This ISO image doesn't Boot

X11 · 06-23-2002, 12:50 AM

I've downloaded the ISO image of Slackware 8.1 from here and have tried to burn the ISO onto a CD and make it bootable.

Here's what I've been using to try to make the ISO image bootable.

Quote:

OS: Mandrake 8.2
Program: GnomeToaster 1.0 Beta2

Settings under Preferences in the ISO9660 tab.

Create ISO Track with: mkisofs$eltorito$msession$getts -quiet -V "fsedit_volid" -f -J -r "symlinktree"
Multisession Options: -C cdr_msinfo -M $filesystem
Bootable Options: -b isotrack_bootimage -c boot.catalog

Use to create call to determine tracksize: enabled

Determine tracksize option: -print-size
Determine tracksize with: du -b -s -l -L "$symlinktree"
Determine tracksize as: strval (regexp("[^0-9]*([0-9]*).*$"))*2048
Mount an iso image with: mount $filesystem
Unmount an iso image with: unmount $filesystem

Settings under the thing down on the left side of the screen that looks like a CD.

General

Recorder Speed

Eject disc - Enabled
Reload disc - Disabled
Dummy Write -Disabled
Disc at once - Disabled
CD-Text - N/A
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Recording
Multisession - Disabled
Fixate - Enabled

CD-RW
TOC Only - Enabled

ISO Options
Boot image: slackware-8.1- install.iso
Make Bootable - Enabled

Sorry it's SO long, Many Thanks.

pbharris · 06-23-2002, 01:36 AM

hello,
lets amke sure the image is good - can ya make a tmp directory for - lets call it s82 and then do a mount -o loop -t iso9660 slack8.1.iso /path/s82, you shoudl tehn be able to do a [b]ls /path/s82/ and see stuff. - the image shiuld have been made bootable already by who ever created the ISO, this gets done at image creation time.

X11 · 06-23-2002, 02:38 AM

Thanks for that pbharris,

I did what you told me (well sort of

)

1. I made a new directory called tmp under the /home directory and copied the iso to there.
2. I changed to the /home/tmp directory.
3. Type in the follwoing: mount -o loop -t iso9660 slackware-8.1-install.iso /home/tmp/
4. Went back to the root (/) directory
5. Changed back to the /home/tmp directory and did a ls -a.
6. All the files and directories, looked all intact.

So what's the next step.

pbharris · 06-23-2002, 03:18 AM

hello,
i don't use gnome-toaster myself (there is not big button that says "BURN!"

)
so i use xcdroast or teh command line, for the command line make sure you have the right modules loaded (i.e. ide-scsi, sg) and then do a cdrecord dev=/dev/scd1 speed=4 filename.iso and watch it burn. if teh command fails do a cdrecord --help to get options.
hth

Aussie · 06-23-2002, 06:58 AM

I used gcombust to burn mine and it boots ok.

Eits0 · 06-23-2002, 12:15 PM

I use Nero burning rom *evil laugh*

X11 · 06-24-2002, 02:16 AM

Don't worry now guys, I got it working now:

I put in a CD-R
Typed: cdrecord dev=0,0,0 speed=4 slackware-8.1-install.iso

NOTE: This is while I was in the same directory as the the iso image.

pbharris · 06-24-2002, 07:59 PM

woot!