a different twist on the boot disk

[Andrew Bates]

using dd instanly creates a fully qualified iso image that can just be 
written by cdrecord... or anything else... it instantly retains bootability.

-Andrew Bates

Becker, Rob wrote:

>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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