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Old 09-27-2018, 06:55 AM   #1
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How do you make a bootable iso?

I have almost got it working with https://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=ISOLINUX

but found it does not work on 64 bit machines and only works on 32 bit machines.

I followed everything and appeared to work but in the end it did not produce boot.cat as it said it should.

Still working on it.

Any answers to why it will not make boot.cat please?
 
Old 09-27-2018, 08:46 AM   #2
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I have almost got it working with https://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=ISOLINUXtv

but found it does not work on 64 bit machines and only works on 32 bit machines.

I followed everything and appeared to work but in the end it did not produce boot.cat as it said it should.

Still working on it.

Any answers to why it will not make boot.cat please?
Hello,
Same question on my mind. Please, someone helps me too for this.
I have also 64bit system and it's not working with them.

Thanks & Regards,
James
 
Old 09-27-2018, 09:07 AM   #3
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Hello,
Same question on my mind. Please, someone helps me too for this.
I have also 64bit system and it's not working with them.

Thanks & Regards,
James
I now have it working on Linux mint 19 Tara 32 bit.

Unfortunately it says file to large it only does up to 4 GB

I am thinking of fooling it by only using 4GB of the file and putting it on a RW disk then will add the missing directories.

I have been working three weeks on this and will keep trying.

Unless someone else knows an easier solution. Please let all of us know.
 
Old 10-05-2018, 10:26 PM   #4
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I hope that this is not useless advice, but have you guys looked here: Create a bootable USB stick on Ubuntu?

I suspect, but I can't confirm, that this technique would work with non-Ubuntu ISO images.
Last edited by Steve R.; 10-05-2018 at 10:28 PM.
 
Old 10-06-2018, 04:02 AM   #5
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[QUOTE=Steve R.;5911631]I hope that this is not useless advice, but have you guys looked here: Create a bootable USB stick on Ubuntu?

Thanks tried the Linux Mint version of it usb-creator-gtk,but will only work for Linux iso . The problem is it is a Windows iso. Presume the Ubuntu one works the same.
 
Old 10-06-2018, 06:10 AM   #6
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did you get the yumi to iso to work that you was trying to do from your other thread? https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ly-4175639376/

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The problem is it is a Windows iso.
Is this an iso you created or Downloaded. What version of windows and did you try windows instructions for putting on usb stick?
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Old 10-07-2018, 01:30 AM   #7
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I now have it working on Linux mint 19 Tara 32 bit.

Unfortunately it says file to large it only does up to 4 GB

I am thinking of fooling it by only using 4GB of the file and putting it on a RW disk then will add the missing directories.

I have been working three weeks on this and will keep trying.

Unless someone else knows an easier solution. Please let all of us know.
Looks like its a fat32 format, try exfat/ntfs. Fat32 doesnt support files larger than 4gb....

And woeusb seems to work
 
Old 10-08-2018, 08:14 PM   #8
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Take a known bootable iso and image it with 'dd'. Use the 'genisoimage' program to create your new bootable iso, and feed the known bootable image to the command with the -b option. It will grab all the boot information off of the dd imaged iso.
 
Old 10-14-2018, 03:43 AM   #9
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Take a known bootable iso and image it with 'dd'. Use the 'genisoimage' program to create your new bootable iso, and feed the known bootable image to the command with the -b option. It will grab all the boot information off of the dd imaged iso.
No dd does not make a bootable iso. Hve now found a solution.
 
Old 10-14-2018, 03:47 AM   #10
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Have found a solution that makes a bootable iso.

It is so simple.

click on the usb in discs then the three bars at the top.

there is the option that creates a bootable iso

I then use anything to make dvd's or multicd's or Multiboot by Yumi.
 
Old 10-14-2018, 02:06 PM   #11
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No dd does not make a bootable iso.
Well, @AwesomeMachine did say..
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Take a known bootable iso and image it with 'dd'.
dd is a bitstream duplicator and will clone anything. OS or filesystem, not relevant.
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The problem is it is a Windows iso.
Then it should already be a bootable image. Ever see a windows install disk that was not bootable?
I am going to take a guess that you haven't told what you have.
Code:
dd if=/dev/sr0 of=myiso.iso bs=2048
Will make an exact image, bit by bit, of a disk, errors and all, that's why it's not a great backup solution.
Code:
growisofs -dvd-compat -speed=8 -use-the-force-luke=tty -Z /dev/sr0=/path/myiso.iso
Will make an exact clone of the first disk to a new disk.

Examples:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Disk_Cloning
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...allation_Media
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=106087
https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...e-usb-from-iso
 
Old 10-15-2018, 12:08 AM   #12
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Well, @AwesomeMachine did say..

dd is a bitstream duplicator and will clone anything. OS or filesystem, not relevant.

Then it should already be a bootable image. Ever see a windows install disk that was not bootable?
I am going to take a guess that you haven't told what you have.
Code:
dd if=/dev/sr0 of=myiso.iso bs=2048
Will make an exact image, bit by bit, of a disk, errors and all, that's why it's not a great backup solution.
Code:
growisofs -dvd-compat -speed=8 -use-the-force-luke=tty -Z /dev/sr0=/path/myiso.iso
Will make an exact clone of the first disk to a new disk.

Examples:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Disk_Cloning
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...allation_Media
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=106087
https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...e-usb-from-iso
Thanks for that. In my case the USB did not have a bootable image on it in the first place.

Had tried growiofs before and it didn't make it bootable.

Thanks.
 
Old 12-18-2018, 09:32 AM   #13
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How do you make a bootable iso?
Thanks.
 
Old 08-25-2019, 09:25 AM   #14
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Have found a solution that makes a bootable iso.

It is so simple.

click on the usb in discs then the three bars at the top.

there is the option that creates a bootable iso

I then use anything to make dvd's or multicd's or Multiboot by Yumi.

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Last edited by jefro; 08-26-2019 at 03:15 PM.
 
Old 08-25-2019, 10:57 AM   #15
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