Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 22:13:10 +0100 (CET) From: dalroi@solfertje.student.utwente.nl To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Writing to ISO-images mounted as vnodes? Message-ID: <20021221212903.0B80E380@solfertje.student.utwente.nl>
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While I was thinking how to make a bootable DOS-CD (the floppies for sale now just aren't as reliable as they used to be), I thought of the following strategy: - copy the ISO-image of my Win98 install-CD (AFAIK that's legal if you own the CD). - configure the image as a vnode (vnconfig). - mount the vnode (mount_cd9660). - remove the files that are not needed (the ones that install Win98) from the mounted vnode; just leaving a DOS boot-CD with just a little more useful utilities than would fit on a floppy... Unfortunately, mounting the vnode as cd9660 mounts it read-only, and I couldn't find a way to mount it "rw" (-o rw doesn't seem to help). Is this possible? Related, I think it would be nice if mkisofs could be run without any input-files a la: "mkisofs -o cd.iso" making an empty iso-image. This way (-If- an iso-file can grow) it would be quite easy to make iso-images by just copying files to a vnode. Kind of like some Windows CD-burn utilities do this... I think it would be a nice alternative to the usual way. It may even be welcomed by the 'desktop environments', allowing them to have a mount-point to copy files to, to burn them on CD-RW. Any input? -- Alban Hertroys http://solfertje.student.utwente.nl - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AD&D: You fall from the cliff. The ground attacks you. It missed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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