adding files to bootable iso images

[thoralf]

Hi there,

I suspect this is a bit off-topic and/or n00b ... sorry for that. I've searched both the web and the forum and couldn't find an answer to my question.

Here we go: is there any way to add additional files to iso-images that are bootable?
In this particular case, I want to burn a bootable DVD containing a Linux distro and some additional stuff, like a recent mplayer build and the necessary libs. I've got a bootable iso-image, but burning this with nero closes the DVD and doesn't let me add the actual distro nor any other files to the disc. I end up with one bootable disc and another one containing the distro, which is a bit unconvenient :-)

Thank you very much for your help,
Thoralf.

[max2k]

OK -- here is probably a slightly indirect approach....

Get Daemon Tools -- this will help you mount an ISO image as a logical CD.

EDIT - Added URL....You can get Daemon Tools from here:
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/download.php

Once you do that, your ISO image becomes a CD drive ( say M:\ )
You can copy all of the files in the CD to your local HD - using normal windows/dos technique(s).
Now add all of the extra stuff that you want in the local filesystem.

Use Nero (or) any other tool to create an ISO image of this modified file hierarchy -- you can directly burn it to disc if you don't want to keep the modified ISO image.

That should do it :)

Hope this helps ....

[thoralf]

thank you, max.

Originally posted by max2k
OK -- here is probably a slightly indirect approach....
[...]
You can copy all of the files in the CD to your local HD - using normal windows/dos technique(s).


afaik, information needed to make the cd/dvd bootable will get lost that way, since this information is not visible to plain file managers ... I'll give it a try anyway :-)

with kind regards,
thoralf.

[max2k]

Originally posted by thoralf
thank you, max.



afaik, information needed to make the cd/dvd bootable will get lost that way, since this information is not visible to plain file managers ... I'll give it a try anyway :-)

with kind regards,
thoralf.

Yeah -- you are right ( I missed the "bootable" part :) )
If I'm not mistaken Nero has an option to create a bootable CD -- maybe you can try burning your new set of files using that option ???

Thanks !

[thoralf]

Hi,

I finally solved the problem by using mkisofs as described on this site (http://linuxwiki.org/SuSE_2fDvdPerFtpWindows) (german only).
Basically, this involves rebuilding the complete ISO structure and using the boot loader that comes with the linux distro.

With kind regards,
Thoralf.