Bootable CD from ISO file

How do I go about burning a bootable CD from a .iso file? It was easy to do on my old PC, but haven't figured out how to do it on my MP. Any help is appreciated...
John F

If you have OS X on a .iso disc image, then you have an illegal copy of OS X. The Discussions is an Apple provided help system. We cannot help you with illegally obtained software.

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Disk Utility Unable to Correctly Burn Bootable Discs From ISO Files with Yosemite (10.10.1)

My problem is with burning ISO images to make a bootable DVD disc with OSX 10.10.1. I cannot drag and drop an ISO file (in this case, Ubuntu 14.04 server iso) to the disk utility and then burn it with Yosemite. I have to first open the ISO file, then attempt to burn it. The DVD it creates is unreadable. I tried to convert the ISO file to CDR and also IMG - same problem: disc unreadable error.
I then went back to OSX 10.9.5 and tried the same thing - worked like a champ. I was able to drag and drop the ISO file into the Disk Utility window and successfully burn a bootable DVD disc from the same Ubuntu ISO file I tried using with 10.10.1.
Hey Apple, what's up? You broke Disk Utility in 10.10.1. Has anyone experienced the same problem and found a work-around? I hate to have to keep booting an older version of OSX to accomplish this task. So far, Yosemite has been a bust for me with all the other problems I have experienced. I might as well go back to 10.9.5 on all my Macs until Apple gets their act together with Yosemite.

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[SOLVED, kind of] UEFI bootable USB from ISO doesn't start

Hi there,
out of curiosity I wanted to create an UEFI bootable usb stick with the latest Archiso 2013.01.04. I've followed https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UE … B_from_ISO
and created two directories
# mkdir -p /mnt/{usb,iso}
Then I've mounted Archiso to /mnt/iso
# mount -o loop Download/ISO-Images/archlinux-2013.01.04-dual.iso /mnt/iso
After this I used cfdisk to create a FAT32 filesystem /dev/sdb1 on the usb stick, followed by
# awk 'BEGIN {FS="="} /archisolabel/ {print $3}' /mnt/iso/loader/entries/archiso-x86_64.conf | xargs mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1 -n
Then I've mounted /dev/sdb1 to /mnt/usb and copied all iso-files there:
# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
# cp -r /mnt/iso/* /mnt/usb
Followed by:
# umount /mnt/{usb,iso}
# sync
After rebooting and hitting F11 I was presented with the UEFI firmware-tool from which I can choose UEFI (and other) applications to start. I could choose my usb stick in UEFI mode, but - only the screen turned blank for the blink of a second and the UEFI tool was on again.
Because my system is already booting in UEFI mode using rEFInd, I wanted to try rEFInd on the usb stick instead of gummiboot.
Following https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UE … B_from_ISO I've copied /usr/lib/refind/refind_x64.efi (from refind-efi 0.6.4-1) to /mnt/usb/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi and created a /mnt/usb/EFI/boot/refind.conf with this text:
timeout 5
textonly
showtools about,reboot,shutdown,exit
# scan_driver_dirs EFI/tools/drivers_x64
scanfor manual,internal,external,optical
scan_delay 1
dont_scan_dirs EFI/boot
max_tags 0
default_selection "Arch Linux Archiso x86_64 UEFI USB"
menuentry "Arch Linux Archiso x86_64 UEFI USB" {
loader /arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz
initrd /arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
ostype Linux
graphics off
options "pci=nocrs add_efi_memmap archisobasedir=arch archisolabel=ARCH_201301"
menuentry "UEFI x86_64 Shell v2" {
loader /EFI/shellx64_v2.efi
graphics off
menuentry "UEFI x86_64 Shell v1" {
loader /EFI/shellx64_v1.efi
graphics off
And yes, I've checked the "loader" and "initrd"-Paths - they are correct, as well as the archisolabel
But - again - after rebooting and hitting F11 I could select my usb stick as UEFI boot device, but all that happened was the screen going blank for the glimpse of a second and returning to the UEFI chooser.
Even my last attempt - keeping the original name refind_x64.efi in /mnt/usb/EFI/boot didn't help.
Via efibootmgr I can see:
$ sudo efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0001
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,0002,0007,0005,0006
Boot0001* rEFInd 0.6.4-1
Boot0002* rEFInd_recover
Boot0005* Hard Drive
Boot0006* USB
Boot0007* UEFI: TOSHIBA TransMemory PMAP
with "Boot0007" as my usb stick.
So my question is: Did I miss something or have I found a bug ?
Last edited by swordfish (2013-01-13 12:43:33)

Hm, funny thing - now it's working, but I don't know why
I've tried to convert the partition table of the usb stick from MBR to GPT using cgdisk. There I had a problem with setting the partition type to EF00. It worked under cgdisk, but then I couldn't mount my usb stick (dev/sdb1) anymore to /mnt/usb. Then I've tried to set the partition type to vfat, but couldn't identify what is vfat under cgdisk . I've tried different types of "Windows" but whatever I tried, the usb stick won't mount on /mnt/usb.
Journalctl always says:
Jan 13 12:23:03 sushi sudo[727]: nihonto : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/nihonto ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/cgdisk /dev/sdb
Jan 13 12:23:03 sushi sudo[727]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by nihonto(uid=0)
Jan 13 12:23:11 sushi sudo[727]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Jan 13 12:24:00 sushi su[972]: (to root) nihonto on /dev/pts/0
Jan 13 12:24:00 sushi su[972]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user root by nihonto(uid=1000)
Jan 13 12:24:18 sushi kernel: loop: module loaded
Jan 13 12:24:18 sushi kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
Jan 13 12:24:35 sushi kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb1): VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem
Jan 13 12:24:35 sushi kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb1): VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem
Jan 13 12:24:35 sushi kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb1): VFS: Can't find ext4 filesystem
Jan 13 12:24:35 sushi kernel: FAT-fs (sdb1): bogus number of reserved sectors
Jan 13 12:24:35 sushi kernel: FAT-fs (sdb1): Can't find a valid FAT filesystem
Jan 13 12:24:35 sushi kernel: ISOFS: Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
So I tried it again with cfdisk which nagged about "unsupported GPT" but kept working. This time I choose "0C W95 FAT32 (LBA)" as partition type - maybe this did the trick because in my earlier attempts I did choose "0B W95 FAT32".
Anyway - after following the advice stated in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UE … B_from_ISO and installing rEFInd to the usb stick I could boot the usb stick in UEFI mode
But - as I said earlier - I don't know what did the trick
Last edited by swordfish (2013-01-13 12:38:18)

Burning the CDs from ISO files - Solution

I have just finished burning the cd images and as I type this my little baby is coming to life! he he :-)
I did try Nero but failed misrably so I offer the following as a solution that worked for me. Apologies to anyone if it appears I'm teaching 'Grandma to suck eggs'.
First you extract the files from the zips, uncorrupted zips that is, if you are using Winzip then the contents description etc will be displayed when you hover over the zip file with the mouse pointer.
Next add the .iso file extension to each of the 3 files you have just extracted
Next you need to create a Cue sheet/file. To do this go into notepad and create 1 file as shown below and save if with .cue file extension with the respective iso file.
FILE "C:\YOURDIR\sol-8-4_01-fcs-bin-ia-v1.ISO" BINARY
TRACK 01 MODE1/2048
INDEX 01 00:00:00
POSTGAP 00:02:00
Where YOURDIR corresponds to where you have the iso file stored.
You need to create 1 cue sheet file for each of the binaries with the .iso extension changing the references shown above to match the location and the .iso filename.
I then used cdrwin to write the file images loading each of the above cue sheets. But you could use any burning software that supports cue sheets, which give it the correct information to burn the image.
Hope this helps
Skaven

I tried the skaven_1 recommendations using the latest (v5.5.9.9) version of Nero. This version of Nero supports .iso extensions. It also supports .cue files. skaven_1's sample cue sheet works in Nero.
Despite all this the resulting CDs are unreadable on my Ultra10. All of the Solaris 9 CDs I have burned are readable on my PC.
I have burned other OS ISO images (BSD, OpenBSD, etc...) using the same version of Nero and they are all bootable on x86 machines.
I have found that if the CD is not readable using:
dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0t2d0s2 bs=2048 | od -Ax -xc | less
(BTW, this is a handy way to check the volume label at 0x8000 for the disk type)
it is unlikely to be readable (and therefore bootable) at the PROM level.
All of the other OS ISO images I have burned have been readable on the Ultra10 using the above command. NONE of the Solaris 9 images I have burned have been readable using the above command. The drive will "spin" and "click" indefinitely until interrupted (^C or kill).
Having scoured this archive, I have determined that some people are successful in burning the Solaris [89] images while many others are not. There seems to be no clear understanding on what is necessary for success.
Has anyone successfully burned Solaris 9 SPARC iso images to a CD. If so what specifically did you do to achieve this incredible success!? Detailed information on:
- version
- media
- technique
- phase of the moon :-}
would be most helpful to the rest of the community.
It would be nice if someone at Sun would chime in and provide this information. The information provided at the download area is less than informative. I have followed those instructions and still have not met with success.
Sun...ARE YOU LISTENING? If people have difficulty with obtaining and successfully using these OSes, it makes it harder for startups (like I am working with) to lay the foudation to use your hardware. If this is hard, we are likely to make decisions to use other solutions. Much as we may not wish to do this, it is the reality. We have solutions to provide in a limited amout of time.

Hyper-V 2012 Gen 2 VM SCSI DVD device fails to boot from iso files

I am running Server 2012 R2 in Hyper-V Server role for my home lab. I am trying to create a gen 2 vm, with Server 2012 R2 iso loaded in the SCSI DVD device, but every time I try to start the vm it fails to start with the following error:
This is the current settings for the vm:
This error occurs with any iso file loaded into the SCSI DVD device, and the error occurs even if creating a new vm from scratch. I have seen several similar gen 2 vm boot issues posted, but none with the exact issue that I'm having. The iso files all
work fine when creating a gen 1 vm.

Hi Kaedron,
Maybe the UEFI files is broken and you need to download a new ISO to retry .
Here is a download link for windows server 2012 R2 evaluation :
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dn205286.aspx
Hope this helps
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Xm create doesn't create required files, when creating vm from ISO file

Greetings,
I've created a virtual machine, but it won't start (blocked).
img file:
/srv/OL-DB2-PRI/OL-DB2-PRI.img
config file:
import os, re
arch = os.uname() [4]
kernel = "hvmloader"
builder='hvm'
memory = 10240
name = "OL-DB2-PRI"
cpus = "" # leave to Xen to pick
vcpus = 4
disk = [ 'file:/srv/OL-DB2-PRI/OL-DB2-PRI.img,xvda,w', 'file:/media/usb/extraISOs/OL6_64_1.iso,xvdc:cdrom,r' ]
vfb = [ 'vnc=1,vnclisten=0.0.0.0,vncdisplay=1,vncpasswd=Welkom_01' ]
root = "/dev/hda1 ro"
extra = "4"
on_poweroff = 'destroy'
on_reboot = 'restart'
on_crash = 'restart'
boot="dc"
xm list :
[root@OVS-PRI xen]# xm list
Name ID Mem VCPUs State Time(s)
Domain-0 0 832 8 r----- 547.4
OL-DB2-PRI 7 10240 4 -b---- 6.8
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xs_read(/local/domain/0/device-model/7/xen_extended_power_mgmt): read error
xs_read(/local/domain/7/log-throttling): read error
Am I using odd parameters in my config file?
The ISO file is downloaded straight from Oracle site. Which I also used to install OL6 directly.
Where else could I check?
I've created the directories manualy, but have no idea, what the files should contain.
I prefer not to use OVM Manager. To much dependancies.
Any help is appreciated.

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domid: 12
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Watching /local/domain/0/device-model/12/command
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I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
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I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
I/O request not ready: 0, ptr: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0
xs_read(/local/domain/12/log-throttling): read error
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char device redirected to /dev/pts/2
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initialise() failed
xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed
initialise() failed
xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed
initialise() failed
xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed
initialise() failed
xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed
initialise() failed
xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed
initialise() failed
xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed
initialise() failed
xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed
initialise() failed
xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed
initialise() failed
xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed
initialise() failed
xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed
initialise() failed
xen be: console-0: xen be: console-0: initialise() failed
initialise() failed
cirrus vga map change while on lfb mode
mapping vram to f0000000 - f0400000
platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is rw state.
platform_fixed_ioport: changed ro/rw state of ROM memory area. now is ro state.
Unknown PV product 3 loaded in guest
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Making the CD from .ISO File

I downloaded Solaris 10 from the sun site. I extracted the ZIP File and got the .ISO Files.
I successfully burned the CDs for CD 2,3 & 4 but while I m burning the CD 1, my sonic CD Write is trhowing erro "CD is not compatible with source" , I again downloded the CD 1 considring that there was error in downloading earlier. I tried many time but result is same. Can someone help me?

If you have OS X on a .iso disc image, then you have an illegal copy of OS X. The Discussions is an Apple provided help system. We cannot help you with illegally obtained software.

Unable to install Windows7 from ISO file

Hello,
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and using the Bootcamp version of Mountain Lion. I follow the instruction but there is not way to let
bootcamp seeing the iso. I placed the iso in a usb drive, ran bootcamp, it download the windows support
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Alessandro Lorenzo wrote:
I know sometimes may sound stupid and lazy to ask something that as been asked million times but as there are just few steps to do, and every combination of it doesn't work, i wanted to try ask anyway. I think i've tried a few different ways to solve this and no one worked. Sorry, no offence.
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I am trying to install windows xp on my iMac. My univeristy gives me free copy of XP but I have to download the .iso file. I tried burning the .iso file to a cd but bootcamp says it can not recognize the cd for installation. How can a make a bootable copy of the windows xp .iso file so that I can install it on my iMac.

You used Disk Utility I take it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO-9660
http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/
This is for creating a custom Vista SP1 EFI-enabled DVD:
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Norwegian Windows 7 Home Premium iso file

I have a legal license code for Windows 7 Home Premium (Norwegian) and I am looking for the install cd/iso for this. DOes anyone know if/where I can find this online for download?

Look at this site (the links are to digital river):
http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/14-windows-7-direct-download-links
After downloading the correct .iso file use ImgBurn or Gear ISO to create a bootable DVD.
Create a Bootable Windows 7 DVD using the .ISO file
Burning a Windows 7 ISO File on a DVD
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/977640
ImgBurn - In addition to supporting the creation of Cds/DVDs from .ISO files,
it supports a wide range of other image file formats, and it's free.
(BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, MDS, NRG, PDI and ISO)
http://www.imgburn.com/
Screen shots to help you use ImgBurn:
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=screenshots
Burning ISO Images with ImgBurn article:
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(The steps are the same for Windows 7 or Windows 8), except you are not creating a Repair disc but a full installation DVD)
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Boot from the Windows 7 DVD disc you created and start the installation process.
After you enter user name and password you will be asked to: 'Type your Windows product key', do not enter a key.
Also located just below the box where you would enter the key is a box with a check mark to 'Automatically activate Windows when I am online', remove the check mark and click 'Next'.
You will now have a 30 day grace period in which to activate Windows.
During this 30 day grace period you can try resolving your problems.
After you are satisfied all problems have been resovled then activate Windows.
====================== Device Drivers =================================
Go to your computer manufacture's support web site and check for Windows 7 drivers for your specific model number.
If there are Windows 7 drivers, then download to a folder on your hard drive and install all of them, starting with the Motherboard/chipset drivers, SATA, LAN, Audio, USB, Graphics, Webcam, Etc., and so on.
List of Computer Manufacturer's support sites:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/help/contact-support/computer-manufacturers
Tips for fixing common driver problems
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Tips-for-fixing-common-driver-problems
Vista:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Tips-for-fixing-common-driver-problems
Graphics/Video drivers:
Check the Graphics card manufacture's download site for the most recent Windows 7 drivers for your card.
ATI: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
NVIDIA: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us
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2) Click on the 'Activate Windows' option at the top of the list
3) Click on 'Activate Windows online now'
4) Enter your 25 character product key (not case sensitive)
5) Click 'Next' and wait for the key to be verified.
Alternate Method - Reaching a real person:
1) Click Start, and in the Search box type: slui.exe 4
2) Next press the 'ENTER' key
3) Select your 'Country' from the list.
4) Choose the 'Phone Activation' option.
5) Stay on the phone *** do not select/press any options *** and wait for a person to help you.
6) Explain your problem clearly to the support person.
7) The support person should give you a confirmation ID, copy it down on paper,
8) Verify the ID is correct by reading back to the support person.
9) Enter the ID number and click 'Next' to finish the activation process.
Microsoft Activation Centers Worldwide Telephone Numbers:
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/activation-centers.aspx
(This site is for Volume License Activation but if you call they will help you)
The phone number you called does not work:
Microsoft Wordwide contacts:
http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/default.aspx
Activation and registration of a Microsoft product
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The old win 7 x64 on a mac pro 1.1 issue - ISO file unreadable/corrupt

Hi all,
Trying to install win 7 x 64 on my mac pro 2,66 xeon 1.1. I knew beforehand there were issues, so I had prepared for them with the instructions given by flickguy here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2207855
thing is, the resulting ISO file is unreadable in windows XP, is being seen as corrupt / unable to open by winrar , and the burnt DVD is shown as blank in snow leopard with all the latest updates.
I'm a bit clueless now as i have no idea at all what the problem is. if anyone has found or knows a solution to this, i'd be very grateful.
Thanks!

http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-467704.html
http://jowie.com/blog/post/2008/02/24/Select-CD-ROM-Boot-Type-prompt-while-tryin g-to-boot-from-Vista-x64-DVD-burnt-from-iso-file.aspx
http://sergiomcfly.blogspot.com/2008/04/select-cd-rom-boot-type-when-installing. html
Working from Windows Vista, even in a VM, is one method.
Installing Windows on one drive partition, and from there installing 64bit to another drive partition.

Hyper-v cannot boot Gen2 guest from Windows 2012 R2 or Windows 8.1 x64 ISO - file format not supported, Gen1 works fine

I am new to Gen2 Hyper-V and so far I simply can't use it, because I am unable to install any (supported) guest OS from an ISO ...
So far I tried that on:
1. my HP Z230/i4770 workstation (Secure Boot disabled) host running Windows 8.1 Pro x64 (with Hyper-V feature enabled), can't boot any VM with supported OS ISO.
2. my home desktop/i3770K (secure Boot enabled) host running Windows 8.1 Pro x64, same result, error during VM boot from ISO, quoted below.
Synthetic SCSI controller (instance blah blah) Failed to Power on with Error 'The version does not support this version of file format'
Gen1 guests of course work perfectly fine with those ISOs, because emulated DVD IDE picks up the official Enterprise Evaluation ISO of either Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows 8.1 x64 Enterprise, perfectly fine and all works OK in Legacy boot mode.
When I create a new guest and select Gen2, then no matter if I check or uncheck the Secure Boot in virtual Boot Order options for the guest (while setting the SCSI DVD at top of course), it simply doesn't work, always same error. I tried first connecting
to VM to see if it prompts for key press, but it doesn't, the error is instant on Power on when (supported) ISO image is selected to be booted.
I verified that both of official Enterprise Evaluation ISO's of either WS2012r2 and W8.1x64 are bootable in both the UEFI mode (Secure Boot enabled) and Legacy BIOS mode using a physical computer.
What am I missing here???

FYI, above is wrong! it's not about linking ISO to virtual DVD or selecting "Install OS later", it's all about the location of the ISO file and share permissions on parent folder!
I was actually suspecting several issues, but haven't had time to test it, was thinking about issues like assigning (or not) some of initial settings during Gen2 VM creation, e.g.:
-Network connection through virtual switch or Not Connected (make no different if assigned or not)
-Memory above 4096MB (makes no difference if < or > 4096MB)
-ISO file location (makes huge difference!)
The ISO file CANNOT be placed on network share OR in shared folder on same local drive as the VHDX file (works fine if parent folder is not shared).
I can now replicate the issue easily every time and it always fails with file format unsupported message whenever I have the ISO file located either on remote network share, or (fails the same way too) when I have the ISO file placed locally (on host drive)
when simply a parent folder is shared... must be some permissions issue... and a pretty dumb one considering that in production environments nearly everything is placed on remote file servers ...
... so the moral of the story is, if you want to install Gen2 VM in win8/2012 hyper-V then you must copy the ISO file to Hyper-V host drive AND make sure the parent folder is not shared. works every time now! :)

How to create a bootable OEL5.8 .iso from scratch?

Are there any instructions available about how to create a bootable .iso file, for installing OEL5.8, from scratch?
We need to build a system which is a customised version of OEL5.8; we want to add some extra RPMs and remove others. We have an older build system which does this based on OEL5.5, but the way it has been built makes this hard to upgrade. We'd like to try starting from OEL5.8 again.
One possibility would be to download the initial OEL5.8 .iso; mount this as a loop-back filesystem; adjust some RPMs and config; then re-create an .iso from this file. However, this doesn't allow us to update the kernel very easily. We'd prefer an approach which starts from a set of RPMs (perhaps including modified kernel RPMs) and builds the .iso from scratch.
Many thanks for any pointers.
Edited by: user11244224 on Mar 5, 2013 7:16 AM

You cannot simply edit an .iso image file because the iso9660 filesystem is read-only. And even if you create your own iso image from scratch, with a bootable code, any package you add will not be part of the initial installation, unless you recreate the appropriate software repository database and anaconda installer. Sounds like overkill to me for what you are describing.
Why would you want to go through the endeavor to adjust the Oracle Linux distribution DVD for the purpose of creating a customized system? Why not using Kickstart instead, or a simply create a post-installation script to modify the installation to your needs?

How does one Create Bootable DVD from downloaded iso image in Windows?

I have a completely empty system I want to load Solaris Express on. I have access to web on a Windows XP machine and have downloaded the Solaris iso image. Using WindowsXP facilities simply copies the iso image as an intact iso image file and resulting disc is not bootable. Windows knowledge base very conveniently says that what happened to me is what happens. No obvious referral to how to do it....
A) So for a non-Windows savy person who does not want to become Windows savy (That is why I downloaded Solaris!) Where is a set of instructions on how to (inside Windows XP) "extract" an iso image to a CD / DVD disk so it will be bootable?
B) It sure would be nice if Solaris were able to be loaded onto a USB Flash drive and booted at will from any USB computer. Just plug it in and boot. Has this been done?
C) Getting a physical disk by snail mail from Sun is very slow for me.... (3 weeks and still watching the mail box...)

A) So for a non-Windows savy person who does not want to become Windows savy (That is why I downloaded Solaris!) Where is a set > of instructions on how to (inside Windows XP) "extract" an iso image to a CD / DVD disk so it will be bootable?http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/download_instruction.xml
You probably copied the .iso file as one single very large file onto media. Instead, you can use a utility such as Roxio DVD Creator or Nero (or freeware like cdrecord) , and select the option to burn an image that already exists. No special boot options are needed, because the ISO image already contains the boot information needed.
B) It sure would be nice if Solaris were able to be loaded onto a USB Flash drive and booted at will from any USB computer. Just plug > it in and boot. Has this been done?With the Newboot project introduced into Solaris Express, I believe it is now possible. I'm not a USB expert, though, so cannot say for sure.
C) Getting a physical disk by snail mail from Sun is very slow for me.... (3 weeks and still watching the mail box...)I can't comment on that.
-- Alan

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