Re: converting bootable CD image to bootable USB flash drive image

2016-02-09 Thread Thomas Schmitt
ast about 8 years, then isohybrid will accept it. (Officially you would have to make sure that the isohybrid program is of the same SYSLINUX revision as the boot image in the ISO image. In practice, the versions still are mutually compatible, afaik.) > So, is there a solution that works for most o

converting bootable CD image to bootable USB flash drive image

2016-02-09 Thread David Christensen
On 02/09/2016 11:59 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > David Christensen wrote: >> http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/ >> convert a bootable CD ISO image into a bootable hybrid ISO/USB image >> https://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/iso2usb > > This will not work,

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-07-02 Thread William Hopkins
On 07/02/11 at 12:54pm, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 02/07/11 07:20, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 23:49:56 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > >> conv=notrunc means "do not truncate the output file" according to the > >> manpage, but I have no ideea what it's good for, but doesn't sound li

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-07-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/07/11 07:20, Brian wrote: > On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 23:49:56 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> conv=notrunc means "do not truncate the output file" according to the >> manpage, but I have no ideea what it's good for, but doesn't sound like >> it would affect your image :p > > That's a probl

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-07-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Jul 2011 at 23:49:56 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > conv=notrunc means "do not truncate the output file" according to the > manpage, but I have no ideea what it's good for, but doesn't sound like > it would affect your image :p That's a problem which can happen with man pages. You thi

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-07-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 29 iun 11, 06:13:21, Martin McCormick wrote: > William Hopkins writes: > > $ dd if=/dev/cdrom of=filename.iso bs=2048 conv=notrunc > > > > then burn the ISO using your tool of choice (wodim, etc.) > > This worked perfectly. Thank you. > > Interestingly, I tried the dd command

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-07-01 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Steven Rosenberg wrote: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 4:13 AM, Martin McCormick > wrote: >> >> William Hopkins writes: >> > $ dd if=/dev/cdrom of=filename.iso bs=2048 conv=notrunc >> > >> > then burn the ISO using your tool of choice (wodim, etc.) >> >>        This wo

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-06-30 Thread Steven Rosenberg
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 4:13 AM, Martin McCormick wrote: > William Hopkins writes: > > $ dd if=/dev/cdrom of=filename.iso bs=2048 conv=notrunc > > > > then burn the ISO using your tool of choice (wodim, etc.) > >This worked perfectly. Thank you. > >Interestingly, I tried the dd com

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-06-29 Thread Martin McCormick
William Hopkins writes: > $ dd if=/dev/cdrom of=filename.iso bs=2048 conv=notrunc > > then burn the ISO using your tool of choice (wodim, etc.) This worked perfectly. Thank you. Interestingly, I tried the dd command with the parameters above and without and got the same bytes in

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-06-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 28 iun 11, 08:24:19, Martin McCormick wrote: > I have a bootable live CD of an out-dated version of a > specialized distribution of Debian called Vinux. I never saved > the ISO image and I now want to copy from the CDRW it is on to a > CDR to use as a rescue disk on systems that can not read

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-06-28 Thread Preston Boyington
William Hopkins wrote: On 06/28/11 at 08:39am, Martin McCormick wrote: I have a bootable live CD of an out-dated version of a specialized distribution of Debian called Vinux. I never saved the ISO image and I now want to copy from the CDRW it is on to a CDR to use as a rescue disk on systems tha

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-06-28 Thread Martin McCormick
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Markus_Sch=F6nhaber?= writes: > If you don't want to use the CD copy function of one of the GUI burning > programs, you can, for example, do the following: > insert the CDRW into the drive and do > dd if=/dev/cdrom of=vinux.iso > (replace "/dev/cdrom" with the device node for your dr

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-06-28 Thread William Hopkins
On 06/28/11 at 08:39am, Martin McCormick wrote: > I have a bootable live CD of an out-dated version of a > specialized distribution of Debian called Vinux. I never saved > the ISO image and I now want to copy from the CDRW it is on to a > CDR to use as a rescue disk on systems that can not read CDR

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-06-28 Thread Markus Schönhaber
28.06.2011 15:39, Martin McCormick: > I have a bootable live CD of an out-dated version of a > specialized distribution of Debian called Vinux. I never saved > the ISO image and I now want to copy from the CDRW it is on to a > CDR to use as a rescue disk on systems that can not read CDRW's. > >

Re: Copying a bootable CD

2011-06-28 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 28 June 2011 14:39:27 Martin McCormick wrote: > I have a bootable live CD of an out-dated version of a > specialized distribution of Debian called Vinux. I never saved > the ISO image and I now want to copy from the CDRW it is on to a > CDR to use as a rescue disk on systems that can not

Copying a bootable CD

2011-06-28 Thread Martin McCormick
I have a bootable live CD of an out-dated version of a specialized distribution of Debian called Vinux. I never saved the ISO image and I now want to copy from the CDRW it is on to a CDR to use as a rescue disk on systems that can not read CDRW's. The CDRW works fine so what is the best wa

Copying a bootable CD

2011-06-28 Thread Martin McCormick
I have a bootable live CD of an out-dated version of a specialized distribution of Debian called Vinux. I never saved the ISO image and I now want to copy from the CDRW it is on to a CDR to use as a rescue disk on systems that can not read CDRW's. The CDRW works fine so what is the best wa

Re: creating a bootable cd in k3b

2009-02-01 Thread steve
raman narasimhan wrote: > i dont know how to create a bootable cd using K3b. Pls help start k3b, on the main screen choose "burn cd image" if your using a dvd, choose "burn dvd image" then select the image to burn. -- Steve Reilly http://reillyblog.c

creating a bootable cd in k3b

2009-02-01 Thread raman narasimhan
i dont know how to create a bootable cd using K3b. Pls help

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-10-10 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 04:04:52PM -0300, loos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Em Qui, 2007-10-04 às 15:32 -0700, David Brodbeck escreveu: > > I find that LVM-over-RAID is not autodetected by most rescue disks. > > It's necessary to first bring up the RAID array manually with mdadm, >

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-10-09 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 04:04:52PM -0300, loos wrote: > > The problem is grub. Grub has no support for this (lvm over raid) > > you need a lilo booter (wich the etch installer installs). > and a lilo based rescue CD. > > I was bitten quite often by this problem, therefore I use a /boot > outsid

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-10-09 Thread loos
Em Qui, 2007-10-04 às 15:32 -0700, David Brodbeck escreveu: > On Oct 3, 2007, at 6:03 PM, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 07:37:10PM -0500, helices > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > >> The problem with knoppix cd, and the debian installation/rescue > >> cd, is > >

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-10-04 Thread David Brodbeck
On Oct 3, 2007, at 6:03 PM, Daniel Burrows wrote: On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 07:37:10PM -0500, helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: The problem with knoppix cd, and the debian installation/rescue cd, is that they do NOT understand the specifics of my lvm over software raid 5. The s

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-10-03 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 07:37:10PM -0500, helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > The problem with knoppix cd, and the debian installation/rescue cd, is > that they do NOT understand the specifics of my lvm over software raid > 5. The specifics required probably all reside under /etc -- o

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-09-30 Thread Giorgos Pallas
helices wrote: > I have several rather complex debian systems, including software raid 5 > and lvm, &c. > > Occasionally, in the past, I have upgraded a debian system, after which > it no longer boots successfully. Unfortunately, for these complex > systems, neither the install/boot media, nor kno

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-09-29 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/29/2007 07:37 PM, helices wrote: Thank you, all, for your insights. When I composed the first message, I had in mind the olden days when I often (not always ;<) made a bootable floppy when I made a new kernel. That bootable floppy booted off of the exact same kernel, except a different

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-09-29 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 07:37:10PM -0500, helices wrote: > > When I composed the first message, I had in mind the olden days when I > often (not always ;<) made a bootable floppy when I made a new kernel. > That bootable floppy booted off of the exact same kernel, except a > different copy residin

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-09-29 Thread helices
Thank you, all, for your insights. When I composed the first message, I had in mind the olden days when I often (not always ;<) made a bootable floppy when I made a new kernel. That bootable floppy booted off of the exact same kernel, except a different copy residing on the floppy. When the syste

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-09-28 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 05:27:02PM -0500, helices wrote: > So, going forward, I want to incorporate generation of bootable rescue > cd's into my upgrade processes. Clearly, such a cd will exactly > duplicate my last successful boot, and give access to ALL files and > filesystems. > > [1] What i

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-09-28 Thread Mumia W..
On 09/28/2007 09:25 PM, helices wrote: * Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007:09:28:16:18:26-0700] scribed: On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What do you do? If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you don't need a specific Debia

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-09-28 Thread Owen Heisler
On Fri, 2007.09.28 21:25, helices wrote: > Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007:09:28:16:18:26-0700] scribed: > > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you > > don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usually carry a copy of > > the System Rescue CD (http://www.sys

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-09-28 Thread helices
* Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007:09:28:16:18:26-0700] scribed: > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 > helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What do you do? > > > > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you > don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usua

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-09-28 Thread Bill Thompson
On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you do? > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usually carry a copy of the System Rescue CD (http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page). It has al

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

2007-09-28 Thread Bill Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you do? > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usually carry a copy of the System Rescue CD

rescue bootable cd ???

2007-09-28 Thread helices
I have several rather complex debian systems, including software raid 5 and lvm, &c. Occasionally, in the past, I have upgraded a debian system, after which it no longer boots successfully. Unfortunately, for these complex systems, neither the install/boot media, nor knoppix, result in access to

Re: Unable to make a bootable CD from the image files.

2007-04-24 Thread Celejar
ction, I'd suggest visiting the site > http://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ or http://www.goodbye-windows.com/ and > installing Debian using the program available for download there. > Despite the name, it will *not* delete your Windows installation, it > simply launches the debian-inst

Re: Unable to make a bootable CD from the image files.

2007-04-23 Thread Andrew J. Barr
llation, it simply launches the debian-installer from your hard disk instead of a bootable CD-ROM. You have the option to resize your Windows partition or use unpartitioned space on your disk drive. As for booting the CD, don't do anything to the ISOs you download. Just burn them directl

Unable to make a bootable CD from the image files.

2007-04-23 Thread Stray1984
I am having a big problem. I am trying to start with Linux for the first time. I know nothing about the system, but this is not yet the problem because I am still trying to start. I have made a couple of disc images before, but now I cannot make a working one. I downloaded a lot of the image file

Re: RE: Making Emergency bootable CD on Debian 3.1 2.4.27 kernel

2006-06-12 Thread Oguz Berkoz
Hi Balbir, I had the same problem to resolve the 8GB mem issue, on poweredge 2800. I had to recompile the kernel with highmem64 option enabled but after that system does not reboot. Can you please tell me if I am missing any steps: 1. Apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.27 fakeroot kernel-packag

FW: Making Emergency bootable CD on Debian 3.1 2.4.27 kernel

2006-04-05 Thread Pabla,Balbir [Ontario]
Thanks Mike : May be I did not make it clear I want to prepare emergency boot floppy/CD so that on booting from this media, I can get at least root system prompt. 1. I looked at the specified site. I made floppy doing : cd /lib/grub/i386-pc ( I also saw stage1 and stage2 files in /boot/g

Re: Making Emergency bootable CD on Debian 3.1 2.4.27 kernel

2006-04-04 Thread Mike McCarty
Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote: Thanks Mike for your advice. root fd0 .. This entry added in /boot/grub/menu.lst. GRUB complains about it"Unrecognised device string"; we also tried /dev/fd0...noluck. Although in normal boot cop

RE: Making Emergency bootable CD on Debian 3.1 2.4.27 kernel

2006-04-04 Thread Pabla,Balbir [Ontario]
6 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Making Emergency bootable CD on Debian 3.1 2.4.27 kernel Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote: > 1. On Dell PowereEdge 2800 server (no floppy) on this system, I would > like to make emergency bootable CD so that I can bring up the machine > using OLD kerne

Re: How do I make a bootable cd?

2006-04-04 Thread Mike McCarty
Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: Thanks! I'm just wondering now if there are other tools that can also do this (just to expand/see what my other options are). http://www.geocities.com/potato.geo/bootlinuxcd.html But why not just use Knoppix or Kanotix? Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}

Re: Making Emergency bootable CD on Debian 3.1 2.4.27 kernel

2006-04-04 Thread Mike McCarty
Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote: 1. On Dell PowereEdge 2800 server (no floppy) on this system, I would like to make emergency bootable CD so that I can bring up the machine using OLD kernel in case there is problem in booting using new compiled kernel( I have to recompile the kernel using

Re: Making Emergency bootable CD on Debian 3.1 2.4.27 kernel

2006-04-04 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Pabla,Balbir [Ontario] wrote: 1. On Dell PowereEdge 2800 server (no floppy) on this system, I would like to make emergency bootable CD so that I can bring up the machine using OLD kernel in case there is problem in booting using new compiled kernel( I have to recompile the kernel using

Making Emergency bootable CD on Debian 3.1 2.4.27 kernel

2006-04-04 Thread Pabla,Balbir [Ontario]
Title: Making Emergency bootable CD on Debian 3.1 2.4.27 kernel 1. On Dell PowereEdge 2800 server (no floppy) on this system, I would like to make emergency bootable CD so that I can bring up the machine using OLD kernel in case there is problem in booting using new compiled kernel( I have

RE: Re: How do I make a bootable cd?

2006-04-04 Thread Yu,Glen [Ontario]
n.org Subject: Re: How do I make a bootable cd? Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking to back up my kernel and make a bootdisk prior to recompiling the > kernel, but we don't have a floppy on our system and hence can't use mkboot. > We do, however, have a

Re: How do I make a bootable cd?

2006-04-03 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Yu,Glen [Ontario] wrote: Hi, I'm looking to back up my kernel and make a bootdisk prior to recompiling the kernel, but we don't have a floppy on our system and hence can't use mkboot. We do, however, have a CD-RW, so I was wondering what the mkboot-equivalent is for makin

How do I make a bootable cd?

2006-04-03 Thread Yu,Glen [Ontario]
Hi, I'm looking to back up my kernel and make a bootdisk prior to recompiling the kernel, but we don't have a floppy on our system and hence can't use mkboot. We do, however, have a CD-RW, so I was wondering what the mkboot-equivalent is for making a bootable cd? Thanks, -Glen

Re: Bootable CD

2005-08-27 Thread Kent West
Jiann-Ming Su wrote: >On 8/27/05, Dan Hodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I have downloaded the ISO file from http://www.us.debian.org/ but I cannot >>figure out how to make a cd bootable. I don't know how to make a cd image >>for a bootable cd. Please

Re: Bootable CD

2005-08-27 Thread Jiann-Ming Su
On 8/27/05, Dan Hodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have downloaded the ISO file from http://www.us.debian.org/ but I cannot > figure out how to make a cd bootable. I don't know how to make a cd image > for a bootable cd. Please help! Thanks! > If it's an iso imag

Bootable CD

2005-08-27 Thread Dan Hodson
I have downloaded the ISO file from http://www.us.debian.org/ but I cannot figure out how to make a cd bootable. I don't know how to make a cd image for a bootable cd. Please help! Thanks! Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page

Making a bootable CD With ISOLINUX

2005-07-31 Thread Steven Pasternak
Hi! I am trying to make a bootable cd, so I installed syslinux and the isolinux manual says that I need a isolinux.bin file to make it work. Debian's syslinux package didn't come with one. Does anybody know where to get/make one? Thanks! -Steven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

How to create a bootable CD

2005-06-04 Thread A.Belahcene
Hi every body, I have the knoppix CD, NOT an iso format, I want to create an iso BOOTABLE from the expanded directory. How to do it please. The original CD is bootable this is the content of the CD: KNOPPIX (directory) ,autorun.bat, autorun.inf, autorun.pif, boot (directory), cdrom.ico ,in

Re: how to create a bootable cd?

2004-08-29 Thread John Summerfield
belahcene abdelkader wrote: Hi every body, I want to create a bootable CD from a package. In fact a want to create an anaconda Cd from anaconda_10.0-2_i386.deb to replace the sarge installer for my own use. Is it possible? thanks a lot . best regards bela You can do this, and mailing lists to

how to create a bootable cd?

2004-08-29 Thread belahcene abdelkader
Hi every body, I want to create a bootable CD from a package. In fact a want to create an anaconda Cd from anaconda_10.0-2_i386.deb to replace the sarge installer for my own use. Is it possible? thanks a lot . best regards bela = ___ Do you

Re: Bootable CD Rom problem?

2004-01-18 Thread Mac McCaskie
Thanks, I had a feeling it was something like that. I've decided to go ahead and 'upgrade' the old IBM for a "Joe's Garage" blue plate special. -mac mccaskie Kent West wrote: Mac McCaskie wrote: I've been trying to re-install deb stable from a CD (3.0r2 and 3.0r1 images were downloaded and

Re: Bootable CD Rom problem?

2004-01-18 Thread Kent West
Mac McCaskie wrote: I've been trying to re-install deb stable from a CD (3.0r2 and 3.0r1 images were downloaded and burned to disk), the old system got hosed somehow. The CD is not bootable on the old IBM box (but is on another system). Problem might be two-fold. 1- I am able to get an olde

Bootable CD Rom problem?

2004-01-18 Thread Mac McCaskie
I've been trying to re-install deb stable from a CD (3.0r2 and 3.0r1 images were downloaded and burned to disk), the old system got hosed somehow. The CD is not bootable on the old IBM box (but is on another system). Problem might be two-fold. 1- I am able to get an older CD (the net-install

[SOLVED] Re: Bootable CD w/X-CD-Roast: mkisofs error

2002-12-15 Thread Kenneth Dombrowski
Donald R. Spoon wrote: I went through this a couple of weeks ago, and finally the light-bulb came on. ALL of the extra work needed to make a CD "bootable" is done during the creation of the ISO image. Once you have that, then the burining process is exactly the same for either "bootable" or

Re: Bootable CD w/X-CD-Roast: mkisofs error

2002-12-11 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 20:11:56 -0800 (PST) Alvin Oga wrote: > > > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Carlos Sousa wrote: > > > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 17:55:50 -0500 Kenneth Dombrowski wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > After several days of trying to create a bootable Knoppix CD from the > > (...snip tons of st

Re: Bootable CD w/X-CD-Roast: mkisofs error

2002-12-11 Thread Alvin Oga
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Carlos Sousa wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 17:55:50 -0500 Kenneth Dombrowski wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > After several days of trying to create a bootable Knoppix CD from the > (...snip tons of strange stuff...) > > Any idea what I'm doing wrong here? Where else should I be

Re: Bootable CD w/X-CD-Roast: mkisofs error

2002-12-11 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Kenneth Dombrowski wrote: Hi, After several days of trying to create a bootable Knoppix CD from the downloaded .iso, I think with xcdroast I am finally almost there. All except for this error: Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660. mkisofs 1.15a39 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)

Re: Bootable CD w/X-CD-Roast: mkisofs error

2002-12-11 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 17:55:50 -0500 Kenneth Dombrowski wrote: > > Hi, > > After several days of trying to create a bootable Knoppix CD from the (...snip tons of strange stuff...) > Any idea what I'm doing wrong here? Where else should I be putting the > 'boot.img'? All that is needed to create a

Bootable CD w/X-CD-Roast: mkisofs error

2002-12-11 Thread Kenneth Dombrowski
Hi, After several days of trying to create a bootable Knoppix CD from the downloaded .iso, I think with xcdroast I am finally almost there. All except for this error: Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660. mkisofs 1.15a39 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Writing: Initial Padbock

Re: fast way to make bootable cd ?

2002-06-10 Thread Tobias Jahn
On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 11:09:58AM -0700, nate wrote: > > One way is bblcd: http://www.bablokb.de/bblcd/ > > cool! that worked! ... > > thanks!! that program will be very useful i plan to make a bunch > of bootable cds for servers now that i know how Great ;-) It seems that this mailing list is

Re: fast way to make bootable cd ?

2002-06-09 Thread csj
On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 07:03:23 -0400 David Roundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i don't know why but my laptop just puked hard when i tried to > > shut it down. it won't boot up anymore, so i was wondering if > > anyone had a suggestion on how to best create a bootable rescue > > CD. > > > >

Re: fast way to make bootable cd ?

2002-06-09 Thread nate
> Hello nate, > > On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 02:53:13AM -0700, nate wrote: >> i was wondering if >> anyone had a suggestion on how to best create a bootable rescue >> CD. > > One way is bblcd: http://www.bablokb.de/bblcd/ > cool! that worked! i found my main problem though, my kernel didn't have ram

Re: fast way to make bootable cd ?

2002-06-09 Thread David Roundy
On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 02:53:13AM -0700, nate wrote: > hi > > i don't know why but my laptop just puked hard when i tried to > shut it down. it won't boot up anymore, so i was wondering if > anyone had a suggestion on how to best create a bootable rescue > CD. > > what i need on the cd: > > my

Re: fast way to make bootable cd ?

2002-06-09 Thread Tobias Jahn
until you are satisfied and then let bblcd create a bootable cd from the master installation... ;-) -- Greetings, Tobias PGP/GnuPG Key ID 0xAE034AAD (preferred) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

fast way to make bootable cd ?

2002-06-09 Thread nate
hi i don't know why but my laptop just puked hard when i tried to shut it down. it won't boot up anymore, so i was wondering if anyone had a suggestion on how to best create a bootable rescue CD. what i need on the cd: my custom kernel (With reiserfs support builtin) this is a 2.2.19 kernel rei

make customized woody bootable CD within 180MB

2002-04-07 Thread Patrick Hsieh
Hello list, I am working on debian-cd utility to make my own customized woody bootable CD iso. Well, now that I could use dpkg --get-selections to figure out the package list I"ve installed in my system, I hope to pull them altogether into 1 bootable CD. What should I do with debian-cd pa

Re: Debian stable bootable CD image?

2001-11-03 Thread lloyder
Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian User List" Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 9:34 AM Subject: Debian stable bootable CD image? > I'm in the process of trying to figure out how to use a new CD recorder > (first one for me). It occurs to me that a simple test would

Debian stable bootable CD image?

2001-11-03 Thread Stan Brown
I'm in the process of trying to figure out how to use a new CD recorder (first one for me). It occurs to me that a simple test would be to burn an image of the Debian bootable CD image. Where can I find such an image? I'v poked around a bit on the web site, and I can't seem t

Re: Would like to make a bootable CD based on my root partition

2001-10-26 Thread mikepolniak
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 02:08:51 -0400 avik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't have a spare partition or use grub :-) I really would like to > know how to create a bootable CD using my root partition as its > source. I would have other uses for it :-) > Mondo is

Re: Getting the booting part of a bootable CD-ROM

2001-07-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
create a bootable CD-rom with mkfs > but what to do if all i want is to edit a iso image keeping it's > bootable part? -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + My de

Getting the booting part of a bootable CD-ROM

2001-07-12 Thread Tiago Alves Macambira
Does anyone know how one can extract the bootable part of a CD .iso or from a CD-rom? I know i cant create a bootable CD-rom with mkfs but what to do if all i want is to edit a iso image keeping it's bootable part? []s MaCa -- "I may be drunk, but in the morning I will be so

Bootable CD image

2001-05-29 Thread Lance Hoffmeyer
I created a Potato 2.2.rev3 Image yesterday and was trying to create a bootable CD with it. When reading up on creating this bootable CD all literature mentions using dd to copy a bootable floppy to the image directory before running mkisofs. I was trying to use file from the debian

Re: bootable cd

2001-05-03 Thread will trillich
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 01:01:00PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 02:04:23AM +0800, csj wrote: > > On Thursday 03 May 2001 14:27, will trillich wrote: > > > On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 11:16:09PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > > CD-R is a neat toy to create interesing bootable Linux

Re: bootable cd

2001-05-03 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 02:04:23AM +0800, csj wrote: > On Thursday 03 May 2001 14:27, will trillich wrote: > > On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 11:16:09PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > CD-R is a neat toy to create interesing bootable Linux :-) # apt-get install cdrecord To create CD-ROM of files under t

Re: bootable cd

2001-05-03 Thread csj
On Thursday 03 May 2001 14:27, will trillich wrote: > On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 11:16:09PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > CD-R is a neat toy to create interesing bootable Linux :-) > > > > It is not reliable as HD but it will never get erased. > > got some pointers you could share? say you've got a deb

bootable cd

2001-05-03 Thread will trillich
On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 11:16:09PM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote: > CD-R is a neat toy to create interesing bootable Linux :-) > > It is not reliable as HD but it will never get erased. got some pointers you could share? say you've got a debian box set up to Do What You Want, what steps are needed to b

Re: making bootable CD from running debian setup

2001-04-23 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 01:33:16PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 04:13:03PM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > i'm thinking of making this a VPN or NAT box only, no user > > interaction whatever. surely we don't need lots-o-fancy packages > > & such jus

Re: making bootable CD from running debian setup

2001-04-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 04:13:03PM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:20:45PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: <...> [Points] > > - Disk is cheap. Bandwidth still sucks. System and distro > > maintenance are both time-consuming and expensive. The i

Re: making bootable CD from running debian setup

2001-04-18 Thread Dave Thayer
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 01:22:14AM +0200, Carel Fellinger wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:47:09PM -0500, will trillich wrote: > > Point me to the faq -- i don't know where to look for it or what > > it might be named... > > > > Objective: to create a

Re: making bootable CD from running debian setup

2001-04-18 Thread Jason Pepas
if it is any help, I have taken an interest in diskless setups myself as of late, and so I have scrounged up a small number of links on my website. http://jason.pepas.com/linux/ hope they are of use. -- listbot's tip-o-the-day -- Looking for apt-related commands? At your command

Re: making bootable CD from running debian setup

2001-04-18 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:47:09PM -0500, will trillich wrote: > Point me to the faq -- i don't know where to look for it or what > it might be named... > > Objective: to create a bootable CD for a Debian network > hub-like system that'll have NO ha

Re: making bootable CD from running debian setup

2001-04-18 Thread will trillich
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:20:45PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > Couple of points. > > - You're probably interested in the BootDisk HOWTO > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/ i'm off to look. thanky. > - There are also HOWTOs covering diskless workstations and such. I >

Re: making bootable CD from running debian setup

2001-04-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:47:09PM -0500, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Point me to the faq -- i don't know where to look for it or what > it might be named... > > Objective: to create a bootable CD for a Debian network > hub-like system that'l

Re: making bootable CD from running debian setup

2001-04-18 Thread Matthew Dalton
will trillich wrote: > > Point me to the faq -- i don't know where to look for it or what > it might be named... > > Objective: to create a bootable CD for a Debian network > hub-like system that'll have NO hard drive (and probably no >

making bootable CD from running debian setup

2001-04-17 Thread will trillich
Point me to the faq -- i don't know where to look for it or what it might be named... Objective: to create a bootable CD for a Debian network hub-like system that'll have NO hard drive (and probably no keyboard or monitor, either). booting from rad-

Re: Creating a bootable CD from online files!!

2001-01-11 Thread mike
fig and > > linux) > > -entire doc directory > > > > I am pretty sure I have all the files needed to create a bootable CD-ROM > > which will allow me to install the compact version of the Debian > > distribution. > > Now, I have read all the possible

Re: Creating a bootable CD from online files!!

2001-01-11 Thread mike
ave all the files needed to create a bootable CD-ROM > which will allow me to install the compact version of the Debian > distribution. > Now, I have read all the possible instruction files from the debian site > and, yet, I still don't have a clue as to what my installation CD s

(fwd) Re: Creating a bootable CD from online files!!

2001-01-11 Thread Marc SCHAEFER
seg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, I have read all the possible instruction files from the debian Use the pseudo-image-kit (see http://cdimage.debian.org). I did use it successfully once. I have however heard that you need a very recent version of the utilities.

Creating a bootable CD from online files!!

2001-01-11 Thread seg
Files I have gotten from the FTP site:    -base2_2.tgz  -loadlin.exe  -entire compact directory (drivers.tgz, install.bat, kernel-config and linux)  -entire doc directory     I am pretty sure I have all the files needed to create a bootable CD-ROM which will allow me to install the compact

Re: making bootable CD iso images ?

2000-12-19 Thread Hall Stevenson
> what packages would a brand-new debian machine (potato) > require in order to create ISO images for burning onto CD > that would make the cd bootable? > > it'd be nice to have a bootable CD with maybe a few variable > settings files pulled off floppy. is this f

making bootable CD iso images ?

2000-12-19 Thread will trillich
what packages would a brand-new debian machine (potato) require in order to create ISO images for burning onto CD that would make the cd bootable? it'd be nice to have a bootable CD with maybe a few variable settings files pulled off floppy. is this feasible? how? -- mailto:[EMAIL PROT

bootable CD on non cd booting machine?

2000-01-20 Thread David Teague
List folks and Richard -- The subject line almost says it all: How can I make a bootable CD boot on hardware that does not support booting from a CD? In particular, have the rescue CD from the Atlanta Linux Showcase, but the machine I really want to use it on does not boot from CD. I could

Help bootable cd

1999-03-30 Thread Brian Schramm
I need fast help here. I would like to make a cdrom that I have bootable and run a certian command on bootup. I would also like to have a floppy that will boot from and run just like the cd will. This is for restoring an image file (dd) from the cd to the machine automaticly. I have Debian as w

Re: Bootable CD, boot_image early?

1999-02-19 Thread Leon Breedt
> Note that the boot_image has to be rather early in the iso9660 image, > because some motherboards are only able to boot from the beginning of > the cd (This caused some serious toasting when preparing hamm). Uhm, how do you get the boot_image to be "early" in the iso9660 image? Directory/File na

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