Is it possible to add files to an ISO?

kornerr · 04-28-2006, 09:12 AM

The problem is that I have msdos6.2.iso for floppy, win98_install_cd.iso for cdrom and IMG.img for hda. I use it in qemu. But when I boot from within floppy or cdrom qemu can't see my hda. So I want to add files of win98 to the end of msdos iso, then make it my IMG.img, and eventually boot from it and install win98

Is there any way to do that?

Thanks.

oneandoneis2 · 04-28-2006, 10:01 AM

IIRC, you can mount it using the loopback interface (mount -o bind - see the man page) and edit the iso to your heart's content.

But you should be able to get Qemu to recognise the hda - how are you starting it up?

kornerr · 04-28-2006, 10:06 AM

Code:

kornerr@kornerr:~$ qemu -hda win98.img -fda msdos6.2_floppy.iso -cdrom _win98_install_cd.iso -boot d

The problem is that install cd has no command.com :/ so nothing works without it. That's why I need to find a workaround.

Also, I'll try to edit ISO.

Thanks.

kornerr · 04-28-2006, 10:22 AM

Well, I can remove files as root user. But msdos.iso is only of 1.4M! How to increase its size?

Thanks.

haertig · 04-28-2006, 10:44 AM

Mount the iso as you're doing now. Then copy all the files/directories from the iso mountpoint to a new directory. Add the extra files you need to this new directory. Then create a NEW iso from the new directory.