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Old 11-28-2011, 01:33 PM   #1
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Creating a HDD boot image from a ISO boot image


I've tried lots of different "apps" for that and most of them used ISOLInux but it won't work
The image I'm trying from is a Novell ZenWorks 10.3.3 boot image, a 62MByte ISO file.
It works perfectly from CD but it won't boot or work correctly when I tried to "convert" it to a HDD/USB image.

Anyone got a clue? for a utility for this?
Is there a "simple" manual way for this? well don't need to be simple as long as it works :P


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Old 11-28-2011, 02:00 PM   #2
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Have you tried http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/? No guarantees..

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Old 11-28-2011, 02:08 PM   #3
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I recall the name of it but when I check the page, that I can't remember at all.
So hope it works

I'm gonna try that tomorrow at work, yeah this is a work thing.
I'll try and get back with an update for this.

thx man
 
Old 11-29-2011, 01:11 AM   #4
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When I started the util I recognized it, I did try this before but an older version.
I tried it again and it tells me to be sure that CD1 is supplied

It does extract the initrd so all the added drivers for the NIC etc are OK
but when the "rest" of the scripts are supposed to run it just won't.

This is not a "normal" distro as the ones listed in there, it's a special
boot image just for ZenWorks. There gotta be a way to do this manually but
I can't figure out how.
also, this is call uNETbootin so it might only work to setup a boot and then
work just for network. All files needed are on this image and last in the script
another image is "written" to the computers local disk.

oh btw... Haven't heard of it, but I think it's called 'SuSEgo'

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Old 12-02-2011, 02:08 PM   #5
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Long overdue answer...

After some more googling I found a place that made it work.

I had to add some kernel parameters, like this

changed
append initrd=/boot/i386/loader/initrd ramdisk_size=67584 splash=silent mode=5 CDBOOT=YES showopts vga=0x0314
to
append initrd=/boot/i386/loader/initrd ramdisk_size=67584 splash=silent mode=5 USBBOOT=YES showopts vga=0x0314 install=hd:/dev/sdb1 root=/dev/sdb1

Since the HDD always is /dev/sda, this will always work
Seems that the util: unetbooting is missing something like the above stuff.
I also had to move my own scripts to another place and not the "ZenWorks" usual place.
I had to move them into the ubninit (the renamed initrd) so I think unetbooting can't handle all ISOs :P

thx a lot though

Hope this will help some other dudes that needs the same stuff.
Seems that Novell ain't that keen on helping their customers with this

Now my next problem is to move this USB-bootable image to a disk and then later use that for all HDDs

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Old 12-02-2011, 04:01 PM   #6
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the command dd is useful but as tar and cp cpio maybe. Cat may even work. Some of the backup tools like partimage or clonezilla.
 
  


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