[lug] ISO Image

[John Hernandez]

Evelyn Mitchell wrote:
> 
>        mkisofs  -  create an hybrid ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystem
>        with optional Rock Ridge attributes.
> 
> Should be standard on your red hat (or KRUD) box.
> 
> Evelyn Mitchell
> efm at tummy.com
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Just to expand on this a bit, there are some useful options:

-J  used to include Joliet extentions which make long filenames available to Windows systems.

-r  used to include Rock Ridge attributes, which make long filenames and file attributes available on most Unix variants.

So, to make a cross-platform (Win/Unix) image file of a CD that has been mounted at /mnt/cdrom, you something like:

mkisofs -rJ -o <outfile.iso> /mnt/cdrom

I've never created an HFS-enabled CD (used for MacOS), but that can be done, too.

-John