[WBEL-users] WhiteBox DVD iso!
David Mir
mir@soartech.com
Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:39:15 -0500
Yes the feature is there but from what I read they can not proper grab the
bootable image from isolinux (in fact I already tried this with latest ver of
nero....didn't work).
On Monday 22 November 2004 07:36 am, William Warren wrote:
> 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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