Steve Frampton wrote:
> > 6) The next thing to do is create an ISO image, you can then burn
> > this image onto a CD using your favourite platform - or even
> > Windows ;) To do this enter the following as one line:
> >
> > mkisofs -b misc/boot/autoboot.img -c misc/boot/boot.catalog -a
> > -A "RedHat Linux 5.0 with Patches to 06/02/98" -d -L
> > -o /temp/RH5.iso -P "Publisher ID" -p "Preparer ID" -r -T
> > -N /temp/rh5
>
> I don't have this command. Is this part of some Linux-based CD writer
> kit? I was just planning on borrowing a friend's Win95 burner and using
> standard Win95 drivers to burn the CD.
mkisofs is part of mkisofs-1.11.2-3.i386.rpm that comes with RH5.1
or mkisofs-1.11.1rel-2.i386.rpm with RH5.0
>
> > 7) You should now have an ISO image that you can burn to CD. If you
> > want to check that the image is OK and you have compiled loopback
> > file system support into your kernel, then you can actually mount
> > this image as a file system and have a look through it!
> >
> > mount -t iso9660 -o loop /temp/rh5/RH5.iso /mnt/test
>
> Is there a reason you can't just mount the cd as an ISO9660 image?
>
> ie. mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom -t iso9660
Try it! But i think you need to do it the way I suggest as I think it
needs the loopback filesystem. If you find out otherwise, let me know.
> > Note that this CD will be written with Rockridge Extensions, so
> > long filenames will only be readable on platforms that support them.
>
> This worries me -- since the standard CD's from the vendors can be read
> with Windows (standard ISO9660), isn't there a way to do the same thing
> for home-burned versions?
>
> Thanks again.
The CDs burnt this way can be read by Windows, you just don't get long
filenames. You could create the image using Joilet instead of Rockridge,
then Windows would see long filenames, but I don't know if the install
image supports Joliet - it didn't used to but since there is now kernel
support for Joilet it may well do.
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