I made an ISO using mkisofs with *unmodified* source files from a known working 
livecd ISO image.  When I boot the ISO, after waiting 60 seconds, I get the 
following message, and then it drops to a emergency bash shell:

WARNING: Cannot find root file system!

I assume this is a problem with my mkisofs options, or perhaps the way I copy 
the files from the mounted ISO.  Here's what I did:

1 - Started with a good bootable livecd ISO.  
2 - Mounted ISO and copied all files 
3 - Without modifying any files, I rebuilt using following mkisofs command

mkisofs -o image/cloned-livecd-i386.iso \
-v \
-R -J -T \
-b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
-c isolinux/boot.cat \
-no-emul-boot \
-boot-load-size 4 \
-boot-info-table \
unmodified-iso-files/.


My eventual goal is to debug why an ISO made using livecd-creator cannot boot 
with a modified /isolinux/initrd.img containing the /lib/modules/ from an 
updated kernel.  To simplify the problem, I am trying to recreate an ISO from 
the source of a known good livecd ISO.  Any tips or suggestions are much 
appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

-Ed

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