VILLA21 Posted May 19, 2004 Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 I have the 3 iso files of MD 10CE on my harddisk. Is it possible to compile a DVD with these 3 iso"s and use it to install Mandrake on my PC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_the_fish Posted May 19, 2004 Report Share Posted May 19, 2004 There is a script from fedora for this purpose... I don't know how well it would work with mandrake. RedHat DVD script Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 I'm posting to bump this closer to the top, because I have an answer for you, but I am too tired right now to type anything intelligent. I will give detailed instructions later. PM me if I haven't posted here by Sunday night. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feralertx Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Id be interested in that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdion81 Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 I have used the script on 10.0 ce. I think that I followed the intructions word for word and it worked fine for me. The only thing is that once you have it installed it sees the dvd as really one disk with 3 disks worth of data on it. (It still calls for disk1, disk2, disk3). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 (edited) It's actually quite easy: Check the md5sums for all your isos. mkdir /mnt/iso mkdir /etc/mdk10 mount -o loop /path/to/iso.iso /mnt/iso cp -R /mnt/iso/* /etc/mdk10 umount /mnt/iso (repeat for each iso) cd /etc/ mdk10/misc/MakeCD --discsize 4700000000 -t /etc -i /etc -a /etc/mdk10 (you can do mdk10/misc/MakeCD --help to see all that you can do here) Edited May 26, 2004 by Steve Scrimpshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feralertx Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 (edited) I have used the script on 10.0 ce. I think that I followed the intructions word for word and it worked fine for me. The only thing is that once you have it installed it sees the dvd as really one disk with 3 disks worth of data on it. (It still calls for disk1, disk2, disk3). ah ok, i think ill try it then when i get the time, btw do you know if its possible to include the latest updates (lets say as an aditional cd on the dvd)? I suppose you can include as many cds as you like, isnt it? would be nice to have everything on the dvd and i think there is space left... ----Added afterwards: ----- Hi Steve, we posted at the same time!. Ive done s/t similar to what you propose but the problem is that the resulting DVD wont be bootable, is there a way to make it bootable or is it just imposible to boot from a DVD ??? Thanks. Edited May 26, 2004 by feralertx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 You can add another directory in the tree for the updates if you want and use genhdlist while in that directory and copy the files genhdlist creates to /top-of-directory/Mandrake/base (giving them unique names of course) before running my above commands. Don't know if it will work with the Redhat script. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 ----Added afterwards: ----- Hi Steve, we posted at the same time!. Ive done s/t similar to what you propose but the problem is that the resulting DVD wont be bootable, is there a way to make it bootable or is it just imposible to boot from a DVD ??? Thanks. I have done my steps exactly for at least 3 DVDs at different times, all of which have been bootable. I used k3b 0.11.6cvs -> Tools -> DVD -> Burn DVD ISO image Is it possible that it is your burning method that is the trouble? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest soundg Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Where can you get this MakeCD script? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest soundg Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 Nevermind. REEEEAAALLL DUMB QUESTION!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clevedonal Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 I also wondered if i could put all 3 mdk10 official isos on one dvd using "roxio easy cd/dvd creator" in windows.... is this likely to work? and be bootable? - the machine i want to install mdk onto uses the dvd drive as boot.... or will i make more beermats, earrings, bird scarers... the list is almost endless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somedude Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 (edited) It won't work. One iso is one disk image, including the boot sector, so you can only burn one at a time, after which the disk will be closed. The method for burning iso's is usually DAO, which does not allow additional sessions. By the way, I also tried the script and it failed. I will try again when I get a chance. Edited June 30, 2004 by somedude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 the script worked fine for me, but I believe you need to change some stuff in it. I'll check it when I get home and see if I made any changes. I believe it needs to be run as root, IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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