[lug] Buring an ISO and making it bootable

[Ken Nagorski]

Hi there,

Thanks all - I would like to report that it worked and I now have a
bootable Darwin ISO that installs fine but there is a problem with the
ATAPI Driver no matter what PC I try it on :(

O well - life goes on.

Thanks
Ken

> * Ken Nagorski (kenn at pcintelligent.com) wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I have a stupid question. And I know I have done this before. But how
>> do I burn and ISO and make sure it is bootable. I am scared cause I am
>> dead broke and only have 2 cd's left.
>>
>> I think I just say
>>
>> cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,1,0  -data darwin.iso
>>
>> yes/no?
>>
>> There is an question on the FAQ about this at the linux cdr howto -
>> but that is about rolling your own from a bootable floppy or
>> whatever...
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ken
>>
>
> You know, I forgot one other safety.  J Davis mentioned the -scanbus
> option to check that your device is correct.  You can also use the
> -dummy option.  So do
>
> cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,1,0  -data darwin.iso -dummy
>
> And it will go through all the steps, but not actually turn on the
> laser.  You can make sure all is well with your burning procedure.
>
> Also, you can check the ISO by doing
>
> mount -o loop -t iso9660 ./darwin.iso /mnt/tmp
> {or whatever mount point you want}
>
> as root.  You can look and see what is on the ISO img that way, and
> make sure everything looks OK.  Can't off the top of my head think of a
> way to verify that it is bootable just by looking, though.  Is that
> darwin.iso the open source *BSD?  If so, as long as it mounts that way,
> I'm sure you would be fine if it was downloaded from some official
> site. It is a good way to check and see that you didn't get a very
> obviously corrupt image.
>
> HTH,
> Tim
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