On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 19:19:13 +0200 (CEST) Ralph Slooten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah, I have just downloaded the 2/3 isos, but I have bad news for those > using an old CD writer like me (HP 8100i): The isos are too big for the > writers. I have used 700MB CD's, but have never been able to burn over the > 690MB's. The first 2 images contain data that is around the 693 and 699 > MB's. > > I have mounted the 2 images, and see quite a few things I would never use. > I only need to free up a few MB's per CD. > > How could I go about properly deleting these to bring down the ISO-sizes to > burnable sizes? Mount the ISO, copy the files to a temp directory, delete > the couple of files, then remake an ISO. But, how would I successfully go > about making a bootable CD? > > Does anyone have any experience with re-creating Distro-CD's? > > I'm sure I won't be the only one with this problem, so any knowledgeable > advice would be great :-) > > Greetings > Ralph i think you can do it by keeping the bootable iso, and when using mkisofs to make the new, smaller one, you can tell it to copy boot sectors from the original image. this is just the theory, read man mkisofs, you'll find it quick ( commands are listed alphabetically, it's under "b" for 'boot' ). HTH Damian -- boot into windows? what has smashing glass with footwear got to do with Operating systems?
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