Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo

2008-05-09 Thread Joerg Schilling
Crayon Shin Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 09 May 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > 1) Is there a way for me to read the bootable ISO image into a > > directory on my machine > > 2) Edit the files > > 3) Make a new ISO image from the directory (mkisofs?) > > > >This seems 'relatively

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo

2008-05-09 Thread Crayon Shin Chan
On Friday 09 May 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: > 1) Is there a way for me to read the bootable ISO image into a > directory on my machine > 2) Edit the files > 3) Make a new ISO image from the directory (mkisofs?) > >This seems 'relatively' straight forward. I haven't built it yet > but I found iso

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo

2008-05-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >$ isoinfo -d -i os200805.iso Great stuff. Thanks. OK, using your command but changing it to the drive itself I got this: ~ # isoinfo -d dev=/dev/hdb CD-ROM is in ISO 9660 format System id: LINUX Volume id: Free

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo

2008-05-08 Thread Joerg Schilling
>It's a boot (floppy image) that's not part of the ISO filesystem per se. >A quick 'Net search shows you might be able to do this following >http://kiss.molteni.net/ >I tried that on an Open Solaris ISO and got: >$ isoinfo -d -i os200805.iso >CD-ROM is in ISO 9660 format >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo

2008-05-08 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 12:24 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Well if it's El Torito you just point mkisofs to the boot image. But > > since you say it's a DOS CD, who knows. > > > > -a > > Can you clarify what you mea

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo

2008-05-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 09:52 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: >> Hey. I like old fashioned. >> >> How does that handle the 'bootable' part of the CD? I presume there is >> the equivalent of an MBR on a CD so the PC can get started

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo

2008-05-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 09:52 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: >> Hey. I like old fashioned. >> >> How does that handle the 'bootable' part of the CD? I presume there is >> the equivalent of an MBR on a CD so the PC can get started

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo

2008-05-08 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 09:52 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hey. I like old fashioned. > > How does that handle the 'bootable' part of the CD? I presume there is > the equivalent of an MBR on a CD so the PC can get started. Is that > visible copying the root of the drive? (I'm at a Windows box as I >

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo

2008-05-08 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Albert Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 09:28 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: >> Hi, >>This is somewhat off topic. Ignore if it's of no interest. >> >>I've got a DOS program called SpinRite that does low-level testing >> of hard drives. I

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo

2008-05-08 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 09:28 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, >This is somewhat off topic. Ignore if it's of no interest. > >I've got a DOS program called SpinRite that does low-level testing > of hard drives. I have the program in two forms: > > 1) A bootable CD that just runs the program

[gentoo-user] [OT] Reading, editing and then burning a new ISO image using Gentoo

2008-05-08 Thread Mark Knecht
Hi, This is somewhat off topic. Ignore if it's of no interest. I've got a DOS program called SpinRite that does low-level testing of hard drives. I have the program in two forms: 1) A bootable CD that just runs the program 2) A stand alone DOS executable that can be run from a CD. Both