a different twist on the boot disk

[Brian Densmore]

I like to use gnome toaster.
I drag-n-drop the files I want on the CD into the working area.
I then tell it where my boot image file is, click burn dummy,
if that works ok, I click burn.

of course there is always the command line version if you like doing
things the hard and techie way. I'm a techie, but I'm no 
command line addict. Like most of the members on this list who are now 
going to flame me for this.
So be it.

Brian
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Becker, Rob [mailto:Becker at celeritas.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 9:26 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: a different twist on the boot disk
> 
> 
> Has anyone created a bootable cd using Linux tools (ie 
> mkisofs and cdrecord)??
> How is this accomplished?  I would like to take a windows 98 
> boot disk and create a bootable cdrom from it.  I have used 
> dd to create an image of the 98 floppy, but I'm unclear as to 
> what parameters I need to pass mkisofs in order to create a 
> bootable cd image with that 98 image.
> I know that I need to use the -b and -c flags as stated in 
> the cd-writing howto, but I'm a bit confused as to what the 
> -c flag take as a parameter?  What is the boot catalog?  What 
> does it need to contain and is there a specific format for 
> it?  Any help appreciated.
> Thanks.
> Rob
> 
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