I'm looking for instructions on creating a RedHat 9 DVD ISO from the CD ISOs. I've heard it's the same instructions as RH8, but since it's so old, none of the links I've found on the internet lead anywhere.

Yes, yes... RH9 is getting on and isn't supported anymore, but I'm not ready to pull down my server and do a whole new re-installation until I can find a "GOOD" "FREE" "DOWNLOADABLE" "EASY TO USE" distribution. What I have is stable and it runs (the desktop is where I play. ). I really could use the DVD for any emergencies that arise and I'm trying to trim down that bulky CD collection.

Thanks in advance for anyone who can provide these instructions.

No response yet... but I found it... I had to figure out how to adapt it a bit so I'll post the answer to my own thread.

The steps are listed here.
Credit where credit due. I adapted this from:
http://www.science.smith.edu/~ejense...rom_CDROM.html

1. First get the mkisofs script.

2. Go to a place on your drive with about 3.5 GB free. This is
needed for the final ISO image only. You'll need a 2.4 kernel to
create a file > 2 GB. If you're running Red Hat, This works on a
7.1 system or newer.

3. Create directories on which to mount the ISO images using loop
device mounts:

mkdir Shrike-i386-disc{1,2,3,4,5,6}

4. Mount the ISO images using a loop device mount:

mount -o ro,loop .../Shrike-i386-disc1.iso Shrike-i386-disc1
mount -o ro,loop .../Shrike-i386-disc2.iso Shrike-i386-disc2
mount -o ro,loop .../Shrike-i386-disc3.iso Shrike-i386-disc3
mount -o ro,loop .../Shrike-SRPMS-disc1.iso Shrike-i386-disc4
mount -o ro,loop .../Shrike-SRPMS-disc2.iso Shrike-i386-disc5
mount -o ro,loop .../Shrike-SRPMS-disc3.iso Shrike-i386-disc6
# Replace ... with the path to your ISO images.

5. Copy the isolinux directory and the .discinfo from disc1 to the
current directory:

cp -a Shrike-i386-disc1/isolinux Shrike-i386-disc1/.discinfo .

6. Edit the .discinfo file, replacing the fourth line with 1,2,3,4,5,6
if you are creating an image with all six discs or with 1,2,3 if
you are just using the three install discs.

7. Create the iso image.

mkisofs -T -V "Red Hat Linux 9" -o Shrike-i386-dvd.iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -R -m TRANS.TBL -x Shrike-i386-disc1/.discinfo -x Shrike-i386-disc1/isolinux -graft-points Shrike-i386-disc1 .discinfo=.discinfo isolinux/=isolinux RedHat/=Shrike-i386-disc2/RedHat RedHat/=Shrike-i386-disc3/RedHat SRPMS/=Shrike-i386-disc4/SRPMS SRPMS/=Shrike-i386-disc5/SRPMS SRPMS/=Shrike-i386-disc6/SRPMS

8. (Optional) If you want to create a media checksum for the
installation software to look at when you do a media test during
install, then following these additional steps:

a. Install the anaconda source rpm located on disc6 and cd /usr/src/redhat

b. Comment out the BuildPreReq line in SPECS/anaconda.spec

c. Run rpmbuild -bp SPECS/anaconda.spec

d. Go to BUILD/anaconda-8.0/isomd5sum

e. Run "make"

f. Run ./implantisomd5 .../Shrike-i386-dvd.iso (where ... is
replaced with the path to your new ISO image). This step
will take several minutes and not provide any feedback while
it runs.

Now burn the resulting ISO image to a DVD.