beowulf

Anybody know how, what command, etc, I could use in Mandriva to take 5 CD
iso image files and make a single DVD? (the isos are downloads of a
linux distro, I want to make them into a single install DVD). Any help
appreciated, thank you in advance.

hawkwind

Here are two scripts I use quite often that I have posted on my forum:

http://www.linuxfordummies.org/index.php?topic=260.0
http://www.linuxfordummies.org/index.php?topic=269.0

Run them as root and it'll take about 5 - 7 minutes. Just make sure you
have quite a bit of room on the partition with the ISO images.

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beowulf

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:34:17 +0000, Hawkwind inscribed to the world:
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Damn I hope they work, I will try them soon today-- otherwise I have 11+
hrs of downloading remaining on the DVD iso I am downloading, which of
course I do not need if I can get the 5 CDs to merge into a single DVD iso.

hawkwind

<SNIP>

They both work and work well. I use them atleast once a week without a
single problem. I've yet to find a distro's CD's that it doesn't work on.

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nobody

I grabbed a script nearly identical to this one off the net a
couple years back. I used this script in its exact form to
create an installation DVD from the Mandriva 2006 "December Club"
CD set. I've installed twice from the DVD I created.

Good luck...


#!/bin/sh

# 1. create five directories for mounting the iso-files:
#
# mkdir cd1 cd2 cd3 cd4 cd5
#
# 2. mount your iso-files:
# You might need to be root to do this part.
#
# mount -o ro,loop /path/to/CD1.iso cd1
# mount -o ro,loop /path/to/CD2.iso cd2
# mount -o ro,loop /path/to/CD3.iso cd3
# mount -o ro,loop /path/to/CD4.iso cd4
# mount -o ro,loop /path/to/CD5.iso cd5
#
# 3. copy the needed boot files:
#
# cp -a cd1/isolinux .
# rm -f isolinux/boot.cat
#
# 4. create a DVD iso-file

mkisofs \
-o Mandriva-2006-December-Club-DVD.iso \
-b isolinux/isolinux.bin \
-c isolinux/boot.cat \
-no-emul-boot \
-boot-load-size 4 \
-boot-info-table \
-J \
-l \
-publisher Mandriva \
-r \
-V Mandriva_2006.0_December_Club \
-x cd1/isolinux \
-graft-points \
cd1 \
isolinux/=isolinux \
Boot/=cd2/Boot \
media/=cd2/media \
Dkms/=cd3/Dkms \
Firmware/=cd3/Firmware \
media/=cd3/media \
Modules/=cd3/Modules \
Plugins/=cd3/Plugins \
media/=cd4/media \
media/=cd5/media \
media/=cd6/media


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