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
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