From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tnt14a-243.focal-chi.corecomm.net ([216.214.203.243] helo=linserver.megsinet.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 15dfOA-0003gV-00 for ; Sun, 02 Sep 2001 18:06:47 -0400 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.megsinet.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) id f82M3EK00811 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 17:03:14 -0500 Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 17:02:38 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: how to make a cd bootable Message-ID: <20010902170238.B736@linserver.megsinet.net> References: <001601c132e8$25d98b60$ca00a8c0@c2c6z1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <001601c132e8$25d98b60$ca00a8c0@c2c6z1>; from ss@saqibshaikh.com on Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 02:15:17PM +0100 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Say you want to put all boot files into /boot/ relative to the cd tree. Also, I'll assume that your boot floppy image is rescue.bin. So given the above, this is how you'd envoke mkisofs: "mkisofs -b boot/rescue.bin -c boot/boot.catalog ", and so on. Note that the boot/boot.catalog file noted with the -c flag is manditory, however, mkisofs will create it automagically. Hth. Greg On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 02:15:17PM +0100, Saqib Shaikh wrote: > hi, > > could someone please tell me how i can mkae a cd bootable. is it true i can just put the file rescue.bin from the debian floppy set into /boot on the cd and it'll automaticaly becomde bootable; this seems slightly odd if you don't have to do anything else. > > tia, saqib >