Re: Redhat 8.0 on DVD

From: AKPilot (pepsicoke_at_gcii.net)
Date: 07/24/03 

Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 21:09:50 -0800

I tired, that, but like i said, thats for Linux, not Windows

i followed this (found in google news group search

In windows... You can:
1. download free "Daemon Tools" to mount ISO images as "Windows Drive"
2. create directory for contents of your DVD
3. mount all ISO files and copy contents into DVD-dir
4. use anything like WinImage to extract boot sectors from
   1st (bootable) CD.
5. use your write software to record DVD, choose "bootable", point
   to extracted boot sectors, record

*how ever, i did everything, created a bootable cd, it got to the part and
asked where the Red Hat CD was, i selected local CD and it said it couldnt
find it

#4 really caught me off guard, however since the cd booted fine going past
anaconda etc...seems thats not my problem, prob is the install files finding
the install files (i guess) 

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Alaskan Bush Pilot
"Vwakes" <vwakeNOSPAM100@softhome.net> wrote in message
news:Pine.CYG.4.55.0307232209470.3588@ivirx...
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 AKPilot wrote:
>
> >Anyone got some instructions that I can use to take the 5 ISO's and put
> >them on a single DVD? [...]
>
> Actually there was a link that described exactly how to do this, but it
> seems to be dead now. So I am posting the text version of the link. I
> checked they are all formatted correct, so in case you need the
> original file let me know.
>
> GL
> V.
>
> The link:
>
> http://www.rickertweb.com/~justin/linux/Make_RedHat_DVD_From_CDROM.html
>
> +------------------
> Begin.
>
> How to make your own RedHat 8.0 DVD from the CD ISO images?
>
> Red Hat has finally created a DVD version of their distribution for US
> consumers.  (They've had one in Europe for a while, I understand.) For
> 8.0, though, it seems that you have to buy RedHat 8.0 Professional to
> get the DVD, and RedHat is not presently offering an ISO image of the
> DVD for download.
>
> After reading some of the anaconda source code, I have figured out how
> you can make your own DVD from the CD ISO images.  I've done this,
> written it to a DVD+RW disc, had it pass its Media check, and
> successfully installed from it.
>
> The idea is simple, which is a testament to the flexibility of Red Hat's
> installation system.  There's a file on the root of each CD called
> .discinfo that contains information including which discs' contents are
> represented.  The CDs each contain only a single number here, but the
> installation software will accept a comma-separated list of numbers.
> The sequence of commands below will create an ISO image that consists of
> the combined contents of the five discs + the documentation disc (in a
> docs subdirectory) and is bootable and suitable for being installed
> from.  If you don't care about docs, omit the docs/=Psyche-docs
> argument, and don't bother with the docs ISO. If you don't care about
> sources, omit the SRPMS/= arguments and dispense with discs 4 and 5.
>
> These instructions require you to have enough disk space for the
> resulting ISO image, but if you have a DVD burner and don't care about
> installing the media checksum so that you can test the media from
> install (not really that important if you have verified the checksums of
> the original images, unless you're concerned about errors resulting from
> the actual DVD creation process itself), you can pipe the output of
> mkisofs directly to your burning software and not worry about the
> intermediate disk space.
>
> So here are the steps.  These steps create a DVD image that is usable
> from a Unix system.  Add the -J and -T flags to the mkisofs command if
> you want something that you can read from Windows as well.  Add -V
> "Label" if you want to create a volume label.
>
> 1. Go to a place on your drive with about 3.5 GB free.  This is needed
>    for the final ISO image only.  You'll need a 2.4 kernel to create a
>    file &gt; 2 GB.  If you're running Red Hat, This works on a 7.1
>    system or newer.
>
> 2. Create directories on which to mount the ISO images using loop
>    device mounts:
>
>     mkdir Psyche-i386-disc{1,2,3,4,5} Psyche-docs
>
> 3. Mount the ISO images using a loop device mount:
>
>     mount -o ro,loop .../Psyche-i386-disc1.iso Psyche-i386-disc1
>     mount -o ro,loop .../Psyche-i386-disc2.iso Psyche-i386-disc2
>     # etc.
>      -- repeat for the remaining discs that you want Replace ...
>         with the path to your ISO images.
>
> 4. Copy the isolinux directory and the .discinfo from disc1 to the
>    current directory:
>
>     cp -a Psyche-i386-disc1/isolinux Psyche-i386-disc1/.discinfo .
>
> 5. Edit the .discinfo file, replacing the fourth line with 1,2,3,4,5 if
>    you are creating an image with all five discs or with 1,2,3 if you
>    are just using the three install discs.
>
> 6. Create the iso image.  I'm separating this mkisofs command into
>    multiple lines ending with \ for clarity.  You can type it that
>    way or as a long command.  I explain this command at the end.
>
>      mkisofs -o Psyche-i386-dvd.iso \
>       -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \
>       -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
>       -R -m TRANS.TBL \
>       -x Psyche-i386-disc1/.discinfo -x Psyche-i386-disc1/isolinux \
>       -graft-points Psyche-i386-disc1 .discinfo=.discinfo
isolinux/=isolinux \
>       RedHat/=Psyche-i386-disc2/RedHat RedHat/=Psyche-i386-disc3/RedHat \
>       SRPMS/=Psyche-i386-disc3/SRPMS SRPMS/=Psyche-i386-disc4/SRPMS \
>       SRPMS/=Psyche-i386-disc5/SRPMS docs/=Psyche-docs
>
> 7. (Optional) If you want to create a media checksum for the
>    installation software to look at when you do a media test during
>    install, then following these additional steps:
>
>      a.  Install the anaconda source rpm located on disc5 and cd
/usr/src/redhat
>
>      b.  Comment out the BuildPreReq line in SPECS/anaconda.spec
>
>      c.  Run rpmbuild -bp SPECS/anaconda.spec
>
>      d.  Go to BUILD/anaconda-8.0/isomd5sum
>
>      e.  Run "make"
>
>      f.  Run ./implantisomd5 .../Psyche-i386-dvd.iso (where ... is
> replaced with the path to your new ISO image).  This step
> will take several minutes and not provide any feedback while
> it runs.
>
> Now burn the resulting ISO image to a DVD.
>
> Here's the mkisofs command explained:
>
>      # Write the output to Psyche-i386-dvd.iso
>       mkisofs -o Psyche-i386-dvd.iso \
>
>       # Set up the DVD to be bootable using an El Torito boot image.
>       # This comes from the RELEASE_NOTES file on disc 1.
>       -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \
>       -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \
>
>       # Use Rock ridge extensions (to support long file names, etc.).
>       # Exclude all TRANS.TBL files on the original disc.  If you want
>       # to access this disc from Windows, add -J to create Joliet
>       # extensions and -T to create new TRANS.TBL files in place of
>       # the ones you're omitting.
>       -R -m TRANS.TBL \
>
>       # Omit the .discinfo and isolinux files from disc1
>       -x Psyche-i386-disc1/.discinfo -x Psyche-i386-disc1/isolinux \
>
>       # Use Psyche-i386-disc1 (minus above exclusions) as the root.
>       # Graft the .discinfo and isolinux directories from the current
>       # directory to .discinfo and isolinux on the new disc.  Also
>       # graft in the RedHat and SRPMS directories from the remaining
>       # discs.  Include the entire contents of the docs disc in the
>       # docs subdirectory.
>       -graft-points Psyche-i386-disc1 .discinfo=.discinfo
isolinux/=isolinux \
>       RedHat/=Psyche-i386-disc2/RedHat RedHat/=Psyche-i386-disc3/RedHat \
>       SRPMS/=Psyche-i386-disc3/SRPMS SRPMS/=Psyche-i386-disc4/SRPMS \
>       SRPMS/=Psyche-i386-disc5/SRPMS docs/=Psyche-docs
>
>
> +--------------------
>
> End.