> > When you "try to add or change any of the packages on the CD", are
you
> > burning a new CD, or using lrpkg.cfg and pkgpath.cfg on a floppy?
What
> > exactly are you changing?  Does the initial ISO image load all
packages
> > properly if you don't modify anything?
>
> Yes, each time I am burning a new CD
> Yes, am using lrpkg.cfg and pkgpath.cfg on the floppy
>
> I works fine if I use your original CD with no changes.  The porblem
starts if
> I add a LRP to the CD (re-burn a new CD).  Doesn't seem to matter if
it is
> listed in lrpkg.cfg or not.

<snip>

> Hardware is a Dell PI 133, but has tried it on PII and same problem
occurs
> (errors generated may be different), but the end result is that it
appears as
> though it can't read the CD.
>
> I am using NERO to burn a CDRW.  I am beginning to wonder if perhaps
the NERO
> software is doing/not doing something......

It sure sounds like you're not getting a good CD-Image.  I found it
impossible to create bootable CD's with Adaptec/Roxio EZ-CD Creator (it
doesn't think a syslinux'd disk is bootable...apparently it only likes
MSDOS boot disks), and I found Nero cumbersome to use for bootable CD's
(and I couldn't get NERO to output a plain ISO image, so I had to burn
the disk, then read it on a linux system to make an ISO).  If at all
possible, you should use the mkisofs command listed in the README file
on a linux system to create new CD images...if this is not possible,
maybe some folks on the NERO list can help you get your settings right.

The mkisofs command I use is:
mkisofs -b bootdisk.bin -r -J -f -o <outputfile> -V <volume name>
<path>/CD-Contents/

The switches are:
-f    follow symbolic links...this probably isn't imporant in NERO
(windows doesn't even *HAVE* symbolic links!), and simply allows me to
symlink the modules directory to avoid having a copy in each CD
directory taking up space on my HDD

-r     Add Rock Ridge extensions, with uid & gid = 0

-J    Generate Joliet directory records

-b bootdisk.bin    Use bootdisk.bin as the El Torito boot image (aka
floppy emulation)

-V    specify the volume ID

-o    specify the output file name

If you can successfully get Nero to emulate the behavior of mkisofs with
these switches, you should have a working disk image.

*WARNING*  While I have in the past used Nero to make bootable images, I
don't think I've tried to do this since putting the un-compressed
modules directory directly on the CD...I'm not sure Nero can make a CD
that will work with the current setup of loading modules directly from
the CD (various potential problems with long-filenames, permissions,
etc. when compared to simply loading a bunch of 8.3 named LRP files at
boot-time).  I suggest using CD-RW's, and talking to some folks more
familiar with Nero if you can't use mkisofs.

Charles Steinkuehler
http://lrp.steinkuehler.net
http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror)



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