ISO image that is about 1.7GB in size and
> bootable. Now you can burn with any burning software with iso support.
>
>
> ***Usual Warranties, Dangers, Exceptions, "I told you so"s apply. Your
> mileage may vary.**
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: whitebox-users-admin@beau.org [mailto:whitebox-users-admin@beau.org]
> On Behalf Of hawk82
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 1:36 PM
> To: whitebox-users@beau.org
> Subject: Re: [WBEL-users] WhiteBox DVD iso!
>
> How about a short writeup on how you did this so others can replicate it.
>
> Josh
>
>
> On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:37:34 -0500, Mir <mir@soartech.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure whether anyone has done this or not but I have
>>created a Bootable White Box Respin 1 DVD that contains all 3 discs of the
>>latest release White Box CDs. I have tested on several workstations and
>>just finished installing on a Laptop (Dell D600). Everything seems to
>
> work
>
>>fine, on one of the installs I chose "everything" and it installed fine.
>>Never asks for CDs! J Only thing I have not done is create the md5sum for
>>the install media verification. Unfortunately I don't really have access
>
> to
>
>>a fast connection (well my cable modem but its upload stinks!). Well if
>>anyone has a fast connection and wishes to post it please let me know, I'm
>>open to other distribution methods (bit-torrent, etc.).
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>D Mir.
>>
>>mir@_Remove_Me_soartech.com
>
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