On 02/23/2017 02:36 AM, Tom wrote:
>>> As about your direct ISO file usage - Please realize that .iso is
>>> disk
>>> image file format, not a file system where you can access and
>>> execute
>>> individual files.
>>
>> <chuckle>That basically was the point of my post.
>> Perhaps my subject line could have been "How to translate iso-hybrid
>> to extN?"
>> That phraseology has its own problems. HOWEVER, phrasing it that way
>> reminds me
>> of an {on the surface} unrelated thread from ~2 years ago on another
>> forum. It
>> may not yield a solution to my current problem but should give me
>> guidance to
>> better question. There will be a delay there are 150+ messages to
>> review :}
>>
>>
> You mount .iso through loop device and copy/rsync the content. Here is
> and example:
> sudo mount -o loop fileName.iso /mnt
> cp -pr /mnt/* destinationDir/
> # or: rsync -a --progress /mnt/* destinationDir/
> sudo umount /mnt
> If you want to make this bootable, copy the content to empty disk
> partition, make it bootable by grub2.
> Ubuntu CDs/DVDs typically use combination of Syslinux and Grub2
> selected by BIOS/UEFI respectively to boot from the media:
> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Install
> I hope it helps,
> TomasYes, but perhaps not in expected ways ;/ For example, I could read and but not really grok your code example. It prompted me to spend a productive hour in man pages. That may lead to a solution for some problems totally unrelated to this thread. http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Install#ISOLINUX ties together this thread with some problems/symptoms with attempting to use debootstap for "my goals" (https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/02/msg00871.html). _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
