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| author | hpa <hpa> | 2001-04-09 05:14:42 +0000 |
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| committer | hpa <hpa> | 2001-04-09 05:14:42 +0000 |
| commit | a0517351f6b4548a44df49c3f77be960ddde4554 (patch) | |
| tree | e424afa50dcbe7c69431c1970b6009b4cf9b2909 /isolinux.doc | |
| parent | 0e70e3d6991696466ce3880351bd618e954e1e2d (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-a0517351f6b4548a44df49c3f77be960ddde4554.tar.gz | |
Document that the "isolinux" directory now is reality.syslinux-1.60-pre3
Diffstat (limited to 'isolinux.doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | isolinux.doc | 31 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/isolinux.doc b/isolinux.doc index 3d5f00c2..fb82dd3a 100644 --- a/isolinux.doc +++ b/isolinux.doc @@ -23,25 +23,22 @@ Make sure you have a recent enough version of mkisofs. I recommend mkisofs 1.13 (distributed with the cdrecord distribution), but 1.12 might work as well (not tested.) -To create an image, put isolinux.bin, a config file called -"isolinux.cfg" (see syslinux.doc for details on the configuration -file), and all necessary files (kernels, initrd, display files, etc.) -in the root directory of your ISO master file tree. Then use the -following command to create your ISO image (add additional options as -appropriate): - - mkisofs -o <isoimage> -b isolinux.bin -c .boot.cat \ +To create an image, create a directory called "isolinux" underneath +the root directory of your ISO image master file tree. Copy +isolinux.bin, a config file called "isolinux.cfg" (see syslinux.doc +for details on the configuration file), and all necessary files +(kernels, initrd, display files, etc.) into this directory, then use +the following command to create your ISO image (add additional options +as appropriate, such as -J or -R): + + mkisofs -o <isoimage> \ + -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \ -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \ <root-of-iso-tree> -The real release version of ISOLINUX will probably look for a -directory named "isolinux" in the root, and use it instead of the root -directory if present. - -Like SYSLINUX, ISOLINUX does not support subdirectories. Unlike -SYSLINUX, there isn't a fundamental reason for this, so if this is -something desirable, let me know and I'll add it on my list of things -to do. +ISOLINUX will look in the "isolinux" directory, if it exists, for any +file requested. It currently does not support accessing other +directories. Please let me know if this is a desired feature. Note that ISOLINUX only uses the "plain" ISO 9660 filenames, i.e. it does not support Rock Ridge or Joliet filenames. It can still be used @@ -56,5 +53,3 @@ to generate long (up to 31 characters) plain filenames. ISOLINUX does not support discontiguous files, interleaved mode, or logical block and sector sizes other than 2048. This should normally not be a problem. - - |