RE: How to make bootable cd-rom instead of floppy?

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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:26:33 +0800 (SGT)

>From the RedHat Manual:

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1.4.2. Making an Installation Boot CD-ROM

isolinux is now used for booting the Red Hat Linux installation CD. To
create your own CD-ROM to boot the installation program, use the following
instructions:

Copy the isolinux/ directory from the first Red Hat Linux CD-ROM into a
temporary directory (referred to here as <path-to-workspace>) using the
following command:

cp -r <path-to-cd>/isolinux/ <path-to-workspace>

Change directories to the <path-to-workspace> directory you have created:

cd <path-to-workspace>

Make sure the files you have copied have appropriate permissions:

chmod u+w isolinux/*

Finally, issue the following command to create the ISO image file:

mkisofs -o file.iso -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat -no-emul-boot \
-boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -J -v -T isolinux/

Note Note
 

The above command was split into two lines for printing purposes
only. When you execute this command, be sure to type it as a single
command, all on the same line.

Burn the resulting ISO image (named file.iso and located in
<path-to-workspace>) to a CD-ROM as you normally would.
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regards,

Didier

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On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Otto Haliburton wrote:
> Use the installation cd.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: redhat-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> > admin@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Edward Dekkers
> > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:10 PM
> > To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: How to make bootable cd-rom instead of floppy?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Bo Peng wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello, Everyone,
> > >
> > > I have linux and xp dual boot using grub. I need to reinstall xp for
> > > some reason but it seems to be difficult without a floppy drive.
> > >
> > > More specifically, the usual way (as far as I know) to do this is:
> > > 1. make a floppy boot disk using
> > >   > mkbootdisk
> > > 2. re-install windows xp.
> > > 3. boot to linux with the floppy disk.
> > > 4. re-install grub.
> > >
> > > However, my machine does not have a floppy drive. (This seems to be
> > more
> > > and more common for new machines.) Can I use other boot devices to
> > do
> > > this? Available options are CD-RW and USB external harddrive.
> > 
> > Someone will have to verify this as fact, but I'm sure you can just
> > boot
> > the RH9 CD in rescue mode and re-install grub?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Ed.
> > 
> > 
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