Questions tagged [iso]
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Building bootable iso using mksisofs
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…

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Do worldwide datacenters have global/standard unique code or name?
Some datacenter providers have 3-4 letter codes for their locations. However, it seems there is not international standards for this?

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Operating System not found when loading DD image in VMware
I provide much details below to hopefully make my issue as clear as possible.
Using dd if=/dev/ps3da2 of=/mnt/edexhdd/EDPS3LINUX.iso bs=16384 I copied a fairly huge partition from a physical Linux non-Xwindow installation on a PPC64 architecture…

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Unattended Fedora kickstart that works as CD/DVD *and* USB
Is it possible to create one ISO with one kickstart file that will work correctly when written to CD/DVD and as a USB?
As far as I can tell I need two separate versions as modifications are needed in isolinux.cfg (ks=) and ks.cfg (because I access…

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Creating Custom Fedora/CentOS ISOs
I've been working on creating some custom Linux ISOs and have recently ran into some issues. Originally, I used bootcdwrite along with some scripts for create an ISO of the running config on a Debian server. Now I am working on some…

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Is there another way of installing an operating system from an ISO File without using Datastore ISO file
I am trying to install a Windows 7 on an empty virtual machine with the VMware Infrastucture Client. Because I do not have the image on the Datastore, I am looking for an alternative.
Is there another way of installing an operating system from an…

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Splitting an archive on multiple media
I'm generating archives which are larger than my current physical media ( DVD ). I'd like to split those archives:
automatically - instead of generating mini-archives by hand;
consistently - so that an archive can be extracted independently of…

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Recommendation for locale on server: ISO (latin) or UTF-8
What is the recommended locale setting on a server that is used as an web and database server.
Are there any drawbacks not using UTF-8 as default?

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KVM boot from an iso?
I'm having trouble with a hosting company that can't seem to install a slackware-13.1.iso image O.o
I'm not sure if they're just trying to fool me around or it's really possible.
I would appreciate if someone can tell a workaround or something like…

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ISO Mounting Software for a Windows VM
I have read and viewed this question on Server Fault and NONE of these options work on a Parallels VM running 64 bit windows server 2003. Does anyone know of any ISO mounting Software that will work on a VM, or how I need to change Parallels to get…

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Bootable tool to image hard disk over network
I'm looking for a tool, preferably a minimal Linux build, which can, or fairly simply be modified to, boot as an ISO image and automatically download a disk image over a network and apply it to a blank disk.
In actual fact, I'm fine dealing with…

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BackupExec first setup - is this all I need?
I have purchased BE 2010, an SQL agent, an Exchange 2010 agent and 12 server agents. Symantec gave me a link to their website, but no matter with which serial number I log in, I get the same download page, for a DVD image (or a set of divided…

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Mount ISO for MDT deployment?
I installed MDT 2010 and worked out how to deploy win7.
Now I want to be able to boot to a Acronis-Boot-CD over the network. (without having to insert the cd)
Is this possible?
I have got the ISO-File of Acronis.
How could I "mount" this to be able…
Reinhard Sacher
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Other than using `split`, is there a way around the Apache 2.0 maximum file size limit of 2GB?
I have some ISOs that need to be available across a WAN, so we are using an http server to host them (allows for non-authenticated, read-only access (beyond being on the VPN) to the data store).
The server the ISOs reside on is running CentOS 4, and…

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SLAX behaves differently when booted via PXE vs LiveCD from the same iso
I have a SLAX iso that I have created that is used only to run the Citrix ICA client. The ICA client is started in /root/.xinitrc, and when booting from the LiveCD it works properly. /root/.xinitrc is in the rootcopy folder on the iso. However,…

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