Re: [Dorset] Writing a Boot sector to a CD
On 09 December 2010 at 07:47 "d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk" wrote: > There is only one problem. I can stick a CD in the hole and open it using any > decent burning program, such as k3b or Brasero on Linux or Nero or Roxio on > Winblows. I can then add my files and burn a new image. What I don't know is > how to copy the boot sector of the original image. If I copy the CD in its > entirety, that comes as part of the deal. If I build a new image as described > above, all I get is a data CD. We now have a method of doing this using TKZip in Windows (or some other similar tool in Linux) to unpick the files from the compressed parts of the ISO and mkisofs (under cygwin in Windows) to create the new ISO once the additional files have been added. Terry Coles -- Next meeting: The Broadway, Bournemouth, Tuesday 2010-12-14 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
[Dorset] Writing a Boot sector to a CD
Hi, Things have moved on with the discovery that unlike other bigger Live CDs, Tiny Core unmounts the CD after booting. This means that all we have to do is to write our additional files to the disc alongside the normal files produced by the TinyCore tools. We can then mount the disc again from the running system and read off all our files. There is only one problem. I can stick a CD in the hole and open it using any decent burning program, such as k3b or Brasero on Linux or Nero or Roxio on Winblows. I can then add my files and burn a new image. What I don't know is how to copy the boot sector of the original image. If I copy the CD in its entirety, that comes as part of the deal. If I build a new image as described above, all I get is a data CD. Does anyone know how this is done? Terry Coles -- Next meeting: The Broadway, Bournemouth, Tuesday 2010-12-14 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
