Building bootable iso using mksisofs

Asked Aug 19 '15 at 13:14

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I'm trying to build bootable linux ISO under windows using mkisofs

this is the command I'm executing:

mkisofs -r -V “Modified Iso” -o D:\MOR.iso -cache-inodes -J -l -b isolinux\isolinux.bin -c isolinux\boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table D:\modified\iso

the output is:

Uh oh, I cant find the boot image 'isolinux\isolinux.bin' inside the target

tree.

the structure of the D:\modified\iso\ folder is:

[BOOT]\
EFI\
images\
isolinux\
Packages\
repodata\
sbin\
.discinfo
.treeinfo
comps.xml
ks.cfg

the content of isolinux folder

boot.cat
boot.msg
grub.conf
initrd.img
isolinux.bin
isolinux.cfg
memtest
splash.jpg
vesamenu.c32
vmlinuz

Thanks

edited Aug 19 '15 at 13:21

asked Aug 19 '15 at 13:14

Adam Bednár

do you have `isolinux.bin` in `isolinux/` ? – chicks Aug 19 '15 at 13:20
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yes, please have a look at the question again. I've updated it so it shows the content of isolinux folder – Adam Bednár Aug 19 '15 at 13:22
maybe `mkisofs` wants UNIXy slashes, so try swapping the `\` with `/` in your `-b` – chicks Aug 19 '15 at 13:26
tried that, makes no difference – Adam Bednár Aug 19 '15 at 13:26
Actually, when I change slashes for -b and -c it gives me this "Uh oh, I cant find the boot catalog directory 'isolinux' inside the target tree." – Adam Bednár Aug 19 '15 at 13:27
hmmm, then I would try make those arguments fully qualified paths or making your current directory be `D:\modified\iso` – chicks Aug 19 '15 at 13:28
what do you mean by this "arguments fully qualified paths" ? – Adam Bednár Aug 19 '15 at 13:32
for instance `-b D:\modified\iso\isolinux\isolinux.bin` – chicks Aug 19 '15 at 14:03
another thing to try: doubling back slashes, so replace `\` with `\\`. – chicks Aug 19 '15 at 14:04
fully qualified paths don't work – Adam Bednár Aug 19 '15 at 14:11
doubling back slashes example is not clear for me. Please explain in bit more detail – Adam Bednár Aug 19 '15 at 14:12
did you try making your current directory be `D:\modified\iso` ? – chicks Aug 19 '15 at 14:40
example of double bach slashes: `-b isolinux\\isolinux.bin` – chicks Aug 19 '15 at 14:41
I did try that. According to other topics I found online -b and -c path is relevant to the source do It shouldn't be the full path = D:\modified\iso\isolinux\isolinux.bin but just isolinux\isolinux.bin. Backslashed didn't help as well :( – Adam Bednár Aug 19 '15 at 14:47

Building bootable iso using mksisofs

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