Re: mkisofs to make a boot disk

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:17:57 +0200,
heavytull <heavytull@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
i put some file in a directory called 'root' in my home directory
#cd ~

i put isolinux.bin and isolinux.boot in root/boot/
now i call mkisofs
~$ mkisofs -o myiso.iso -v -R -A 'label' -V 'label' \
-no-emul-boot -boot-info-table -boot-load-size 4 -b \
root/boot/isolinux.bin -c root/boot/isolinux.boot root/*
mkisofs 2.01.01a23 (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
mkisofs: Uh oh, I cant find the boot catalog directory
'root/boot/'!

mkisofs returns the above error while the boot catalog directory
root/boot/ is actually there.

It's been a little while, but iirc, -b /boot/isolinux.boot is probably
what you need. Dido for -c. The paths should be relative to the root
of the iso.

HTH,

Michael C.
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