Gilbert Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Doug Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Gilbert Wilson wrote: >> >>> So... does anyone know of some free software one might use to edit an >>> iso of a cd? I'd like to be able to edit a Windows XP installation >>> disk's WINNT.sif file. This /should/ be a straight forward process, >>> by allowing me to edit the txt file, but it doesn't appear to be that >>> ideal single step process. >>> >>> If I can use Mac OS X to do this, great! If not, I have VMs of >>> Windows XP, Windows VISTA, and Ubuntu that I can use instead. >>> >>> As an alternative, what are people's favorite methods of slip >>> streaming updates and changes to customize isos? >>> >>> >>> >> Unless I'm missing something: >> linux: mount -t iso9660 -o loop /path/to/.iso /mnt >> >> solaris: lofiadm -a /path/to/.iso >> mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 (or whatever first command returns) >> >> on macos: ?? >> > > As another LOPSA member pointed out in a direct message, ISO > filesystems are read-only. I knew this, but I tried forcing a > read/write mount a few days ago anyway to see if I could work around > it, but of course, that did not work with "traditional" disk > utilities. On MacOS I tried both mount and hdiutil. > > I'm thinking that there has to be /some/ utility out there that would > let someone edit a text file directly on an iso by ignoring or working > around the filesystem limitations, but maybe that's wishful thinking. > > I thought I had done this as long as the new file was the same size or smaller than the old file, but I could be mistaken. The other option is to extend upon 'the Knoppix way'. Mount it, run unionfs against the iso as a backing store, then have a macro to make a new ISO image from the unionfs. This is how knoppix works (except for the last part)
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