On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 01:43:45PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya jon/hohn > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Jon Dowland wrote: > > > You cannot determine by examining the file structure whether or not a > > CD is bootable. > > usually bootable cd's will have an extra directory > /syslinux or something > > you can mount the cdrom to see what it has > > > called (I think) el torito and is described in technical detail here: > > http://www.phoenix.com/resources/specs-cdrom.pdf > > that'd be the floppy image way > and another way to make a bootable cdrom is the syslinux way > > best way to make a bootable cd .. > mount a bootable cd and erase what you dont want > and add what you do want >
I would be glad to know how to do this since iso9660 file systems are read only (couldn't find how to mount it r/w and was told it was impossible, even if the image is on hard disk and not a cd) > c ya > alvin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
