[ILUG] Bootable CD's - How ?

[Niall O Broin]

Proinnsias Breathnach asked 

> We see them every day, but the question is, how do you roll your own
> bootable CD
> 
> I know it's something to do with the rockridge extensions, but what, where
> do you put the kernel etc..

It's nothing to do with Rockridge, which is a spec. for the inclusion of Unix
friendly names on a CD. What you're interested in is called El Torito, and on
a Mandrake box I have here , it's documented in 
/usr/doc/mkisofs-1.12b4/README.eltorito .


Kindest regards,


Niall  O Broin		

UNIX Network Administrator 		 	nobroin at esoc.esa.de
Ground Systems Engineering Department		Ph./Fax  +49 6151 90 3619/2179
European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany