hello;
Today i downloaded an -current ISo which was 4.5 and a tad big for DVD. i did everything I could to write it on dvd. but it wasn't possible.
So i went to IRC chaneel and they advice my to mount that image and remove the source directory and by mkisofs make a new one and the write that. So i did; but the Image wasn't bootable.
So here i am asking you if; i am in gentoo for example and I want to do make new image the way that is bootable and without error what should I do?
waiting for yu kind and through response!

Did you read this file as well?

ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/s...nux/README.TXT

That tells you how to make the iso images just like Slackware's

Yes; Of course. all of these manuals are based upon the fact that ytou already have slackware installed; but what if you want to create and do that job on the other distros such as gentoo
/me {need} "HELP"/

Does gentoo have mkisofs or growisofs?

If so then there is no difference at all.

Current is usually around 2GB... try this link,this will save you a lot of bother.

ftp://ftp.slackware.no/slackware/slackware-current-iso/

Hi,

If you wish to get a valid direct '-current' ISO then I suggest that you use Alien_Bob's-script -mirror-slackware-current.sh to download '-current', create a verified ISO for CDROM/DVD. UK backup of script: Alien_Bob's-script -mirror-slackware-current.sh. Either script is used to download the '-current' arch of choice and create ISO for 'x86' for 32bit or 'x86_64' for 64bit. You can either pass parameters or edit the script to create the 'ISO' medium of choice. Another plus is that you can have a local tree for the arch selected. Be sure to select a mirror to use. The script is well documented to allow you to make choices. Alien_Bob is a Slackware® contributor and has graciously provided the scripts/tools. By using the script you are insured a valid copy of the ISO.
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Alternatively, you can download a trimmed-down DVD ISO image of Slackware-current.

I maintain a 2 GB ISO image here: http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/sl...e-current-iso/ which is being created by the same mirror-slackware-current.sh script which was mentioned by onebuck.
The ISO images are automatically re-generated within a day if there is an update to the ChangeLog.txt . You can be fairly certain that you are downloading the most recent stuff.

I can keep the size of this ISO image below 2 GB because I do not add the source tarballs to the image file.
I also have an ISO of 64-bit Slackware-current... I assume that you are able to guess the URL.

Eric

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