Questions tagged [iso]
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is there an fsck for .iso disk images?
I have an iso file on a hard drive that's been having problems. Is there any way to check that the file didn't get corrupted, like an fsck for iso file systems?

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PXE boot FreeBSD iso from pxelinux server
I'm using FOG as a TFTP / PXE server and would like to be able to boot a FreeBSD LiveCD (specifically pfSense, but it could be any LiveCD, really); I've found HOWTOs for booting a "netboot" BSD but they all seem to use a BSD server. So:
Is it…

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How to boot ISO image using gpxe and memdisk?
I have a repository of an ISO images (many different OS installers in ISO format) under http://myrepos/*.iso.
I would like to boot from that repo using gPXE (with/without memdisk if necessary) and httpfs. I don't want to extract those ISO images.
It…
user24514
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How to install VMware 5.5 and higher on HP BL460c G6
I have an HP ProLiant BL460c G6 with the HP NC532i Dual Port 10Gbe BL-c Adapter installed. VMware won't install on this machine stating the network device is not found. This happens with both the VMware-issued installer and the special HP edition…

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Unable to Mount ISO Virtual Media over IPMI/iKVM Viewer
I have a single Supermicro Host that has just gone into colo with dedicated IPMI.
I have assigned it a static internet facing IP for remote management. I have configured the IPMI to only be accessible from 2 IPs (Office dedicated + VPN) and the…

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Rebuild Fedora 19 ISO adding Kickstart for USB install
I am attempting to edit a Fedora 19 DVD ISO to add a kickstart file. I then need this ISO burnt to a USB stick for instillation.
The error I get when booting is
Warning: Could not boot.
Warning: /dev/root does not exist
To try and determine which…

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How can I create a self extracting / self burning bootable USB image?
I need to put a bootable image of a usb stick on a website so that our users can download it and burn it to USB themselves.
They aren't especially technical, so I don't want them to have to download any other software (e.g. Rufus / MagicISO etc).
My…

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CentOS 7 ISO Kickstart Installation - "Pane is dead"
EDIT: I retried this generically, and see the same problem. To reproduce, follow my steps below. I am starting to think that it might be a problem with the hardware, but I am not certain.
When installing a CentOS 7 ISO using kickstart, I get an…

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Visual Studio 2015 full completely offline distributive
I'm wondering is there a way to download all external components of VS 2015 (Apache Cordova, Android SDK, Python tools, lots of JS libs etc) to create a complete and offline installer?
Preferably I want to find a way to create such "distro"…

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Small footprint 64 bit ISO reader
In the good old days of Windows XP we had the Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel for mounting ISO's.
Since Vista I have struggled to find a driver level shell extension that works on a 64 bit Windows.
I have tried Virtual Clone Drive and have no…

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Share .iso files on CentOS for remote mounting anywhere via Internet
I have a remote computer suppport business and we have the need to remotely mount .iso files on a client machine from time to time for use to grab driver updates and so on. We own a huge server on the Netcraft top 10 list and I'd like to mount some…

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Easiest way to change default mirror of an Ubuntu ISO
What is the easiest way to "patch" an Ubuntu ISO so that the default mirror is different?
Details:
We're behind a proxy so upon initial installations, the process isn't able to the see the mirror
We do have an internal mirror I'd like to point…

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How do I create an ISO image from a directory structure on CentOS?
I'm trying to figure out the exact mkisofs cmd to create the ISO with the following directory and file structure. I've tried different commands, but when I mount the ISO that is created the directory tree has not been reproduced.
The initial…

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Booting a squashed filesystem from ISO
I am trying to create a UEFI bootable CD ISO with a squashed filesystem from a virtual machine, which I provisioned with the stuff I need.
To explain:
I use packer and a kickstart file to install CentOS 7
I use a packer provision script to compile…

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Creating an iso file in Linux
I have created iso files by using two commands:
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=filename
cp /dev/cdrom filename
What's the difference between the two, both have worked for me.

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