NAME¶
isomarkboot - Create bootable CD-ROMs for Linux/Alpha systems.
SYNOPSIS¶
isomarkboot /dev/xxx path/to/bootlx [
path/to/root.bin ]
COPYRIGHT¶
isomarkboot is Copyright (C) 1996 David Mosberger-Tang
DESCRIPTIONS¶
isomarkboot enables ISO images created with
mkisofs(8) or
retrieved from the net to be booted on Linux/Alpha systems.
First you have to prepare your ISO image and mount it loopback on
/dev/xxx (typically
/dev/loop0) (see
mount(8) for
details).
Next you need to locate the aboot-loader (called
bootlx) and the RAM-disk
image containing the root file system (the latter is optional but usually
sensible to specify) which is often called
root.bin within your ISO
image.
Finally enable the image to be booted:
isomarkboot /dev/xxx path/to/bootlx path/to/root.bin
A typical location of
bootlx on the disk image is
boot/bootlx. The
paths of
bootlx and
root.bin are relative to the root of the
image. If your image is not mounted you have to replace
/dev/xxx with
the path to the image.
Finally you have to burn the CD using e.g.
xcdroast after unmounting the
image.
BUGS¶
isomarkboot is not heavily tested on architectures other than
Linux/Alpha, though it compiles (with slight patches). Please report bugs if
you experience them.
NOTES¶
isomarkboot is capable of handling symlinks within the image.
AUTHOR¶
This man page was written by Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de> for
the Debian GNU/Linux project but may be used by others.
SEE ALSO¶
aboot(8),
mkisofs(8)