hi

I would like to create a customized bootable windows 7 DVD from a Linux server

But as a first step, I looking for the command to build an iso file from the original DVD without any changes

After looking around on internet and this forum, I followed the following steps :

1- Mount iso to a folder
2- Copy the mounted iso content into a new folder
3- mkisofs -o windows_new.iso -b boot/etfsboot.com -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 8 -boot-info-table -V -J -l -D -N -UDF -relaxed-filenames -V "WINSP"

But when I use the iso file created, I get a black screen and nothing happen

I tried without the -udf parameter ect .... but no change
I tried without the -boot-info-table parameter .... but no change

I checked the different files, such as boot/etfsboot.com, bcd ... are existing in the iso file created

I guess I am missing something

Thanks for your help

I don't think windows 7 will work in an iso. I tried it myself and ended up with a filesystem inside a filesystem.Now I ran with Vista on the box, and that was ok, so I never bothered with it. There's some change in the windows dvd format with efi.

Hi,

I had to tweak an XP CD to get drivers added to it for installing on an Aldi PC. I used ntlite (https://www.ntlite.com/). Maybe that can do what you need. I used it to remove features I didn't need and add some drivers required for the PC it was going on. If you have enough space you may be able to do it in a Windows VM.

What happens when you run the 'mkisofs' command you are using? Do you get any warning or error messages?
Also, what exactly is your goal? If you want to be able to boot your customized windows, you can do that from Linux with Grub2 by copying the the extracted folders/files (from your step 2 above) to an ntfs partition. You may need to mark it active. Then put a menuentry to chainload it from Grub.

If that's not what you want, I would think you would be a lot better off using some windows software to create an iso. I don't use windows so have no idea what you might try.

Wonder if it would be easier to make a usb flash and then edit it?

Linux might/shoud have a wim editor too.


Some ideas maybe. https://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/11/0...7-install-iso/

I just threw a windows 7 dvd into the dvdrom. It's a udf filesystem. If you have udf inside iso9660, that doesn't boot - not here at any rate; if you scrap udf and copy the files, windows will hardly handle iso9660 while booting. Many linux kernels will need to have udf support added to them in any event (presuming you are making the disk on linux). I wish you luck in your endeavours.